Funding of our Research

The Daniel Team thanks all the agencies and foundations that support our research. We could not make an impact without the generous support from those listed below. Students in the group have also been successful landing fellowships.

Fellowships our team members have won

Current Funding from External Sources

Project Title Threat agnostic sensing using biomimetic devices
Role PI (Co-PIs: Becky Hess, PNNL; Roisin Owens, Cambridge; Albertso Salleo, Stanford)
Source of Support DTRA, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Project Title R21 Single particle analysis of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 membrane fusion mechanism
Role Co-I (PI: Katya Heldwein, Tufts University Medical School)
Source of Support National Institutes of Health, NIAID

Project Title R01 Mechanisms of Nipah virus fusion and entry
Role Co-I (PI: Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Cornell University)
Source of Support National Institutes of Health, NIAID

Project Title Impact of FDA-approved calcium-modulating drugs on lessening COVID-19 infection
Role PI
Source of Support Emergent Ventures, Mercatus Center

Project Title 2020 SynCell Meeting
Role PI
Source of Support National Science Foundation MCB

Project Title RAPID: Revealing the intermolecular interactions between the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 fusion peptide and the host cell membrane that underlie its flexibility in host tropism
Role PI (Co-PIs: Nicholas Abbott and Gary Whittaker, Cornell University)
Source of Support National Science Foundation MCB

Project Title EAGER: Plant membrane on-a-chip for the Genome Wide Studies of Plant Transport Processes
Role PI (Co-PI: Olena Vatamaniuk, Cornell University)
Source of Support National Science Foundation

Project Title EAGER: Uncovering the role of Golgi organization on function
Role PI (Co-PI: Neha Kamat, Northwestern)
Source of Support National Science Foundation MCB

Project Title R21 Effects of Common Sialic Acid Modifications on Virus Binding and Infection
Role Co-I (PI: Colin Parrish, Microbiology & Immunology)
Source of Support National Institutes of Health, NIAID

Project Title Bioelectronic Interfacing with Extracellular Vesicles from Cancer Cells (‘BELIEVE’)
Role Co-I (PI: Sahika Inal, KAUST. Co-I: Roisin Owens, University of Cambridge)
Source of Support King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s Competitive Research Grant Program-Round 7 (CRG7)

Project Title R01 Structural and Functional Analysis of the Coronavirus Spike Protein Fusion Peptide
Role PI (Co-PI: Gary Whittaker, Microbiology & Immunology. Co-Is: David Eliezer, Weill Cornell; Jack Freed, CBB)
Source of Support National Institutes of Health, NIAID

Project Title Establishing a Gram-Negative Permeation Rule Set Leveraging a Unique Small Molecule Library
Role Co-I
Source of Support Venatorx, National Institutes of Health Flow-through R01

Project Title Biomimetic organic electronic transistors for characterizing host cell-pathogen interactions
Role PI, Cornell team (Co-PI: Alberto Salleo, Stanford. Co-Is: Roisin Owens, Cambridge, Chris Alabi, Cornell, Tobias Doerr, Cornell)
Source of Support DARPA, Army Research Office

Project Title Spatio-temporal Biomanufacturing of Posttranslationally Modified Proteins using Biomembrane Microfluidics
Role PI (Co-PI: Matt DeLisa, CBE)
Source of Support National Science Foundation

Project Title Unmasking Contact Line Mobility and Inertially-spreading Drops
Role Co-PI (PI: Paul Steen, CBE)
Source of Support National Science Foundation & National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Project Title Collaborative Research: Microbial Fuel Cell Optimization through Digital Microfluidic Electrochemistry in Single-Bacterial Drops
Role PI (Co-PI: Daniel Hassett, Univ. Cincinnati)
Source of Support National Science Foundation CBET Energy for Sustainability

Completed Funding

Project Title Keeping the Ezra Promise: Any Person, Any Study – A Pilot Plan to Make STEM more Inclusive at Cornell University
Role PI (Co-PI: Paulette Clancy, CBE)
Source of Support Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Project Title Single Particle Tracking of Oncogenic Microvesicles to Inform Nanoparticle-based Cancer Detection and Therapy
Role PI (Co-PI: Claudia Fischbach, BME)
Source of Support MSKCC U54 Development Program; NIH/NCI U54CA 199081

Project Title A Single Particle Imaging Approach for the Detection of Virus Phenotypes in a Mixture
Role PI
Source of Support National Science Foundation (CBET-126701)

Project Title CAREER: Dynamic and Intrinsic Profiling of Cell Membrane Microdomain Composition, Function, and Regulation.
Role PI
Source of Support National Science Foundation (CBET-1149452)

Project Title RAPID: Viral Coat Protein Arrays for Rapid Development and Screening of Anti-fusogenic Antivirals Against Ebolavirus
Role PI (Co-PI: Gary Whittaker, Department of Microbiology and Immunology)
Source of Support National Science Foundation (MCB-1504846)

Project Title Fundamental Understanding of Impact and Draw Back Dynamics of Jetted Ink Drops on Print Surfaces with Varying Contact Angle Hysteresis.
Role PI (Co-PIs: Srinivas Mettu, Xerox; Paul Steen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Source of Support Xerox Research Center

Project Title Inviscid Wetting and Spreading by Capillarity: The “Walking” Instability
Role Co-PI (PI: Paul Steen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Source of Support National Science Foundation (CBET-1236582)

Project Title Characterization of Influenza Virus Fusion Using a Single-Particle Fusion Assays
Role PI
Source of Support National Institutes of Health, flow-through University of Rochester

Project Title Manipulation of Two-phase Flow in Low-gravity Environments: Drop-phase Relocation by Active Wettability Control
Role Co-I (PI: Paul Steen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Co-I: Herbert Hui, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
Source of Support National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Project Title BRIGE: A Research and Education Program for the Development of Technology for Transmembrane Proteomics
Role PI
Source of Support National Science Foundation

Project Title Development of a Device for Characterizing and Sorting Membrane Proteins in Their Native State
Role PI (Co-I: Alexander Travis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University)
Source of Support New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR)

Project Title Development of Single Particle Assays for Rapid Assessment of Binding and Fusion of Influenza to Model Cell Membranes
Role PI (Co-I: Lois Pollack, School of Applied Engineering and Physics)
Source of Support National Institutes of Health, flow-through University of Rochester

Project Title An Integrated Biomembrane Chip for the Study of Structure and Function of Cell Membrane Species
Role PI
Source of Support New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR)