Sep 17, 2021
UD’s Xinqiao Jia secures $4.85 million to advance vocal fold, salivary gland research University of Delaware materials scientist Xinqiao Jia has received a combined $4.85 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research aimed at improving...
Aug 31, 2021
UD undergrad Toni Akin-Adenekan explores biopharmaceutical research Editor’s note: This Q&A is one of a series of articles exploring the research that University of Delaware students have been pursuing. Though COVID-19 continues to shape some plans, students still...
Jul 1, 2020
UD engineers uncover role of surface diffusion in protein transport, which could aid biopharmaceutical processing Many of the most promising medicines under development are proteins, often antibodies, to help patients fight disease. These proteins must be purified as...
Mar 11, 2020
UD partners with Chemours on state-of-the-art research and innovation center It took 2,873 cans of paint, 630,000 hours of manual labor and 96,000 pounds of eco-friendly spray-foam insulation, but the Chemours Discovery Hub is up and running. This cutting-edge...
Oct 30, 2019
New polymer units created by UD, Penn researchers could enable materials breakthroughs From tires to clothes to shampoo, many ubiquitous products are made with polymers, large chain-like molecules made of smaller subunits called monomers, bonded together. Now, a team...
Oct 14, 2019
Thought leaders explore emerging area of biotherapeutics The tremendous potential of the emerging class of medicines known as biotherapeutics — medicines produced from living cells — is exciting new terrain for researchers, industry and health care professionals....
