Delaware Biotechnology Institute
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| Name | Delaware Biotechnology Institute |
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| Established | January 2001 |
| City | Newark Newark, Delaware Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :... |
| State | Delaware Delaware Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania... |
| Country | USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| Website | http://www.dbi.udel.edu/ |
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The Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) at the University of Delaware
University of Delaware
The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...
is a partnership among government, academia and industry to help establish the First State as a center of excellence in biotechnology
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
and the life sciences. The Institute's mission is to facilitate a biotechnology network of people and core instrumentation to enhance existing academic and private-sector research, catalyze unique cross-disciplinary research and education initiatives, and to foster the entrepreneurship that creates high-quality jobs.
Adjacent to the University of Delaware main campus, DBI's 72000 sq ft (6,689 m²) research facility is located in the 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) Delaware Technology Park, home to a range of established and new technology businesses. The DBI laboratory houses more than 180 faculty and students, allowing for valuable collaborations and the opportunity to share the institute's professionally managed core instrumentation centers.
Research at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute has application in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, environmental science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
, and human health, featuring leading-edge work in bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
, genomics
Genomics
Genomics is a discipline in genetics concerning the study of the genomes of organisms. The field includes intensive efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping efforts. The field also includes studies of intragenomic phenomena such as heterosis,...
and small RNA biology, materials science
Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
, molecular medicine
Molecular medicine
Molecular medicine is a broad field, where physical, chemical, biological and medical techniques are used to describe molecular structures and mechanisms, identify fundamental molecular and genetic errors of disease, and to develop molecular interventions to correct them...
and proteomics
Proteomics
Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions. Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, as they are the main components of the physiological metabolic pathways of cells. The term "proteomics" was first coined in 1997 to make an analogy with...
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Partner Institutions
- University of DelawareUniversity of DelawareThe university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...
- Delaware State UniversityDelaware State UniversityDelaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, and there are two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware...
- Delaware Technical & Community CollegeDelaware Technical & Community CollegeDelaware Technical & Community College is the community college system in the state of Delaware with locations in four cities. It was created by the Delaware General Assembly in 1966 by House Bill 529. The college is fully accredited and several curricula have been accredited by various...
- Wesley College
- Christiana Care Health System
- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Core Facilities
As a key component of being a center of excellence in life science research, DBI provides state-of-the-art professionally managed shared research instrumentation. A broad range of core instrumentation is located within DBI, along with personnel experienced in equipment usage. Other core instrumentation located across the UD campus may also be accessed by faculty.- Bioimaging, Dr. Kirk Czymmek, director (DBI)
- Bioinformatics, Dr. Cathy Wu, director (DBI)
- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Dr. Rebekah Helton, research coordinator (Wolf Hall)
- DNA Sequencing and Genotyping Facility, Dr. Bruce Kingham, director/associate scientist (Allen Lab)
- Growth Chambers (DBI)
- Protein Production Facility, Dr. Yu-Sung Wu, director (DBI)
- Proteomics Mass Spectrometry Facility, Dr. Kelvin Lee, director (DBI)
- Proteomics Facility, John Dykins, coordinator (Brown Laboratory)
- Structural Biology, John Dykins, coordinator (Brown Laboratory)
- Transgenic/Chimeric Mouse and Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Core Facilities, Dr. Catherine Kirn-Safran (Wolf Hall)