July 10, 2017
The lab of Steven Roth, MD has been honored with a Catalyst Award from the Chicago Biological Consortium (CBC). The grant funds a joint project with Dr. Ernesto Bongarzone (Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Anatomy/Cell Biology), and Dr. Joshua Leonard (Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Northwestern). The investigators will be developing engineered extracellular vesicles for the treatment of diseases of the eye and brain.
Background on the Catalyst Award and the CBC can be found here:
https://www.chicagobiomedicalconsortium.org/awards/catalyst_award/