Award
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PAR-21-038
Optically Promoting Cardiac Maturation Using Engineered Peptides
Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
Award Amount
$91,823.00
Ceiling
$91,823.00
Awarded
July 22, 2026
Identifier
PAR-21-038
NIH grant awarded to University of California-Irvine for research on engineered peptides to promote cardiac maturation using light-responsive methods.
Description
This NIH grant supports research on engineering peptide nanostructures for light-responsive cardiac cell maturation, aiming to address the technical barrier of cardiomyocyte immaturity using a wireless, non-genetic stimulation approach.