U-M, Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund joint energy, biomedical projects

ANN ARBOR-As part of an ongoing collaboration, seven joint research teams from U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have won funding for research projects that explore the potential of nanotechnology in energy and biomedical applications. The energy projects will team up investigators who are working on promising new technologies for advanced batteries, solar cells, and LEDs. The biomedical teams will focus on a novel drug-delivery system for treating cancer, a new approach to treating certain breast cancers, and a system for identifying and collecting enzymes useful in pharmaceutical development. This is the fourth annual round of funding for the U-M/SJTU Collaborative Research Programs for Energy and Biomedical Technology. The programs bring together teams with complementary perspectives and areas of expertise to address challenges in energy and health that transcend national borders. The programs fund projects that have commercial potential and that are likely to attract follow-on research funding from the U.S. and Chinese governments, as well as from industry. The biomedical projects are: Development of high-efficient NIR light-triggered spatiotemporal delivery mechanism of anticancer therapeutics with novel functionalized dendrimer-integrated upconversion nanoparticles.