Bisconti Fund for AI-Focused Research

June 9, 2023

Congratulations to our 2nd Bisconti award winner, Dr. Martin Hemberg!

Our spring 2023 application cycle is the second of 5 total Bisconti awards that CCB will be sponsoring over the next few years. Check back in January of 2024 for details on how to apply for the next cycle.

At a Glance

  • $50,000 Funding opportunity to advance innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions for biomedical research and healthcare in collaboration with the Center for Computational Biomedicine (CCB).

Awardee:

Dr. Ming-Ru-Wu, Assistant Professor of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Project Title:

Drugging the undruggable – machine-learning-based cancer immunotherapy design

Funding Period:

August 1st, 2022 –> July 31st, 2023

Awardee:

Dr. Martin Hemberg, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Project Title:

Computational Pipeline for Identification of Cell-Cell Interactions from High Resolution Spatial Transcriptomics Data

Funding Period:

August 1st, 2023 –> July 31st, 2024

 

Application details will be announced January 2024.

Application details will be announced January 2025.

Application details will be announced January 2026.