LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alume Biosciences, Inc. (Alume) announced today that it has been awarded a $2.5M Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This grant will support Alume's clinical development of its novel nerve illumination technology in surgery. The Principal Investigators on this grant are Michael Whitney, PhD, Scientific Co-Founder and Vice President of Discovery and Brett Berman, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Alume.