{"301251":{"#nid":"301251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Todd McDevitt to serve as Technical Lead for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cell Manufacturing Consortium (CMC)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOffice of Governor Press Room\u003C\/strong\u003E - Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that the Georgia Research Alliance has been selected to receive a $499,636 planning grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NIST grant comes in support of the nation\u2019s ability to lead the global development of cell manufacturing technologies by leveraging the capabilities of industry and academia into a Cell Manufacturing Consortium (CMC). The CMC\u2019s work will focus on the manufacturing of cells that can be used in therapies, medical devices and drug discovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGreg Dane, an Industry Fellow with the Georgia Research Alliance, will lead the consortium\u2019s development efforts. Dr. Todd McDevitt, director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, will serve as the Technical Lead for the CMC, and Steven Stice, GRA Eminent Scholar and director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center at the University of Georgia, will serve as an adviser.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2014-05-08\/deal-georgia-research-alliance-grant-will-fuel-health-care-industry\u0022\u003ERead the full press release at this link.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that the Georgia Research Alliance has been selected to receive a $499,636 planning grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-06-04 12:10:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:33","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"254661":{"id":"254661","type":"image","title":"Todd McDevitt","body":null,"created":"1449243828","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:48","changed":"1475894934","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:54","alt":"Todd McDevitt","file":{"fid":"198186","name":"todd_mcdevitt_lab.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/todd_mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/todd_mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4014690,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/todd_mcdevitt_lab_0.jpg?itok=TebBWi34"}}},"media_ids":["254661"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"93601","name":"Cell Manufacturing Consortium"},{"id":"94681","name":"College of Engineering; Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"10619","name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology"}],"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":[],"email":["todd.mcdevitt@bme.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}