Academic institutions
ATP-Bio is a world-class partnership between engineering, medicine, science, education, business, and ethics at six premier research universities. It supports the crucial advancement of biopreservation technologies and enables innovation, commercialization, and diverse workforce development. Across ATP-Bio, the institutional resources are abundant.
ATP-Bio is co-led by the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) and the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery (CEMS) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The University of California-Riverside and University of California-Berkeley are core collaborating institutions. Carnegie Mellon University and Texas A&M University are non-core collaborating institutions.
University of Minnesota (UMN) is the lead institution as ATP-Bio headquarters. UMN’s expertise includes heat transfer, nanomedicine, cryobiology, particle technology, aerosols, 3D printing, cell therapies, physiology, bioelectronics, chemistry, advanced manufacturing, STEM education, psychology, bioethics, law and policy, business, innovation and commercialization.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), ATP-Bio’s co-lead institution, is a world leader in every facet of cryobiology including biopreservation, biomineralization, biostabilization, microfluidics, tissue engineering, cryopreservation, BioMEMS, chemical engineering, organ reengineering, organ preservation, metabolomics.
University of California-Riverside (UCR) is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and one of America’s most successful at graduating students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds. UCR brings expertise in nanofabrication, nanostructures, nanoparticle development, laser technology, and optics.
University of California-Berkeley (UCB) provides pioneers in cryobiology, micro-physiological systems, micro and nano energy conversion, organoids, drug discovery, and thermal measurement technologies.
Texas A&M University (TAMU) is the biggest university in America and has recently become an HSI. TAMU brings expertise in optics, laser nanowarming, molecular systems biotechnology in inflammatory diseases, microfluidic model systems, and intersections of thermodynamics and biology in biopreservation and conservation biology.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) brings cryobiology, cryosurgery, and cryomedicine research to the Center.