Recently, School of Medicine (SOM), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has founded South Texas Centre of Excellence in Cancer Research to address disproportionate cancer related health issues in the Valley. Through this application, we intend to establish an Integrated Cancer Research Core (ICRC) Facility at the UTRGV campus to provide cutting-edge technologies to support cancer research investigators of the Rio Grande Valley. The core facility will be directed by Dr. Chauhan, who is a world-leader in molecular cancer immuno-therapeutics and early cancer diagnosis. Identification of new therapeutic and diagnostic target can further strengthen cancer research area. Cutting edge adv...
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Recently, School of Medicine (SOM), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has founded South Texas Centre of Excellence in Cancer Research to address disproportionate cancer related health issues in the Valley. Through this application, we intend to establish an Integrated Cancer Research Core (ICRC) Facility at the UTRGV campus to provide cutting-edge technologies to support cancer research investigators of the Rio Grande Valley. The core facility will be directed by Dr. Chauhan, who is a world-leader in molecular cancer immuno-therapeutics and early cancer diagnosis. Identification of new therapeutic and diagnostic target can further strengthen cancer research area. Cutting edge advanced research has potential to develop newer early diagnosis and therapeutics platforms for cancer management. Proposed ICRC will house most recent technologies (Flow Cytometry, CyTOF, Image Stream Flow, Droplet Digital PCR, molecular and microPET/CT imaging) to support flow cytometric analyses in cell suspension and tissues, cell sorting, analysis of tumor immune components, microbiome and probiotics, cancer health disparity, antibody drug conjugates production, antibody nanoparticle therapies, antibody radionuclides research. This core facility will provide access to state-of-the art technologies to cancer researchers of RGV and South Texas. This facility will not only enhance chances of their funding but also provide cost-effective access to the modern cancer research facilities for developing basic and clinical translational collaborative research and trained local medical personnel in the Valley. This will also allow us to develop our graduate program around cancer biology and cancer immunology to produce a future generation of cancer researchers from the Valley. Overall, the establishment of this core facility will create a highly conducive environment in the Valley for cancer prevention research as no such facility exists within a 250-mile radius from the proposed site.
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