ABC Research Grants are designed to stimulate novel multi-disciplinary integrative cancer research and seed collaborative interactions between scientific fields to yield data for a competitive extramural grant application at the completion of the 2-year award. Funding: $100,000/year for 2 years
“Liposomal nanoparticles for Selective Anticancer Drug Delivery Targeting Vacuolar ATPase”
Principal Investigators: Paul Helquist, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (UND) and Basar Bilgicer, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (UND)
Co-Investigators: Richard Taylor, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry (UND); Olaf Wiest, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry (UND); Jo Davisson, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology (Purdue)
Post-doctoral fellow: to be named
“Multidisciplinary Research Program in Photothermal Cancer Theranostics”
Principal Investigators: Bradley Smith, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry (UND) and Scott Howard, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (UND)
Co-Investigators: Haifeng Gao, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry (UND)
Post-doctoral fellow: Graeme Spence, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry (UND)