Professor David Shreiber has received a 3-year $495,000 award from the NJCBIR for his proposal, entitled "Evaluation of genipin as a multi-potent therapeutic agent following brain injury." The goal of the project is to test the effects of genipin - a natural metabolite extracted from the Gardenia Jasminoides - in organotypic and in vivo models of brain injury. Professor Barclay Morrison (BME, Columbia University) is a collaborator.