Biotech, Life Sciences

Major Research Projects

• UMass Lowell experts create an in-house COVID-19 testing lab
• Mobile apps improving health of underserved populations
• Contrast agents designed specifically to recognize and bind to breast cancer cells, amplifying X-ray signals
• Waterborne infectious diseases and methods to predict and prevent outbreaks
• Lyophilization Research Bay is the first pilot-scale facility on the East Coast that is located in a clean-room environment and is accessible to outside users
• Effective & easy to use multifunctional drug-delivery system for treatment of oral ulcers
• Investigating spider silk to make products from genetically engineered fibers
• Eggshells to help grow and heal human bones

Associated Centers, Labs & Facilities

• Massachusetts Biomanufacturing Center
• Center for Digital Health (CDH)
• Center for Advanced Materials (CAM)
• Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center
• Radiation Laboratory
• Next Generation Sequencing & Genomics Lab
• Analytical Chemistry Lab
• Small Animal Imaging Lab
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facility
• Lyophilization Pilot Scale Facility
• Fabric Discovery Center
• HEROES (Harnessing Emerging Research Opportunities to Empower Soldiers)
• UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE)

Manufacturing USA

This network of manufacturing innovation institutes is a public-private partnership in distinct technology areas, which receives matching funding from the sponsoring federal agency.

• ARM (Advanced Robotics Manufacturing) – creates robotic technology through integration of industry practices and multi-disciplined knowledge in areas including sensors, artificial intelligence, human and machine interfaces.
• ARMI (Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute) BioFabUSA – integrates innovative cell and tissue cultures with advances in biofabrication, automation, robotics, and analytical technologies to create disruptive research and development tools and FDA-compliant volume manufacturing processes.
• NextFlex – furthers development of flexible hybrid electronics including biomedical sensors.
• NIIMBL (National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals) – develops more efficient and flexible manufacturing capabilities for existing and emerging biopharmaceutical products.

Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program

This NSF funded program establishes collaborative Industry-University research centers that allow industry members to direct research focus areas, with funding from the membership.

• AMBIC (Advanced Mammalian Biomanufacturing Innovation Center) – develops enabling technologies, knowledge, design tools and methods that apply and integrate high-throughput and genome-based technologies to fast-track advanced biomanufacturing processes.
• SHAP3D (Center for Science of Heterogeneous Additive Printing of 3D Materials) – addresses fundamental research challenges to meet commercial needs for 3D printing of heterogeneous materials.