Support innovative advanced healthcare research at
Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center
University of Miami, Florida
Finding metabolomic pathways in medical sciences to end blindness and many deadly diseases
Welcome to Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group (MMRSG)
Miami Metabolomic Research Support Group is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization created to assist the Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center (MIMRC) at the University of Miami Medical Campus in South Florida.
MIMRC
MIMRC engages physicians and NIH-recognized biomedical researchers, undergraduate students, medical students, and global researchers in advanced healthcare to find medical solutions to end blindness and other deadly diseases. Collaborations with multidisciplinary researchers and the use of instrumentation like imaging mass spectrometry, super-resolution structured illumination, and asymmetric ion mobility instruments enable full-service proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics scientific research under a single roof.
TAX DEDUCTIBLE ID number is 83-4643804
Contributions to the Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
MISSION
Miami Metabolomic Research Support Group (MMRSG) is a non-profit organization that provides additional funding through community involvement for MIMRC researchers.
Our mission is to generate a self-sustaining philanthropic program that can collect donations, gifts, and funds through fundraisers, corporate gifting, events, and campaigns to provide MIMRC access to funds needed to ensure the upkeep and maintenance of equipment and additional needs to ensure that researchers have sustained research facilities and funds required every year.
PURPOSE
PRIMARY
1. Raise funds for the maintenance of biomedical research lab instruments
SECONDARY
2. Engage MMRSG volunteers to lead community outreach programs in underserved populations on better healthcare medical treatments based on metabolomic research studies
3. Provide supplemental financial support for college research students and interns to work
4. Support underrepresented researchers with funds
5. Create MMRSG Chapters in Schools & Colleges to organize fundraisers and also mentor STEM students in biomedical sciences and leadership programs with community engagement
We are looking for funds and volunteers for community outreach services. Community hours will be given to students who volunteer with us.
Miami Metabolomic Research Support Group has been formed to support Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center
Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group (MMRSG) is an independent registered 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. Our most important aim is to generate a greater impact on scientific research by combining the strengths of multidisciplinary science with cutting edge instruments and collaborative users.
MIMRC (Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center) is seeking community support to maintain, repair, and upgrade instruments through MMRSG (Miami Metabolomic Research Support Group). The objective of MIMRC is to bring instrumentation like imaging mass spectrometry, super-resolution structured illumination and asymmetric ion mobility instruments enabling full-service proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics under a single roof. The MIMRC brings undergraduate students, medical students, researchers and startup companies together providing a ground where employees meet entrepreneurs and future employees. MIMRC provides a venue for different volunteer trainees to collaborate with various biomedical academic principal researchers / investigators of the research faculty, health care industry and physicians to acquire knowledge and skills in clinical research. Eventually it will allow the dynamic addition of instruments, maintenance and their additions/deletions based on their research needs and acquired resources. Philanthropic and grant funding will be through MMRSG.
Miami Metabolomics Research Group (MMRSG)
Aims to support metabolomics research in South Florida. It is also willing to support superior quality collaborative research on metabolomics anywhere. Modern-day metabolomics is identifying and quantifying thousands of metabolites or small molecules in cells, tissue, and bodily fluids simultaneously. This requires high-end instruments. The maintenance, operation, and upgrades of such instruments are very difficult for researchers engaged in this area. In 2020-2040, significant ailments are going to be experienced that are late in onset and progressive in nature. This includes neurodegeneration, cancer, age-related endocrine and metabolomic diseases, and more…
Philanthropic funding and grant funding will be an important source of support for the Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center (MIMRC). MIMRC brings clinicians and scientists together to identify organs and diseases for future investigations in healthcare. Such interactions identify gaps in knowledge and opportunities for deep vertical research that can make a significant difference in the lives and health of individuals. Research ventures like these have led to the development of tangible advancements, such as statins, which have impacted the quality of life of millions of people suffering from high cholesterol, or vaccines, which have immunized populations from fatal diseases. The MIMRC intends to combine a service platform (core facility) with intellect to offer an extended range of biomedical research services to clinicians, investigators, and selected industry partners while integrating research trainees into the workflow. These activities are supported in part by the Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group (MMRSG), which focuses on the philanthropic funding needs of MIMRC. The mission of MMRSG is to bridge significant gaps in the following areas:
– Extramural grant funding for sophisticated instruments (the major mechanism that supports scientific research)
– Grant funding mechanisms for early summer and winter opportunities for students (i.e. internships)
– Scientific meetings that bring local and international scientists and clinicians together
Read on to learn how your donation will directly help support groundbreaking research.
Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center (MIMRC)
Each organ of the body has some distinct metabolism. Understanding the distinct features of such metabolism is a window of opportunity to address specific aberrations in disease or inherent disorders. MIMRC will provide assistance beyond routine sample processing by assisting investigators in structuring the experiments as well as providing post-processing bioinformatics analysis of instrument output.
Instrumentation has made tremendous advances that enable such identification. Complex diseases are often late-onset and progressive. Metabolic analogs are thus far the best-known drugs, for example, cholesterol-lowering statins. Synergistic analytical platforms, skilled scientists working in tandem with clinicians are likely to uncover such vistas. The scientific investigation needs tremendous support and MMRSG aims to plug such gaps.
MIMRC enables a group of interdisciplinary investigators to collaborate across different disciplines, support grant proposals, and bring different platforms and technologies for common use. It provides a venue for different volunteer trainees to collaborate with principal investigators and industries to acquire skills that would not be available in other settings. Eventually, it will allow the dynamic addition of instruments, and provide for the operation and maintenance of these instruments based on need and acquired resources. More details about MIMRC can be found on their website.
Metabolism encompasses almost all organs of the human body. Metabolite analogs constitute more than 90 percent of the drugs used to treat diseases. Comprehensive studies of metabolism across organs and within organs necessitates high-end instruments, highly trained personnel and cross-discipline collaborations of physicians of many disciplines and researchers. Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center (MIMRC) is an initiative that has been created to meet these objectives. The center will house several instruments. It has received some instruments as donation from Drug Enforcement Administration, US Department of Justice.
Internship students starting with an academic exercise as a scientific project gains skills and with expertise becomes future employees. MIMRC by providing ground and non-profit cost advantage enables such interactions. The faculty members lend their expertise frequently free of cost to help their colleagues and startup enterprises. MIMRC intends to combine a service platform with intellect in order to offer extended service to academic investigators, selected industry and integrate trainees in the process. In its initial phase, we are already supporting 5-7 core academic projects encompassing basic lipid, metabolomics questions with neurosciences (cluster 1), general metabolomics/endocrinology/microbiome related to human metabolism (cluster 2), cancer (cluster 3) and training related to NIH training grants (cluster4). The investigators and clusters will be added and deleted based on utility, the ability of utilization and the scientific viability of the projects.
We appreciate all donations and support
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Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group
Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group (MMRSG) is an independent and registered 501(C)(3) non-profit organization established by the community to support Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Centers (MIMRC) with philanthropic funding and material needs for research labs.
MMRSG Donor Membership counts
All Donors and Volunteers are eligible to become MMRSG Ambassadors
ANGELS
Enthusiast – $100
Friend – Above $500
Leader – Above $1000
SPONSORS
Altruist – Above $2,000
Benefactor – Above $5,000
PHILANTHROPISTS
Golden Giver – Above $10,000
Platinum Patron – Above $20,000
We need volunteers and donors to support this noble cause.
Executive donors please reach out to Rita Mittal at rita@inmarg.co
Please Support MMRSG by giving through the DONATE button.
Community Outreach Programs
Create MMRSG Chapters in School & Colleges to support advanced research in medicine. MMRSG will assist in event planning and organizing the chapters.
STEAM Students
Students interested in pursuing a career in the Healthcare industry are encouraged to join as volunteers and engage in educating the underserved population on health issues.
Access to medical research with the best South Florida medical world mentors.
Leadership & Entrepreneurial Students
Community hours and recommendations will be awarded to school and college students who volunteer with us in events and start MMRSG Chapters; by our corporate sponsor: INMARG Entrepreneurs Global Network www.inmarg.co
Contact us if you would like to join us for:
Collaborative Healthcare Research
MMRSG aims to support metabolomics research in South Florida. It is also willing to support superior quality collaborative research on metabolomics anywhere. Modern-day metabolomics is identifying and quantifying thousands of metabolites or small molecules in cells, tissue, and bodily fluids simultaneously. This requires high-end instruments. The maintenance, operation, and upgrades of such instruments are very difficult for researchers engaged in this area. In 2020-2040, significant ailments are going to be experienced that are late in onset and progressive in nature. This includes neurodegeneration, cancer, age-related endocrine and metabolomic diseases, and more… Metabolic analogs are thus far the best to create FDA-approved drugs, for example, cholesterol-lowering statins. Synergistic analytical platforms, skilled scientists working in tandem with clinicians are likely to uncover such vistas. The scientific investigation needs tremendous support and MMRSG aims to plug such gaps.
Levels of Involvement
MIMRC enables a group of interdisciplinary investigators to collaborate across different disciplines, support grant proposals, and bring different platforms and technologies for common use. It provides a venue for different volunteer trainees to collaborate with principal investigators and industries to acquire skills that would not be available in other settings. Eventually, it will allow the dynamic addition of instruments, and provide for the operation and maintenance of these instruments based on need and acquired resources. More details about MIMRC can be found on their website.
MMRSG Objective
Our objective is to support in phases:
Phase 1
$2,500 to initiate an unrestricted account within a university for support of specific research.
Phase 2
$10,000 will support the repair of one or more instruments.
Phase 3
$50,000 or more for regular maintenance cost of a Q-exactive regular mass spectrometer with nano-liquid chromatography.
Phase 4
$75,000 will enable an add-on imaging accessory or an asymmetric ion mobility accessory on a high-end mass spectrometer. So our intermittent mission is to help procure such accessories for a research group.
Phase 5
A UMHR mass spectrometer bundle costs about $800,000- if we raise that amount then we will obviously help procure such instruments.
Most of our donations are going towards:
MMRSG Supports MIMRC Projects
MIMRC plans to bring additional imaging mass spectrometry, super-resolution structured illumination, and asymmetric ion mobility instruments to the university enabling full-service proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics services researching lipids, membrane expansion, neuro-regeneration, and more.
Our most important aim is to generate a greater impact on scientific research by combining the strengths of multidisciplinary science with cutting edge instruments and collaborative users.
Research/Data
Developing strategies uncovering markers MIMRC provides a venue for different clinicians, research scientists, students, and volunteer trainees to collaborate with different academic principal investigators/faculty, industry and acquire skills and scientific advancement
Medicines/Vaccines
Bioinformatics analysis Complex diseases are often late-onset and progressive. Metabolic analogs are thus far the best-known drugs, for example, cholesterol-lowering statins. Synergistic analytical platforms, skilled scientists working in tandem with clinicians are likely to uncover such vistas. The scientific investigation needs tremendous support and MMRSG aims to plug such gaps.
Customised equipment
Microscope caliberation, maintainence, laptops, vials, test tubes, pipettes, etc Philanthropic and grant funding will allow the dynamic addition of instrument, maintenance and their addition/deletion based on need and acquired resources for biomedical research
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Event : Metabolomic pathways to ending blindness and many deadly diseases
NIH -recognized researchers from: UM FIU NOVA FAU
- Opportunity for the STEM student communities in schools and colleges to connect with NIH-recognized biomedical researchers engaged in discovering breakthrough development in medicine and health care in the best medical institutions in South Florida.
- Join us for community service and outreach programs for clinical trials and education in health care by professionals.
- Students can earn Community hours through MMRSG Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group www.mmrsg.org
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November 2022
Location
Booth #408 IRCC Festival of Lights Broward Convention Center 1950 Eisenhower Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 United States
Miami Integrative Metabolomic Research Center
Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center
KEY SCIENTISTS
Our most important aim is to generate a greater impact on scientific research by combining the strengths of multidisciplinary science with cutting edge instruments and collaborative users.
The Bhattacharya Laboratory uses a multidisciplinary approach which includes mass spectrometric, proteomic, and lipidomic approaches to study neurogenerative diseases. The major focus is a group of progressive irreversible blinding diseases collectively called glaucoma and also a group of demyelinating diseases termed, multiple sclerosis, which frequently is associated with visual impairment preceding neurological deficits. The lab also has an interest in basic visual processes.
My lab is interested in understanding the mechanisms that account for the failure of axon regeneration and the demise of neurons after injury in the central nervous system (CNS). Using in vivo models of nerve regeneration and injury, my lab focuses on a number of important questions relevant to neural repair. Successful functional recovery after spinal cord injury requires multiple steps. Firstly, axotomized neurons must remain healthy and viable in order to regrow axons.
NIH-award-winning scientist and mentor focused on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying vascular obstructive diseases like atherosclerosis, in-stent restenosis, transplant vasculopathy, and arteriovenous fistula failure. Three full-time scientists, two post-doctoral fellows, and one graduate student currently form his lab. Three major NIH grants currently support his laboratory. He has published over 60 peer-review scientific articles and books.
Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group
Board of Directors
Executive Summary (Donor Incentives)
The objective of MIMRC is to bring instrumentation like imaging mass spectrometry, super-resolution structured illumination and asymmetric ion mobility instruments enabling full-service proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics under a single roof. The MIMRC brings undergraduate students, medical students, researchers and startup companies together providing a ground where employees meet entrepreneurs and future employees. Internship students starting with an academic exercise as a scientific project gains skills and with expertise becomes future employees. MIMRC by providing ground and non-profit cost advantage enables such interactions. The faculty members lend their expertise frequently free of cost to help their colleagues and startup enterprises. MIMRC intends to combine a service platform with intellect in order to offer extended service to academic investigators, selected industry and integrate trainees in the process. In its initial phase, we are already supporting 5-7 core academic projects encompassing basic lipid, metabolomics questions with neurosciences (cluster 1), general metabolomics/endocrinology/microbiome related to human metabolism (cluster 2), cancer (cluster 3) and training related to NIH training grants (cluster4). The investigators and clusters will be added and deleted based on utility, the ability of utilization and the scientific viability of the projects.
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group (MMRSG) is an registered and independent 501(C)(3) non-profit organization
Our mission is to generate a self-sustaining philanthropic program that can collect donations, gifts, funds through fundraisers, corporate gifting, events, and campaigns to provide MIMRC access to funds needed to ensure the upkeep and maintenance of equipment and additional needs to ensure researchers have sustained research facilities and funds required every year.
As part of the current campaign, the goal of MMRSG is to raise at least $5,000/- in the first half of the calendar year 2021. We have confirmed pledges of $3,500/- out of that $5,000/- goal. The aim is to raise eventually $50,000 and above for endowment funding.
Donors can pay by credit or debit card. Alternatively checks made in favor of “Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group” Contact for more info
The Miami Metabolomics Research Support Group’s non-profit tax identification number is 83-4643804.
https://umiamihealth.org/en/bascom-palmer-eye-institute/research/laboratory-research/miami-integrative-metabolomics-research-center
Some examples of current research work pertain to:
> Protein synthesis and membrane expansion in neuronal regeneration
> Emerging imaging technologies to study cell architecture, dynamics and function
> Pediatric Glaucoma new surgical studies
Welcome to our Labs
Miami Integrative Metabolomics Research Center aims to identify therapeutic intervention strategies by unrevealing metabolic differences between control and disease states. Currently, 14 high-end instruments have been acquired via federal grants and donations.
Housed in McKnight Vision Research Building room 727, 1638 Northwest 10th Avenue and directed by Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya.
Address
University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park Miami, Florida USA
