Wang Earns 5-Year NIH Grant
Xueju “Sophie” Wang’s research group has received a five-year NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA, R35).
Wang is an associate professor who joined the Department of Materials Science in 2020.
This award will support Wang’s research on developing a soft, morphable, three-dimensional electronic and microfluidic “MicroLab” for drug screening in engineered tissues. By leveraging expertise in soft stimuli-responsive materials, bioelectronics, and microfluidics, they aim to integrate morphable electronic and microfluidic systems with tissue models to create advanced platforms for drug screening.
“I am very excited about this project and grateful for the opportunity to pursue this research,” Wang said regarding the award.
This is a 5-year award with a total award amount of approximately $2.245 million to Wang’s lab, supporting the research on 3D-engineered platforms for drug testing using organoid interfaces.
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Published: November 12, 2026
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