Working together to advance cell manufacturing
Transforming the manufacture of cell-based therapeutics into a large-scale, lower-cost, reproducible, and high-quality engineered process, for broad industry and clinical use.
A partnership with the National
Cell Manufacturing Consortium
Announcing the 2024 Postdoctoral Fellows
The CMaT Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Excellence is a postdoctoral research and career development opportunity designed to recruit, train, and support exceptional postdoctoral fellows working in CMaT laboratories at the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. The goal of this fellowship is to support promising scientists from underrepresented groups during their mentored postdoctoral training under the guidance of a CMaT faculty mentor. CMaT faculty members at any major partner institution are eligible to serve as the postdoctoral mentor. Co-mentorship by faculty within or across CMaT institutions is allowed and encouraged, especially if it fosters integration.
We are excited to announce 2024's Postdoctoral Fellows: Luis Arrieta-Viana and Norh Asmare!
Norh Asmare Luis Arrieta-Viana
Spotlight on CMaT's 2023 Retreat
CMaT recently held its annual retreat from November 17-20, 2023 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where over 100 attendees gathered from CMaT partner universities, CMaT international partners, CMaT industry partners, and CMaT advisory boards. Read the full recap here.
2023 Summer Programs
In Summer 2023, CMaT hosted its annual summer research training programs, consisting of the 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), 6-week Research Experience Mentoring (REM), and 5-week Research Experience for Teachers (RET). The programs united diverse trainees and mentors from across the U.S. participating across CMaT partner institutions Georgia Tech, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, and the University of Georgia. In total, CMaT hosted 14 REU students, 7 REM participants (3 technical college students and 4 high school students), and 3 RET high-school teachers. Prior to the start of the summer programs, D&I leadership held a center-wide mentor training session led by Dr. Agnes Padovani to improve the hands-on research experiences and to clarify mentor-mentee expectations. In addition to full-time research projects conducted in CMaT labs, trainees also participated in virtual professional development workshops across the four sites, virtual journal club, tours such as at CMaT industry partner Aruna Bio, and social activities. The summer culminated with our 6th Annual CMaT Virtual Symposium with research presentations from REU and REM trainees from across all partner institutions. The success of these programs would not be possible without the dedication of our CMaT graduate student and postdoc mentors, and the faculty PIs that host our trainees. We look forward to continuing our programs in summer 2024.
