RMM Grants Awarded

See where grants have been awarded across Minnesota.
Dr. Wierson
Wesley Wierson, PhD
Enhancing Infrastructure for Development and Analysis of Regenerative Cell Therapies
LEAH Labs is an innovative biotech startup headquartered at Mayo Clinic's 'Hatchery Lab' developing regenerative cell therapies, first focused on…
2022-2023
Mr. Murphy
Richard Murphy
Development of a peripheral nerve wrap using regenerative engineering tissue tube
This project aims to develop and implant a preclinical model of a regenerative tissue tube for nerve repair. The TRUE™ Tissue allogeneic biomaterial…
2022-2023
Mr. Dunbar
Ross Dunbar
Liquid Nitrogen-Free Cryogenic Storage System
1) Build and test a customer demonstration model of the liquid nitrogen-free cryogenic storage system. This system will allow storage and…
2022-2023
Dr. Athanasiou
Maria Athanasiou, PhD
Regenerative Medicine for the Durable Remission of HIV, Analytical Testing Infrastructure
We are developing a one-time treatment for durable remission of HIV, after which patients will no longer need to take traditional antiretroviral…
2022-2023
Dr. Zhao
Chunfeng Zhao, MD
Purified Exosome Product for Rotator Cuff Repair and Regeneration
The overall goal of this project is to develop a novel biological therapy to treat rotator cuff tears, which is a common injury that causes shoulder…
2022-2024
Dr. Westendorf
Jennifer Westendorf, PhD
Development Of Novel Proteolytic Targeting Chimeras That Promote Cartilage Regeneration
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of doctor visits, chronic disability, and joint pain. OA occurs when…
2022-2024
Dr. van Berlo
Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD
Unraveling Cardiac Maturation to improve Congenital Heart Disease Therapies
The goal of this project is to study the process of cardiac maturation, which involves changes that happen in the heart from birth to adulthood.…
2022-2024
Dr. Tranquillo
Robert Tranquillo, PhD
Rapidly Endothelialized Vascular Bypass Grafts From Autologous Adipose Microvessels
The project aims to develop and test a novel method to create replacement blood vessels that are rapidly seeded with cells derived from a simple…
2022-2024
Dr. Toth
Ferenc Toth, DVM, PhD
Preclinical Evaluation of Multi-tissue Organoid-Derived Chondrocytes for the Treatment of Focal Cartilage Defects
Our ultimate goal is to bring our chondrocyte product, harvested from human induced pluripotent cell derived multi tissue organoids, into human…
2022-2024
Dr. Smoot
Rory Smoot, MD
Augmenting Liver Regeneration at the Single Cell Level
This application examines the mechanisms by which targeting the molecule YAP with medications can facilitate liver regeneration. We propose that YAP…
2022-2024
Dr. Rivera-Mulia
Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia, PhD
A multi-omics approach for the identification of species-specific developmental states and speed during interspecies chimerism
1. Construct integrative models that characterize the developmental states and rhythms of early embryogenesis. 2. Identify the developmental…
2022-2024
Dr. Metzger
Joseph Metzger, PhD
Advancing a genetically edited biosensor platform in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac muscle for personalized medicine and drug discovery
This proposal focuses on leveraging advances in cardiac stem cell biology to forge new therapeutic modalities for combating heart disease, the…
2022-2024