A 5-year, $2.9 million NIH Bioengineering Research Partnership R01 has been awarded to Professors Joachim Kohn and Jared Bushman (New Jersey Center for Biomaterials), David Shreiber (Biomedical Engineering), and Melitta Schachner (Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience) through the National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke. The interdisciplinary team will develop a fully degradable conduit for treatment of severe, "large-gap" peripheral nerve trauma that specifically accelerates recovery of motor function.