Science Market Update

UPenn: $24 Million Award to Create New Mechanobiology Research Center

Posted by Greg Paul on Wed, Nov 16, 2016

In late September the National Science Foundation awarded the University of Pennsylvania a five-year grant of $24 million to create a Mechanobiology Center, as posted on the university website.  This grant is in coincidence with three other large grants to fund establishing four Science and Technology Centers (STC) totaling $94 Million; the other three STC’s being the Center for Bright Beams at Cornell University, the Center for Cellular Construction at UC San Francisco, and the Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging at UC Boulder.

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Tags: Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, UPenn, Philadelphia, new funding, New research center, 2017

Columbia University's Irving Institute Receives $58.4M Research Grant

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Aug 01, 2016

Life science. Since it's founding in 2006, the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at the Columbia University Medical Center, in partnership with the New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, has provided more than 2,000 scientists with new opportunities of conducting clinical and translational research leading to quicker developments and deliveries of treatments. Recently, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) awarded the Irving Institute a grant of $58.4 million over the next five years to help the Institute further the translational research being conducted.

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Tags: Columbia University, Columbia, NY, NIH grant, new funding, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Irving Institute, Clinical and Translational Research

UMich Receives $17.5M Funding for Cancer Research

Posted by Laura Braden on Thu, Jun 23, 2016

This $17.5 million donation will establish the Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery within the UMich Cancer Center.

The Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is one of only 45 comprehensive cancer centers in the United States, and provides cutting-edge cancer research. Researchers from 48 different university departments and 9 schools work together in the cancer center to find answers to some of the toughest questions that scientists face when learning about cancer. The university and Cancer Center will soon be expanding their research capabilities thanks to a generous $17.5 million donation from philanthropists Madeline and Sydney Forbes

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Tags: University of Michigan, Midwest, cancer research, Ann Arbor, MI, UMich, new funding, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery, Madeline and Sidney Forbes

MSU Constructing New $15 Million Research Building

Posted by Laura Braden on Wed, May 18, 2016

Michigan State University is a leading research institution, with hundreds of life science researchers conducting cutting-edge research throughout the university's dozens of research centers, buildings, and departments. Thanks to 2 recent donations totaling $15 million, the university will expand its research space in the coming years by constructing a new research building in Grand Rapids

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Tags: Michigan State University, Midwest, BioResearch Product Faire Event, MI, East Lansing, MSU, new Building, new funding, 2016, Grand Rapids Research Center

Total UC Davis Regenerative Medicine Funding Reaches $130 Million

Posted by Laura Braden on Tue, May 10, 2016

The University of California, Davis Medical Center is one of the highest funded research institutions in California. The university recently received two new grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), totaling $3.2 million, which will be used to support two research projects focusing on treating cancer and other diseases.   

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Tags: CA, University of California Davis Medical Center, Southwest, UCDMC, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Sacramento, CIRM, new funding, UC Davis, 2016, California Institutes of Regenerative Medicine

UCSF Receives $185M Donation for New Neuroscience Research Institute

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, May 02, 2016

UCSF Mission Bay CampusThe University of California, San Francisco is one of the most well-funded research institutions in the country, comprised of hundreds of life scientists conducting cutting-edge research who continuously publish important research results. Thanks to a generous donation, the university will be expanding its research space over the next few years.  

(Image courtesy of Payton Chung via Wikimedia Commons)

Sandy and Joan Weill have recently announced a donation of $185 million to UCSF to create a new neuroscience institute on the UCSF Mission Bay campus, called the Weill Institute for Neurosciences. The institute will be housed in a soon-to-be-built $316 million facility, providing 270,000 square feet for research and outpatient services where medical practitioners and researchers can collaborate on projects.

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Tags: CA, Southwest, Neuroscience, SFVS, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, UCSF, new Building, new funding, UC San Francisco Parnassus, funding news, 2016, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Sandy and Joan Weill

Berkeley Researchers Team Up for $7.5M Immunotherapy Initiative

Posted by Laura Braden on Thu, Apr 21, 2016

Immunotherapy and cancer and infectious disease research.

The University of California, Berkeley is a leading research institution, producing promising research in all divsions of the life sciences. To help further research in immunotherapy and cancer, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have recently teamed up with the Berkeley-based biotech company, Aduro Biotech Inc., for a $7.5 million immunotherapy initiative. This Immunotherapeutics and Vaccine Research Initiative (IVRI) will provide three years of funding to infectious disease researchers studying new techniques for combating both infections and cancer.  

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Tags: CA, University of California Berkeley, immunotherapy, cancer research, vaccine research, Southwest, researchers, UC Berkeley, new funding, UCBerk, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Aduro Biotech

UCLA Receives $7.6M for Research on Tumor Eradicating Stem Cells

Posted by Katheryn Rein on Wed, Apr 06, 2016

A UCLA cancer research team has recently received a $7.6 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. This award will support research into genetically engineered white blood cells which can selectively target and kill tumor cells, while simultaneously activating other immune cells to do the same.

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Tags: CA, University of California Los Angeles, Stem Cells, Los Angeles, genetic engineering, UCLA, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase, new funding, cancer research funding, tumor cells

Funding News: Donor Awards $38.5 Million to UC Davis Medical Center

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Mar 21, 2016

Eye care in Sacramento. The University of California, Davis Medical Center is one of the best in the country. It is comprised of the UC Davis Cancer Center, a medical school, the MIND (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute, the Eye Center, and other important research facilities. Recently, the medical center received a generous donation to aid their research.

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Tags: CA, University of California Davis Medical Center, Optics, Southwest, UCDMC, Sacramento, new funding, UC Davis, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, Ernest E. Tschannen, eye center, West Coast

$1.7M Awarded to Pittsburgh Researcher to Study Causes of Alzheimer's

Posted by Laura Braden on Tue, Feb 23, 2016

Alzheimer's Disease research at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Tags: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Northeast, UPITT, Alzheimer's Research, PA, new funding, 2016, BioResearch Product Faire, amyloid-beta proteins

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