Announcement Of National Science Foundation "Xyz On A Chip" Program Grant Of $900,000
2001 January
Announcement of National Science Foundation "XYZ on a Chip" program grant of $900,000 to the University at Albany Institute for Materials to develop a laboratory on a chip to measure the responce of cells to toxins, drugs, and other stimuli. This BioMEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) device would greatly speed up scientists' ability to study cells. Collaborators with the University at Albany will be the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Louisville.
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James Castracane heads the UA team. "Mary Fiess, "Building a Laboratory on a Chip," University Update, January 25, 2001, p. 7