DuPont to further fund MIT by $25mn for latest R&D program
19 May '05
5 min read
four top dma research programs were showcased today to demonstrate the goals of the alliance: to advance basic science; to create commercial potential for novel scientific applications; or to develop enabling technologies that directly relate to the strategic direction of dupont research and development. the featured mit scientists and their programs were:
- professor gregory stephanopoulos: next-generation advances in metabolic engineering, including genome-wide analyses and modeling for the production of chemicals and intermediates from renewable bio-feedstocks;
- professor mriganka sur, head of the brain and cognitive sciences dept.: an early stage research program to develop a novel biopolymer-based nervous system implant that could replace nonfunctional brain tissue following traumatic brain injury;
- professor linda griffith, director of the biotechnology process engineering center: a device for tissue-like culturing of liver cells, designed to provide early assessment of the toxicity of new pharmaceuticals;
- professor michael rubner, director of the center for material science and engineering: a novel material similar to the naturally water epellent surface of the lotus leaf. potential applications include self-cleaning fabrics, water-repellant windshields, or plumbing that resists the growth of harmful bacteria by preventing water from accumulating on its surface.
since its inception, the dupont mit alliance hs engineering center: a device for tissue-like culturing of liver cells, designed to provide early assessment of the toxicity of new pharmaceuticals;
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