The NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award, also known as an R35 grant, funds outstanding overall research programs, rather than individual projects. The goal of this large and long-term 7-year award is to provide a stable funding environment, thereby improving productivity and facilitating nimble, ambitious, and creative research. To read more, visit https://stemcell.keck.usc.edu/usc-stem-cell-scientist-rong-lu-wins-an-nih-emerging-investigator-award/….Continue Reading Rong Lu wins an NIH Emerging Investigator Award
Month: May 2020
Rong Lu and Caltech’s Michael Elowitz receive Broad Innovation Award
The Broad Innovation Award is bringing together Rong Lu and Caltech synthetic biologist Michael Elowitz. Their team will study the spatial organization of blood-forming stem and progenitor cells, also called hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), which reside in the bone marrow. By pinpointing the locations of specific HSPCs, the scientists may find clues to…Continue Reading Rong Lu and Caltech’s Michael Elowitz receive Broad Innovation Award