Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Biological Surface Science

生物技术现在被认为是工业发展的新焦点。 增长 有四个主要的相互作用的阶段， 所有材料/生物系统兼容性均基于-基质/- 高分子“调理膜”/活细胞/周围 媒体 一项规划补助金，NSF CDR 86-15640，已经表明， 产学合作生物技术研究中心 表面科学既可行又可行。 该奖项是发起一个行业/大学合作 国家生物表面科学研究中心 纽约大学-布法罗分校与蒙大拿大学合作 州立大学。 最初的研究集中在 聚合物、金属和陶瓷的模型基质， 用于研究在暴露于相关环境中发生的沉积物 相互作用的生物系统 其他的研究是针对生物系统 与细菌哺乳动物细胞血液成分的相容性， 微藻 一名女大学生正在通过以下方式加强研究 模型基质研究 八家公司提供了该中心60%的资金。 这所大学和纽约州立科技大学 基金会正在为中心的 总预算超过60万美元。 共同主要研究者及其同事是 国家认可的专家在他们的领域，并有 经验和行业联系，以运行一个行业/大学 合作研究中心。 项目经理推荐纽约州立大学 约克-布法罗（与蒙大拿州立大学合作） 每年提供75，000美元，为期五年。 一个 建议为一（1）年额外拨款5，000美元，用于“资助 支持妇女，少数民族和残疾人工程研究 助理”项目。 在每12个月的期末，项目经理 和/或跨学科研究部主任 将审查该中心在一些更新的进展情况 标准，包括：（1）在多大程度上 大学与工业界的互动和合作正在发展; (2)中心的支持基础正在扩大的程度; (3)一个强大的研究计划正在发展的程度。 如果 如果评审结果令人满意，项目经理将建议提供支持 下一个持续资助期

Biotechnology is now recognized as a new focus for industrial growth. There are four principal interacting phases upon which all material/biosystem compatibility is based - substrata/- macromolecular "conditioning films"/living cells/surrounding media. A planning grant, NSF CDR 86-15640, has shown that an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Biological Surface Science is both feasible and viable. This award is initiating an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Biological Surface Science at the State University of New York - Buffalo in collaboration with Montana State University. The initial research is being focussed around model substrata of polymers, metals and ceramics which are being used to study the deposits occurring during exposures to relevant interacting biosystems. Other studies are addressing biosystem compatibility with bacteria mamanalian cells blood components and micro alage. A woman undergraduate is augmenting the research through studies of model substrata. Eight companies are providing 60% of the Center's funding. Both the University and the New York State Science and Technology Foundation are providing significant cost sharing for the Center's total budget of over $600,000. The Co-Principal Investigators and their colleagues are nationally recognized experts in their fields and have the experience and industrial contacts to run an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. The Program Manager recommends the State University of New York - Buffalo (in collaboration with Montana State University) be awarded $75,000 a year for a five year continuing grant. An additional $5,000 is recommended for one (1) year for "Funding for Support of Women, Minority, and Disabled Engineering Research Assistants" program. Near the end of each 12-month period, the Program Manager and/or the Director of The Division of Cross-Disciplinary Research will review the progress of the Center on a number of renewal criteria, including the following: (1) extent to which university/industry interaction and collaboration is developing; (2) extent to which the support base for the center is expanding; (3) extent to which a robust research program is developing. If review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support of the next period of this continuing grant.