Current Funding
W81XWH2010742
VLP immunotherapy combined with cryoablation for liver cancer treatment, in collaboration with Drs. Newton and Webster (VA, UC San Diego).
DMR-2011924
UC San Diego MRSEC: an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Director: Mike Sailor; Facilities: Shirley Meng; IRG1 Lead: Tao, Pascal; IRG2 Lead: Pokorski, Steinmetz
SIR Foundation
Noninfectious plant virus-like nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy
PI Christine Boone, Mentor: Nicole Steinmetz
The University of Sydney – University of California San Diego Partnership Collaboration Awards (PCA)
In collaboration with Dr. Markus Muellner, we will develop and study synthetic virus mimics.
NSF RAPID CBET-2032196
RAPID COVID-19: Metasurface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Platform for High-Sensitivity, Multiplexed Detection of Antibodies and RNA for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
in collaboration with Professor Andrea Tao, UCSD NanoEngineering
NSF RAPID CMMI-2027668
RAPID: Scalable Manufacturing of a Microneedle Coronavirus Vaccine Delivery System
in collaboration with Professor Jon Pokorski, UCSD NanoEngineering
R01CA253615
Bioprinting Plant Virus Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy and Relapse Preventionof Ovarian Cancer
in collaboration with Shaochen Chen (UCSD) and Steve Fiering (Dartmouth)
U01-CA218292
In situ vaccination nanotechnology. In collaboration with Dr. Steve Fiering, Dartmouth College.
Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine (GEM) Award
REAL-TIME monitoring of phage therapy pharmacodynamics. In collaboration with Drs. Chip Schooley and Steffanie Strathdee.
R01-CA202814
Minimally invasive molecular imaging approaches using plant virus-based contrast agents to aid prostate cancer risk stratification.
128319-RSG-15-144-01-CDD
Filamentous plant viruses as carriers for targeted drug delivery treating triple negative breast cancer.
Past Funding
DMR-1452257 CAREER
Plant virus-based nanoparticles conjugates for medical imaging and environmental sensing
Private Donor | CWRU
Translational development of VLP immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. In collaboration with Dr. DiFeo at CWRU.
R21-EB024874
Protein/polymer devices for slow-release immunotherapy.
In collaboration with Dr. Pokorski.
CDDI Pilot
Cancer immunotherapy with plant virus-based biologics. In collaboration with Dr. Gutkind, MCC.
Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership
Translational of plant VLPs for cancer immunotherapy. PIs: Steinmetz and Kim (UH Seidman).
Team Science Award
T-cell vaccines targeting breast cancer. PI Shukla (Research Professor in the Steinmetz Lab), Co-PI Levine (MMB), and Co-I Steinmetz.
CHE-1306447
Plant virus-templated polymeric nanoparticles, in collaboration with PI Jon Pokorski (Co-PI Steinmetz).
BES DE-SC0008068
DNA and virus-programmed mesoscale assemblies, in collaboration with PI Roger French (Co-PI Steinmetz).
CMMI-1333651
Nanomanufacturing went viral. In solution modification of Janus-type bionanoparticles, in collaboration with Co-PI Gobet Advincula.
DAAD-IPID4all
Student exchange between TU Dresden in Germany and CWRU, in collaboration with Professor Rainer Jordan.
CMMI-1509232 RAPID Development of a bio-inspired probe for Ebola detection, in collaboration with Co-PI Ruth Keri.
Steris Corporation for Infectious Disease (Pilot)
Purging persistant viral infection with nanoparticle 'seek and protect' therapy. Multi PIs: Steinmetz and Popkin (Dermatology).
Grant #IRG-91-022-18 (Pilot Award)
HER2 immunotherapy using a plant virus-based vaccination platform.
NIH P30 CA043703 (Pilot Award)
Multi-stage delivery of nanomaterials and their cargos targeting breast cancer. PI Steinmetz, Co-PI Keri.