C2MCI joins ¥500M JST-ASPIRE research program furthering carbon-based chemistry
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The Carbon to Metal Coating Institute (C2MCI) is proud to be a part of the Carbon-based Material-Biology Interface Science (CoMBiS) project: an international effort using carbon-based chemistry to explore an unprecedented new research domain.
Supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s ASPIRE program, CoMBiS is led by C2MCI member Dr. Kenichiro Itami (Chief Scientist at RIKEN, a leading research institute in Japan) and features Dr. Cathleen Crudden (C2MCI Scientific Director) as a Partner Principal Investigator.
The project brings together faculty and student researchers to study how biomolecules, such as proteins or sugars, interact with engineered materials, and how carbon-based chemistry can help make those connections more stable in complex material and biological systems.
C2MCI researchers at Queen’s University (Dr. Farnaz Heidar-Zadeh, Dr. Chantelle Capicciotti, and Dr. Taleana Huff), will work with international partners and facilities to foster international student knowledge exchanges and advance C2MCI’s work on NHC-stabilized nanoclusters and polymer-based coatings.
