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Clarkson University professor awarded funding from Human Frontier Science Program

Posted 4/19/18

POTSDAM -- Clarkson University professor and Milton Kerker Chair of Chemistry Evgeny Katz was recently awarded funding from the Human Frontier Science Program, an international program of research …

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Clarkson University professor awarded funding from Human Frontier Science Program

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POTSDAM -- Clarkson University professor and Milton Kerker Chair of Chemistry Evgeny Katz was recently awarded funding from the Human Frontier Science Program, an international program of research support, funding frontier research on the complex mechanisms of living organisms.

The funding is intended to establish new collaborative teams of scientists working in different geographical areas. Research is funded at all levels of biological complexity from biomolecules to the interactions between organisms.

The funded research program titled “Controlling cellular biochemistry with electronic signals – a step towards bioelectronic hybrids” is a challenging study focused on the integration of electronics and living systems. While the present research is aimed at the fundamental science, future applications may include various medical advances.

The award given by HFSP is $350,000 per year for three years of research. The award is split between three collaborating groups and Clarkson will receive $140,000 per year, totaling $420,000 over three years.

The group’s research is focused on electronic regulation of biological processes at a cellular level.

“In other words, we will create an interface between electronics and living systems/processes,” Katz said.

The awarded team includes three groups headed by Prof. Kirill Alexandrov from the University of Queensland in Australia; Prof. Ciara O' Sullivan from the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies in Spain; and Prof. Katz. The collaborators represent a unique combination of research directions: molecular biology (Prof. Alexandrov), electrochemistry (Prof. O' Sullivan) and bioelectronics (Prof. Katz).