Professor Zhongping Chen has been awarded a four-year $2.9 million grant from the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to continue the development of a new imaging technology that will enhance clinicians' ability to identify vulnerable lesions, tailor interventional therapy and monitor disease progression for patients with cardiovascular disease.

Professor Timothy Downing has been awarded a five-year $3 million grant from the NSF "Understanding the Rules of Life" initiative for the project titled Epigenetics 2: Connecting cell fate and epigenome drift through physical models of chromatin structure and dynamics. The initiative is part of the NSF's 10 "Big Ideas" for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering.