The Zhang Lab has published their work on CRISPR-based biosensors in the journal of Angew Chemie. Special congratulations to Ms. Huijie Li, a BME Ph.D. student, who lead the reasearch. Collaborator of this work include Dr. Xue Gao at Rice University (co-corresponding author), Dr. Kevin D. Dieckhaus, and Dr. Lori Avery at UConn Health, and Dr. Yupeng Chen of the UConn BME Department.
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Prof. Yi Zhang has secured two NIH grants. The first grant is an R01 entitled “A Wireless, Multimodal Neural Probe for Simultaneous Membrane-Free Neurochemical Sampling and Neuropharmacology” and it is a five-year grant in the amount of $2.7M. Prof. Zhang is the PI with several of his collaborators as Co-I.
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The second grant is an R21 and he is MPI. The grant is entitled “Development and utility of a wearable sensor for continuous monitoring of nutrients and hormones in subjects with chronic kidney disease.” This is a two-year grant in the amount of $446K.
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Please join us in congratulating Prof. Zhang on these fantastic achievements.
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