Emerging Preeminent Programs

Stempel College receives $6.6M to study Parkinson’s disease
The NIEHS has awarded professor Kim Tieu a $6.6 million grant to study how brain cells die in Parkinson’s disease and to develop effective drug therapies for this brain condition.
June 25, 2019
$1.5 million grant readies doctoral students for research
FIU is launching a transdisciplinary biomolecular and biomedical sciences training program for doctoral students thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
June 4, 2019

The Latest

Team awarded $15M by DARPA to develop skin microbiome-based mosquito repellent
Ginkgo Bioworks, Azitra, Inc. , FIU and Latham BioPharm Group (LBG) have been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced ...
January 28, 2021
FIU research continues to target COVID-19
Researchers at FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences Institute have identified a potential pathway for treating a COVID-19 infection using federally-approved drugs through the use of computer screening.
January 28, 2021