NSF Awards Nearly $1M to Iowa State Team for Groundbreaking Cardiac Regeneration Research
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We are pleased to announce that Iowa State University has received a prestigious NSF grant totaling $999,745 for the project titled “VAScTWIN: Multiscale Digital Twin for Predictive Modeling and Genetic Control of Cardiac Vascular Regeneration.” This interdisciplinary effort is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Aishwarya Pawar, with Co-Principal Investigators Dr. Jeffrey Essner, Dr. Rana Parshad, and Dr. Ratul Chowdhury.
Funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Engineering of Biomedical Systems program, the project aims to develop a novel digital twin framework that integrates mathematics, gene editing, and computational modeling to predict and control blood vessel growth following cardiac injury. The research will support precision gene-editing strategies and immersive educational tools, including 3D simulations in collaboration with Iowa State’s Virtual Reality Center.
Congratulations to the research team on this exciting achievement that bridges mathematics and medicine to address one of the world’s leading health challenges.
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