cMEDA Student Summer Scholarships
cMEDA Summer Research Scholarhip program is accepting applications (deadline: 3/31/2024). Application form: (link) The purpose of this program is to help students get valuable experience in research focused on enhancing our understanding of the microbiome, or aimed at improving wet lab and data analytics methods for studying it, and to catalyze the development of microbiome-oriented […]
cMEDA Seed Grants
cMEDA Seed Grants summer program is accepting applications (deadline: 3/31/2024). Application form: (link) The purpose of this program is to catalyze the development of new microbiome-oriented research programs at VCU. cMEDA plans to provide support for early stage and transitional faculty, or postdoctoral investigators, fellows or residents working with faculty mentors to launch new microbiome […]
cMEDA Seed Grants and Scholarships Symposium
The event includes presentations by recipients of cMEDA Faculty/Postdoc Seed Grants and cMEDA Student Summer Scholarships. Date: February 2nd, 2024, 1pm-4pm Location: Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St., Room 129
cMEDA to host research and technology forum April 19
cMEDA, the VCU Genomics Core and the VCU Bioinformatics Core will host a Research and Technology Mini Symposium on Wednesday, April 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The symposium will features presentations by local cMEDA researchers, as well as technical presentations on CosmosID and Element Bio. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Virginia Pathogen Genomics Center of Excellence
VCU Center for Microbiome Engineering and Data Analysis investigators has been selected in a national initiative to establish Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence across the country. The $90 million project, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aims to develop and improve genomic innovations for preventing, controlling and responding to infectious disease threats. […]
National SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Sequencing and Public Health
In response to an acknowledged paucity of pathogen genome sequencing ‘horsepower,’ expertise, and know-how in public health laboratories across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turned to academic sequencing centers with expertise in pathogen genomics to fill the gap. cMEDA investigators from Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pathology, and Computer Science […]
cMEDA newsletter: June 2022
In this issue of the Center for Microbiome Engineering and Data Analysis, we announce that cMEDA is officially designated by the VCU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation as a university-wide research center. We talk about our past successes, how the center will foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and what resources the cMEDA will […]
Historic $104 million gift supports new Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health
In February, 2022, VCU announced the launch of the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health. A historic gift of $104 million will from R. Todd Stravitz, M.D., and his family’s Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation, will radically expand research and treatment options for liver and liver-related metabolic diseases at VCU. “Words cannot capture my feelings […]
cMEDA newsletter: October 2021
In this issue of the Center for Microbiome Engineering and Data Analysis newsletter: A profile of Dr. Ami Bhatt, a physician-scientist with an interest in microbial genomics and metagenomics. Recent microbiome grants
cMEDA newsletter: March 2020
In this issue of the Center for Microbiome Engineering and Data Analysis newsletter: The Genomics Core and Pacific Biosciences awarded a pilot grant to Dr. Michael McVoy and Ahmed Al Qaffas for PacBio long read sequencing of Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV). Upcoming Microbiome Forum sessions