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The IMPACT Awards initiative is an internal funding program from the Office of the Provost designed to support innovation and transformation within UK’s colleges.

Researchers at UK are exploring new ways to use nanoparticles in combination with other materials as an innovative approach to cancer therapy.

The UK BNRC will host its first symposium later this month, promoting biotechnology and bioelectronics innovation at UK.

UK College of Medicine researchers are using the special antibodies made by alpacas, called nanobodies, to help understand the novel coronavirus and potentially develop a treatment that could protect people from being infected. 

Bhandari and Gutierrez are creating nanoparticles to remove PCBs.

Sebastian Hernandez is creating membranes with metal nanoparticles to remove pollutants from water.

A new one atom-thick flat material that could advance digital technology has been discovered.

Phoebe Glazer is making light-activated, ruthenium-based molecules that will kill only cancerous cells.

Li Xiao is using green tea to create nanoparticles to degrade toxic pollutants to nontoxic chemicals.

Fifth-year graduate student Brad Newsome is developing composite nanomaterials for sensing and capture of PCBs.