NC State’s Comparative Medicine Institute recently held its annual “Think, Collaborate & Do” Ideation event, bringing faculty, graduate students and postdocs from across the university to foster interdisciplinary collaborations in human and animal health. Participants worked in teams to develop innovative research proposals, with the most promising ideas being recognized with Ideation Awards.
Congratulations to Zixuan Cang, Sharon Lubkin and Kevin Flores who were among the 16 awardees honored for their outstanding contributions to groundbreaking projects:
- Development of DRIFT Therapy to Boost Pulmonary Drug Delivery. PIs: Jian Zhang (CVM), Zixuan Cang (COS). Funded by CMI, with an entrepreneurial supplement.
- Data-driven causal discovery of cell-cell communication impacts from transcriptomic data: recovering signaling mechanisms of lung development. PIs: Zixuan Cang (COS), Shu Yang (COS), Jorge Piedrahita (CVM). Funded by CMI & GGA.
- Innovative computational methods to decipher cell cycle dynamics from single cell transcriptomes of easily cultured, yet complex eukaryotes. PIs: Nicholas Buchler (CVM), Zixuan Cang (COS). Funded by CMI & GGA.
- Cell Biology and Topology Meet to Inform Models of Cell Migration Fluidization. PIs: Jason Haugh (COE), Kevin Flores (COS). Funded by CMI & KIETS.
- Enhancing Development of New Therapeutic Candidates for Neutrophilic Asthma through Experimental and Mathematical Modeling Approaches. PIs: Sarah Shelton (COE), Rosemary Bayless (CVM), Sharon Lubkin (COS). Funded by CMI, COE, & KIETS.
These award-winning projects showcase the impact of collaboration in advancing research at the intersection of engineering, veterinary, and biomedical sciences. Funded through Ideation Awards, these initiatives have the resources to develop innovative ideas with the potential to improve human and animal health.
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