IUPUI School of Science faculty receive $5.4M in NIH grants
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Three faculty members in IUPUI’s School of Science will receive $5.4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to use chemistry to study human health.
The five-year grant comes as a part of the National Institute of General Medical Science’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award.
The projects receiving funding, IU said, support studying treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, developing new chemical catalysts used in drug development and expanding the medical applications of molecules used in anti-cancer and psychoactive drugs.
Associate chemistry professor Ian Webb, one of the funded School of Science faculty, is receiving $1.96 million to study how changes in gene sequences relates to their function. Sébastien Laulhé, an assistant professor of chemistry, will receive $1.77 million to develop sustainable strategies for molecule generation. And, assistant chemistry professor Yongming Deng will collaborate with associate professor Jingzhi Pu to use a $1.85 million grant to study medical applications of amine oxide molecules.
“I’m pleased to see the potentially life-changing research of Ian, Yongming and Sébastien — and our Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology — recognized through the support of the NIH,” School of Science Dean John DiTusa said in a news release. “These awards follow a record-breaking year of funding at the School of Science in 2023 and present a tremendous start to our 2024 campaign.”
You can learn more about the projects by clicking here.