Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT)

CMaT and Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M) director Johnna Temenoff and CMaT director of research Melissa Kemp are among four recently endowed chairs at The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Congratulations, Johnna and Melissa! ????

Huge congrats to CMaT member Krishanu Saha from University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is among this list of scientists doing groundbreaking work with CRISPR medicines! Saha is leading an NIH project to develop CRISPR-based treatments for two inherited eye conditions that cause blindness. Details here: https://lnkd.in/eH7RCxQQ National Science Foundation (NSF) National Institutes of Health

Outreach spotlight! Last week, CMaT trainees from Georgia Institute of Technology joined Marietta High School's annual Science Night again. They taught families and kids about microfluidics and cell therapies for cancer and even had the kids make their own microfluidic devices as souvenirs! National Science Foundation (NSF) Carolina Colón Steven Swingle

Highlighting this monumental research achievement from CMaT member Maribella Domenech at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez ????

Award spotlight ?? Congratulations to these CMaT members, whose collaborative team at The University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center (RBC) has received $3.7 million award to study a new traumatic brain injury treatment. Story here: https://lnkd.in/ep8aUfiR Steven Stice Jarrod Call Franklin West National Science Foundation (NSF)

Cell manufacturing community: The University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center (RBC) will be hosting a free Open House event for the new Regenerative Bioscience undergraduate degree program, scheduled for Saturday, December 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.?This recruitment event aims to showcase our program and the innovative research going on in the RBC to local high school juniors and seniors, as well as science teachers.?Come join this event! Details here: https://lnkd.in/eDfM5qiT National Science Foundation (NSF)

Bernie Marcus was a true leader who will be greatly missed by the Georgia Institute of Technology cell manufacturing community. We are tremendously grateful for his generosity and unwavering support of our shared vision to make cell therapies accessible to everyone.

Job alert: CMaT is hiring a Senior Industry Engagement Manager to lead and manage an industry engagement strategy! Make sure to spread the word and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eKqHYakB

Spotlight on an awesome CMaT outreach event today at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez! At this UPRM Open House event, the entire CMaT community at UPRM got together to impact the visiting public, including current and former CMaT REM students, graduate trainees, faculty and more. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Highlights from CMaT's virtual training program with ISCT, International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy last week!