In the News: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN)
Dr. Rao highlights benefits of point-of-care drug production
excerpt from
Point-of-Care Drug Production Would Aid Patients and Industry
~By Gareth John Macdonald - March 1, 2022~
Making medicines at the bedside could help industry cut manufacturing costs and streamline supply chains. But turning point-of-care (POC) production into a reality means overcoming some major analytical and regulatory hurdles.
“POC bioprocessing is the next big thing,” says
Govind Rao, PhD, director of the
center for advanced sensor technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who looked at the potential benefits in a recent
paper.
For industry, the elimination of manufacturing facility-related investment and running costs is the obvious advantage, Rao says.
“The hardware costs for a POC system should be around that of a high-end laptop. If disposable cartridges could be used with all the necessary reagents lyophilized, then production costs could compare favorably with centralized manufacturing,” he explains. “After all, the technology is not that different from that used in ink-jet printers and pod-based coffee makers!”
But facility costs are not the only benefit, according to Rao, who cites the potential for just-in-time production, the elimination of costly cold chain distribution networks, and the ability to tailor manufacturing to specific patients as other examples.
Dr. Neha Raikar, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Nilanjan Banerjee, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering, received an Hrabowski Innovation Fund, Implementation and Research Award for July 2022 - June 2024.
These "UMBC Innovation Fellows'' will work on the project entitled, "Feasibility of anonymous grading for reducing performance discrepancies across student demographics." They will study a method to reduce implicit bias in grading through the use of an anonymous grading system. Anonymous grading as hypothesized by the PIs will lead to a reduction of implicit bias during grading. It will promote student success and reduce the perception of biased grading amongst students.
The goal is to better understand and create an environment where grading is fair and students, especially those from underrepresented groups, feel more comfortable and secure while taking courses. This will lead to a system with more equitable instruction and academic outcomes.
Learn more about the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation at https://calt.umbc.edu/academic-innovation-competition/
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Dr. Neha Raikar, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Nilanjan Banerjee, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering, received an Hrabowski Innovation Fund, Implementation...
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Congratulations Dr. Neha Raikar!
2022 COEIT Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Neha Raikar is the 2022 COEIT Excellence in Teaching Award recipient. She was nominated by her peers for her commitment in your field, excellence in your career, and advancement of the College and UMBC's mission. The award is conferred to her by COEIT, with the Provost's approval.
We hope you will join us on Sunday to celebrate!
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Congratulations Dr. Blaney and Victor Fulda
UMBC faculty and staff award recipients
Two CBEE faculty and staff members were recognized at the 2022 UMBC faculty and staff awards.
Lee Blaney, associate professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, received the 2022 USM Board of Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching. Blaney has received awards previously for exceptional mentoring and for engaging his students in high-impact research. His laboratory focuses on contaminants of emerging concern, such as compounds found in pharmaceuticals and personal care products, in waterways such as Chesapeake Bay.
Victor Fulda, engineering technician, chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering 2021 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Institution or Unit to which the Person Belongs
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Dr. C receives QM certification for Thermo course design
Dr. Mariajose Castellanos, Undergraduate Program Director and Principal Lecturer, is one of five faculty to earn QM Certification for course design.
After participating in rigorous peer reviews of their online and hybrid courses, five UMBC faculty earned Quality Matters certification as part of the campus’ Quality Matters Impact (QMI) pilot. In partnership with the Provost’s Office, the QMI pilot launched in Fall 2021 as an extension of the award-winning PIVOT program to recognize exemplary course design.
Faculty participants received feedback from certified Quality Matters peer reviewers at UMBC and other online learning experts in the QM community.
[read original story by UMBC's DOIT]
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Ghosh group and collaborators receive Project of the Year
Department of Defense SERDP/ESTCP program
Dr. Upal Ghosh and his research group at UMBC are part of a collaborative team to win the 2021 Project of the Year Award from the Department of Defense SERDP/ESTCP program.
The project is titled "Standardization of Polymeric Sampling for Measuring Freely Dissolved Organic Contaminant Concentrations in Sediment Porewater"
The project team included researchers from the USACE (lead), USEPA, UMBC, Texas Tech and MIT. and demonstrated the use of polymeric passive samplers for measuring freely dissolved organic contaminant concentrations in sediment. The demonstration paves the way for standardization of the novel analytical method and routine use in contaminated site assessments.
View Audio Summary of Project:
Learn more about the project:
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Dr. Rao speaks at Stanford University
Chemical Engineering Colloquium
Dr. Govind Rao, spoke on Monday, January 24, 2022 at Stanford University for the Chemcial Engineering Colloquium. His talk, titled "Disruptive Innovation to Reduce Health Care Costs", described emerging technologies that are designed to empower people to take charge of their own health and presented several critical technology platform.
Dr. Tyler Josephson, CBEE's newest faculty member, receives funding for his first NSF proposal. Congratulations to Dr. Josephson! We are looking forward to the exciting research.
Award# 2138938, ERI - Simulation methods for competitive adsorption in Bronsted acidic zeolites
Abstract:
The production of synthetic zeolites for use as catalysts and adsorbents is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Zeolites are materials having molecule-scale pores that enable catalytic applications in petroleum refining, automotive emissions treatment, and biomass processing. Zeolites frequently catalyze chemical reactions in water, as is the case when producing renewable fuels and chemicals from biomass. The interactions of water molecules with the zeolite catalysts are incredibly complex, but it is important to understand how these systems behave so that zeolites can be optimized for application-based performance. Unfortunately, existing computational modeling tools struggle to both accurately and efficiently predict how complex chemical mixtures interact with zeolite catalytic active sites. This project will develop simulation techniques that will enable orders-of-magnitude improvements over current approaches, thereby generating fundamental knowledge of how water interacts with zeolite catalyst active sites. Symbolic regression, a machine learning tool for identifying equations that represent a given dataset, will also be explored for describing fundamental interactions between acids and bases. Community-based learning and outreach activities are planned to engage high school students in symbolic regression for math, science, and machine learning.
This project will advance Monte Carlo simulation methods to enable efficient sampling of water adsorption in acidic zeolites. Specific aims include 1) introducing Monte Carlo moves for directly sampling protonation states of water clusters in zeolites, 2) demonstrating simulations of competitive adsorption of water and alkanes using literature force fields, and 3) generating interatomic potentials for acid-base interactions by using symbolic regression to learn equations from quantum chemistry calculations. The anticipated outcomes will lay the groundwork for simulations of competitive chemisorption in porous materials with active sites, as well as discover new equations for simply characterizing potential energy surfaces of acid-base interactions.
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Dr. Tyler Josephson, CBEE's newest faculty member, receives funding for his first NSF proposal. Congratulations to Dr. Josephson! We are looking forward to the exciting research. Award#...
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Dr. Pan delivered keynote at #ISN2A International Sympsium
Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials
Dr. Pan was invited as a keynote speaker for the 5th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials 2022 (https://www.isn2a2022.com/), held January 24-27, 2022 in Caparica Portugal.
Dr. Pan's talk was titled 'Amplification-free Translatable Geno-sensing Approaches for COVID-19 with Single Virus Sensitivity using Mutationally Conserved Antisense Oligonucleotides'
[Dr. Pan's post on LinkedIn]
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Dr. Pan was invited as a keynote speaker for the 5th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials 2022 (https://www.isn2a2022.com/), held January 24-27, 2022 in Caparica...
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Dr. Rao speaks to the future of sensors & Bioprocessing 4.0
Excerpt from GEN News
Bioprocessing 4.0 Depends on Advances in Optical Sensors
By Mike May, PhD | January 18, 2022
The move to Bioprocessing 4.0 depends heavily on advancing sensor technology. Only then can one accurately monitor and control biochemical reactions occurring in living cells. At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Govind Rao, PhD, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, and director of the center for advanced sensor technology (CAST), and his colleagues develop new sensors that help bioprocessors move from batch to continuous processing. One of the key elements to monitor is oxygen.
“Oxygen is the critical metabolic requirement for aerobic cells in culture and is the hardest to supply to cells due to its low solubility,” Rao explained. “Consequently, monitoring its presence is critical.”
Optical sensors offer promise in this area for oxygen and more. When asked about the most important recent advance in optical sensors that can be used in bioprocessing, Rao said that it’s “the ability to monitor multiple parameters in a non-invasive manner.”
Although research on optical sensors plays a fundamental role in their development, bioprocessors look for technology that can go into manufacturing facilities. That’s just what Rao develops. “All our sensors are designed for commercial application and in fact several are on the market,” he said
Image: Govind Rao. Photo courtesy Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.
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