The Grant Science Lab

04/07/2022

Some encouraging news from a junior high and high school classmate of mine (Joseph Zasadzinski)

Synthetic lung coatings can help premature infants and adults with respiratory problems breathe easier MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (04/06/2022)—A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities engineering researchers analyzed the fundamental properties and structures of lung surfactant—a naturally o...

09/17/2021

Award of $470 million from the National Institutes of Health will enroll volunteers with long-term symptoms after coronavirus infection

12/09/2020

Another share from my cousin the science librarian.

I’m a clinical trials geek. I keep hearing people talk about the seven to 10 years it takes to make a vaccine and how dangerous speeding this up might be. The word that keeps popping up is “rushed” and it is making the average person nervous about vaccine safety. So, as a clinical trials docto...

10/01/2020

Three world-renowned science institutions in Woods Hole are preparing their ocean-front facilities for the threats of climate change and will soon release

08/14/2020

Developed into cancer fighting therapies, natural killer cells also have antiviral properties that could work against COVID-19.

07/19/2020

This is how science works. I used to do it as a biology faculty member, my spouse did it as one, and now the daughter is doing it in graduate school.

07/03/2020

Speaks for itself.

July 2, 2020 Georgia Tech, like peer institutions, faces a profound challenge: we are preparing for the Fall 2020 semester amidst a worsening Covid-19 pandemic. As academic faculty in a world-class Institute of Technology, we expect our leadership, who understand the culture and needs of the Institu...

06/20/2020

At least two farm workers have caught the disease from mink

06/01/2020

Since my newsletter, The Grant Science Journal is a rare event, I've decided to stop signups and retire the newsletter. If you are like me, I just get too many emails about all sorts of things. I rarely open them. Since my consulting niche is the scientific research community, I've found that referrals work much better. Researchers also know how to use the web to find information. So if you need help with the next grant proposal, find me.

05/29/2020

Masks and testing are necessary to combat asymptomatic spread in aerosols and droplets