Working together to advance cell manufacturing

CMaT NSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies

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

CMaT Announces Renewed Funding for Postdoctoral Fellowships

CMaT is excited to announce renewed funding in 2025 for last year’s postdoctoral fellows, Luis Arrieta Viana and Norh Asmare.

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Norh Asmare (left) and Luis Arrieta Viana (right)

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.


Apply Now for the 2025 CMaT International Research Exchange

CMaT is pleased to announce the launch of 2025 CMaT International Research Exchange Application

Internal Submission Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025 

All applicants must:
Be enrolled in a research-based program under the direct supervision of a CMaT funded faculty advisor or be a CMaT funded faculty member.

  • Propose a research project that aligns with the goals of CMaT.
  • Non-U.S. citizens must be eligible for travel to the host country.
  • Be 18 years of age or older.
  • International research experience is expected to last at least 4 weeks.
     
Apply here: https://gatech.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1949299
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Spotlight on CMaT's 2024 Summit 

CMaT recently held its annual summit from August 7-9, 2024, at the University of Georgia, where over 100 attendees gathered from CMaT partner universities, CMaT international partners, CMaT industry members, and CMaT advisory boards. The retreat kicked off on Wednesday afternoon with a welcome and State of the Center Address by director Johnna Temenoff, followed by a presentation on healthcare policies affecting development, manufacturing, and delivery of cell therapies by keynote speaker Marianne Hamilton Lopez, Senior Research Director of Biomedical Innovation, adjunct associate professor, and core faculty at the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy in Washington, DC. CMaT trainees from each research test-bed shared CMaT research advances during oral research presentations.
Thursday and Friday’s activities included additional trainee research presentations and an industry panel on the state of the cell therapeutics space. This was followed by breakout groups to discuss sustainability activities and the center’s Perfect Pitch competition in which trainees explained the impact of their work in 90 seconds with one slide. A poster session followed, along with a tour of local company and CMaT partner Aruna Bio. Finally, center members participated in a discussion of diversity and inclusion, led by Randolph Carter, Special Assistant to the Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services and Chief of Staff at the University of Georgia. 

2024 Annual Summit Poster Session Winners
1st place – Thomas Spoerer
2nd place (tie) – James Rolland
2nd place (tie) – Carolina Rivero-Crespo
People’s Choice – Ashley Ellisa
 
2024 Annual Summit Perfect Pitch Winners
1st place – Apoorva Ramamurthy
2nd place – Kanupriya Daga
3rd place — Fathima Shabnam

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Apoorva Ramamurthy was awarded first place in the Perfect Pitch competition

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Group photo of 2024 CMaT Summit attendees
 
2024 Summer Programs Recap

CMaT welcomed a new cohort of trainees this summer for our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)Research Experience for Teachers (RET), and Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) programs. In total, CMaT labs hosted 12 undergraduate students from universities across the United States for the REU program. 6 high school teachers participated in research and developing classroom modules as part of the RET program via collaboration with the Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT) program at Georgia Tech. 4 high school students in Puerto Rico and 2 technical college students in Georgia joined us as part of the REM program. 

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CMaT trainees at the University of Georgia enjoy a group outing

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Final Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Presentations

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CMaT trainees ​at University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez enjoy a group outing

UW-Madison REU student Hayden Deans leading an activity on cardiomyocyte biomanufacturing for high school students and teachers in the Morgridge Summer Science Camp