Biotech, Government, Life Sciences

Life Sciences Discovery Fund Awards $5 Million of Grants to Six Researchers

Luke Timmerman 8/5/08

Washington state’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund has awarded six grants to researchers totaling $5 million, the agency said today. Grant winners are Clifford Berkman and Diane Cook of Washington State University, and Eberhard Fetz, Cecilia Giachelli, Pierre Mourad, and Patrick Stayton of the University of Washington. The grants will fuel a variety of projects that include research into imaging of prostate cancer, diagnostic smart cards and recovery from brain damage. The winners were selected by the fund’s board of trustees, from a pool of 86 applications.

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotechnology Editor for Xconomy. You can e-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com, call 206-624-2374, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ldtimmerman.