Award applications are solicited for work in these areas:

• Driving innovations in the areas of biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology with an emphasis on clinical application, in areas such as targeted drug delivery or regenerative medicine.
• Innovating the creation, modification and/or characterization of colloids and interfaces for drug delivery and critical care therapies.
• Understanding the “microscopic world” for the advancement of healthcare; at the forefront of imaging and spectroscopic techniques.
• Innovating sterilization, aseptic processing and contained closure/surface technologies to assure and sustain sterility, improving our understanding of the microbiology of infections.
• Elucidating chemical structures with state-of-the-art instrumentation and innovative analytical approaches.

Yunzhou (Sophia) Shi was honored for her work in nanosized copolymer micelles to repair torn cell membranes after spinal cord injury. She is working with Prof. Ji-Xin Cheng. Hamsa Jaganathan was awarded for her work examining the properties of nanoparticle chains scaffolded on DNA as potential MRI contrast agents under the supervision of Prof. Albena Ivanisevic. Chia-Jung Wu's work is on the development of injectable and mechanically robust nanocomposite hydrogels as a drug delivery carrier to treat anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Chia-Jung is working with Prof. Gudrun Schmidt.

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding students.