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“Richmond’s time has come to be the next innovation hub in the country,” says @SriramaRao2, @VCU’s vice president for innovation. @MarkWarner on Monday toured Perfusion Medical, @VCUresearch that is innovating a new treatment for patients with blood loss. richmond.com/news/state-and…

Apply now: The @VCU GREAT Program: Guided Research Experience and Applied Training. Applications due March 3. Our program provides undergraduates with funded research training guided by faculty mentors conducting behavioral sciences research. More info at: provost.vcu.edu/initiatives/ur…

The registration fee of 2023 Controlled Release Society annual meeting is 859$ (early registration) for a faculty member.

@VCU breaks into top 50 in the country for research expenditures... read more here... news.vcu.edu/article/2022/1…

The week started off with a move from Nelson Clinic, our downtown #RVA home since 1993, to the 13th floor of the @VCUHealth Adult Outpatient Pavilion! We are excited for the new home of @VCU Downtown Family Medicine and to welcome so many patients to this amazing space!

On November 17 at 5 p.m., join Henry Donahue, Ph.D., @VCU_BME department chair, to learn about his research with NASA as part of the VCU Engineering Alumni Board’s Third Thursday networking events. Register here: bit.ly/3t8xAHZ. #VCUEngineers

Screening can help detect cancer at an early stage, before a person has any symptoms. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. This #LCS_Day2022, find a #LungCancer screening facility near you. bit.ly/3EsqeGs #LungCancerAwarenessMonth

🚨Job Alert🚨 The Office of Regulatory Affairs is recruiting for a Senior Advisor (Medical Countermeasures Coordinator). Read full announcement here: fda.gov/media/163166/d… #multiplelocations #jobalert #advisor #vacancy

The OVPRI calls for VCU faculty to submit RFAs for internal funding opportunities of nearly $5M to support efforts in response to our strategic research plan. This includes a new opportunity to support large-scale external grant submission plans. Apply: bit.ly/3MeEOCu

New this week! Intravital microscopy techniques are used to visualize intact and live tissues at the cellular and subcellular level. This Primer discusses intravital microscopy in rodents, outlining challenges and opportunities for using the technique. go.nature.com/3DVXVOL

@UTexasPharmacy and #mdpipharmaceutics present you this novel article "Aerosolizable Lipid #Nanoparticles for #Pulmonary Delivery of #mRNA through Design of Experiments" mdpi.com/875854

Two positions available at @PHCEUutah: Joint position between Molecular Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering at all ranks: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/139784 The Sung Wan Kim Endowed position in Molecular Pharmaceutics utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/139129 @H_Ghandehari

VCU was awarded $2M grant from @usedgov to expand first-generation student center. VCU was named a minority serving institution earlier this year, allowing access to federal grant programs only available to institutions with the MSI designation. Read more: bit.ly/3NIpX4L

We are excited to welcome @UF_HE_LAB as presenter for tomorrow's Research Seminar in Drug Development. Dr. He will be sharing her work in Engineering Extracellular Vesicles for Delivery Precision Cancer Immunotherapy. Contact qxu@vcu.edu for the Zoom meeting link and password

@BioNTech_Group has revealed plans to deploy mobile COVID vaccine production facilities this year across several African countries. These labs are constructed from shipping containers and will potentially produce up to 50M vaccine doses in a year! 😮 wsj.com/articles/biont…

#WhereEngineeringMeetsHealth FDA list of novel drug approvals for 2021. fda.gov/drugs/new-drug…

Dr. Rajiv Mohan, Prof of Ophthalmology and Molecular Medicine from U of Missouri, will be presenting this week's Research Seminar in Drug Development tomorrow, December 3rd at noon on Ophthalmic Formulations for Corneal Fibrosis Treatment Email qxu@vcu.edu for link and password

Can’t believe we are back in our seminar room - spread out and in person + virtual but there! Thanks @cfromen for visiting!

#VCUPharmacy #WhereEngineeringMeetsHealth @cfromen from the University of Delaware will present this week's Research Seminar in Drug Development Friday 11/2 at noon. Her presentation is titled "Breathe It In: Engineering Approaches Towards Diversifying Inhalable Therapeutics

@gzzhujoy @Shurong_Zhou @mrnaconference Julian, your team is doing an amazing work and all these accomplishments are a reflection of that! Congrats!

Our team has a lot to celebrate this November. A 5 percentile NIH R01, two new R01 submissions, @Shurong_Zhou becoming our first PhD candidate, and our first presentation on mRNA vaccine at @mrnaconference! Truly a blessing for me to lead this dedicated team.