Office of Discovery and Translation

The CTSI Office of Discovery and Translation (ODAT), led by Tucker LeBien, Ph.D., assists researchers in advancing basic research discoveries toward improving human health.

Translational Grant Programs
Funding for novel early translational initiatives.

• ODAT Translational Grant Program
• Novel Methods Pilot Grant Program

Translational Project Plan Development and Management
Expertise and project mapping for early stage technology development.

Translational Technologies and Resources
Connecting researchers to core resources supporting early translational research.

• Cell-based therapies
• Novel imaging
• Genomics and proteomics
• Drug discovery
• Clinical pharmacology
• Translational medicine
• Medical device development
• Comparative medicine

Novel Methods
Advancing discovery and translation through selected highly innovative and typically unavailable state-of-the-art technologies.

• Zinc-finger nucleases
• Pharmacometrics
• Sleeping Beauty transposon
• Regulatory T-cells
• 3D-Swift imaging

Contact
Sandra Wells, ODAT Project Manager
612.625.3073
smwells@umn.edu