Advancing Innovative Biomedical Research
The institute provides a world-class interdisciplinary training environment for the preparation of technically skilled students who are capable of filling the diverse workforce needs in biomedical sciences. With key assets including centers for the study of inflammation, immunity and infection, microbial pathogenesis, oncology, molecular and cellular medicine and diagnostics and therapeutics the unit delivers both academic and research value to the field.
Breakthroughs in Georgia: Enterprising Biomedicine
In a very short time, Georgia State University has built an impressive research enterprise. It’s the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and its scientists are unlocking new insights and answers to an array of diseases and ailments. Tens of millions of dollars in research grants flow into the Institute each year, and the university is planning even more expansion.
Institute News
Georgia State Spinoff Receives $225,000 To Develop Safe, Effective RSV Vaccine
ATLANTA—Advac, LLC, a vaccine research company founded by Sang-Moo Kang, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received $225,000 from the National Institutes of Health to develop a safer, more effective vaccine for human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Georgia State Researcher Gets $419,100 Grant To Study Virus Similar to Ebola
ATLANTA—Dr. Christopher Basler, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, director of the university’s Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Microbial Pathogenesis, has received a two-year, $419,100 federal grant to study a virus similar to Ebola virus that causes disease in animals but not in humans.
Researchers Develop Universal Vaccine To Protect Against Influenza A Viruses
ATLANTA—Researchers have developed a universal vaccine to combat influenza A viruses that produces long-lasting immunity in mice and protects them against the limitations of seasonal flu vaccines, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
Graduate Student Researcher Received NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
Atlanta–Lewins Walter, a graduate student in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University has received a two years Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award…
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