Acquisition of a Seahorse XFe Analyzer for polymer testing with live cells
Abstract
A Seahorse XFe24 analyzer will be acquired as major research instrumentation to support research infrastructure at Savannah State University (SSU). This instrument will assist DoD federally funded laboratories to analyze how chemicals and biodegradable/bioassimilable polymers affect key cellular functions in live cells and enable the development of medical implantation devices/scaffolds and better therapeutics to treat diseases affecting civilians and the military personnel. Core users of this instrument include the principal investigator, and faculty from chemistry, biology, forensic, environmental and marine sciences. The PIÕs current research, which is funded by DoD/ARO, is to provide an easier alternative methodology of synthesizing new unsaturated biodegradable polyesters through a combination of metal-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of gamma lactones. This newly synthesized unsaturated linear polyester can be applicable in packaging, drug delivery and tissue engineering scaffolds through functionalization. It is therefore, important to understand their effects on metabolic functions of living cells and that is why the Seahorse XFe24 become very relevant. This instrument is not available in Coastal Georgia or its environs and as such will be available to research professors from Georgia Southern University both at the Statesboro and Armstrong campuses. The PI and Co-PI will be in charge of controlling instrumentÕs usage by other core users and downtime. This instrument will augment existing faculty research capabilities at Savannah State University and neighboring institutions, thereby advancing the frontiers of innovative research and training of undergraduate/graduate students.This new instrument will allow many underrepresented students at Savannah State University to undergo research training in order to meet US workforce demand in biomedical/pharmaceutical/chemical sciences. Funding this major research instrumentation grant will attract more talented students including Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC and AROTC) to perform undergraduate research at SSU.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 24, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910394
Entities
People
- Pascal Binda
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Savannah State University
- United States Army