{"668942":{"#nid":"668942","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Win NSF Rules of Life Funding to Address Societal Challenges","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree of 12 projects that received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/using-rules-life-address-societal-challenges\u0022\u003EUsing the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are led by researchers in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 12 projects received a total of $27 million in investment, supporting the use of knowledge learned from studying the Rules of Life \u2014 the complex interactions within and between a broad array of living systems across biological scales, and time and space \u2014 to tackle pressing societal challenges, including clean water, planet sustainability, carbon capture, biosecurity, and antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics. The Georgia Tech-related projects received a total of $7.7 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The enormous opportunity to apply biological principles to solving the biggest problems of today is one we cannot take lightly,\u0022 said Susan Marqusee, NSF assistant director for Biological Sciences. \u0022These projects will use life to improve life, including for many underprivileged communities and groups.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech-led projects include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECo-Producing Knowledge, Biotechnologies and Practices to Enhance Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E$2.67 million (Georgia Tech and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, award\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2319430\u0022\u003E2319430\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u2019s principal investigator is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/lily-cheung\u0022\u003ELily Cheung\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor of ChBE@GT, and the co-principal investigators are Shuichi Takayama, professor of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech, and William San Mart\u00edn, assistant professor of global environmental science, technology, and governance at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will address food security through low-cost technology based on biological principles to increase nitrogen content in soils and improve crop production on marginal lands.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENext-Generation Biological Security and Bio-Hackathon\u003C\/strong\u003E, $2.81 million (Georgia Tech and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, award\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2319231\u0022\u003E2319231\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u2019s principal investigator is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/corey-wilson\u0022\u003ECorey Wilson\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of ChBE@GT, and the co-principal investigators are Matthew Realff, professor of ChBE@GT, and\u0026nbsp;Christopher Voigt, professor of biological engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will create programmable, biological combination lock methods \u2014 \u0022on and off\u0022 states \u2014 for using synthetic biology safely, containing potentially dangerous organisms and protecting valuable ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESynthetic Protocell Communities to Address Critical Sensing Challenges,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E$2.23 million\u0026nbsp;(Georgia Tech, award\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2319391\u0022\u003E2319391\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u2019s principal investigator is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/mark-styczynski\u0022\u003EMark Styczynski\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of ChBE@GT, and the co-principal investigators are Shuichi Takayama, professor of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech; Brian Hammer, associate professor of biological sciences at Georgia Tech, and Neha Garg, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will create synthetic \u0022protocells\u0022 enabling the development of a highly sensitive, field deployable analysis system that could be used for many applications such as measuring micronutrient deficiencies in undernourished populations.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree of 12 projects that received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/using-rules-life-address-societal-challenges\u0022\u003EUsing the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are led by researchers in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three of 12 projects that received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation\u2019s Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges to be led by researchers in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2023-08-14 14:14:05","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 17:05:26","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671388":{"id":"671388","type":"image","title":"cheung2018preferred.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Lily Cheung\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1692021815","gmt_created":"2023-08-14 14:03:35","changed":"1692021815","gmt_changed":"2023-08-14 14:03:35","alt":"Assistant Professor Lily Cheung","file":{"fid":"254426","name":"cheung2018preferred.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/cheung2018preferred.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/cheung2018preferred.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":121671,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/14\/cheung2018preferred.jpg?itok=CrS8FhQN"}},"671389":{"id":"671389","type":"image","title":"markstyc2018-2.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Mark Styczynski\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1692021881","gmt_created":"2023-08-14 14:04:41","changed":"1692021881","gmt_changed":"2023-08-14 14:04:41","alt":"Professor Mark Styczynski","file":{"fid":"254427","name":"markstyc2018-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/markstyc2018-2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/markstyc2018-2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":113967,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/14\/markstyc2018-2.jpg?itok=z4hUUCQg"}},"671387":{"id":"671387","type":"image","title":"coreywilson.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Corey Wilson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1692021737","gmt_created":"2023-08-14 14:02:17","changed":"1692021737","gmt_changed":"2023-08-14 14:02:17","alt":"Professor Corey Wilson","file":{"fid":"254425","name":"coreywilson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/coreywilson.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/14\/coreywilson.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":88472,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/14\/coreywilson.jpg?itok=MJh8ZKNG"}}},"media_ids":["671388","671389","671387"],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1503","name":"Biotechnology"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"140071","name":"micronutrients"},{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"192954","name":"Rules of Living"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}