July 2023 Mechanical Engineering Blog
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July 15, 2023
Kytopen Looks to Advance Gene Modified Cell Therapies With a High Profile Collaboration
Kytopen Looks to Advance Gene Modified Cell Therapies With a High Profile Collaboration
Leading bioengineering firm, Kytopen, will collaborate with Rice University's renowned bioengineer, Omid Veiseh, to accelerate genome engineering research and further the development of cutting edge cell therapies. In 2017 Kytopen was co-founded by MIT mechanical engineering professor Dr. Cullen Buie and MIT research scientist Dr. Paulo A. Garcia. Today the firm is a leader in the discovery, development, and manufacturing of gene-modified cell therapies. the firm recently introduced their cutting edge high-throughput gene editing instrument, Flowfect Discovery, and their manufacturing scale platform, Flowfect Tx. Flowfect platforms integrate electric fields and with continuous fluid flow to deliver payloads of CRISPR, Cas9RNP, mRNA, and DNA directly to billions of cells within minutes. Flowfect Discovery allows for the predictive scaling of engineered cells, which helps cell therapy manufacturing issues at the initial discovery phase. Both Flowfect Discovery and Flowfect Tx integrate seamlessly to reduce development time of new therapies from years to a few months, thereby also significantly reducing costs. Omid Veiseh will host the placement of both technologies at his transitional medical research facility at Rice University. Learn more here.
July 31, 2023
Canada Looks to stay at the forefront of innovation in the Nuclear energy Sector
Canada Looks to stay at the forefront of innovation in the Nuclear energy Sector
A Team of engineers from the University of Toronto will attempt to develop the technology necessary for small scale modular nuclear reactors. The team of researchers will consist of professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, Greg Jamieson, Oh- Sung Kwon from the department of civil and mineral engineering, and assistant professor Yu Zou from the department of materials science and engineering. The project is funded by the NSERC-CNSC Small Modular Reactors Research Grant Initiative and will last approximately three years. The engineering team believes that small modular reactors can be used in remote areas where access to energy is limited. The industrial standard for generating energy in remote areas are diesel generators, thus small modular reactors (if made viable) could also represent a green energy alternative since they operate without emitting green house gas emissions. The plan is to develop small scale reactors that produce only about 300 megawatts of power, and are built using prefabricated parts and components that can be easily shipped and assembled on-site. The modular reactors in addition to being able to produce electricity also produce heat, which can be used for other applications such as district heating, hydrogen generation, or oil sands processing. Learn more here.
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