In the News
CBC model goes viral
March 13, 2012
In an article “Rowan or Rutgers: No need to change names to win grants” published March 12, 2012 in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Michael A. Palis, Joseph Martin, and Benedetto Piccoli*, the CBC is highlighted as a consortium role model that, if followed, could “leverage the existing strengths of four institutions and transform southern New Jersey into a hot spot for life-science and biomedical research in the region and the state.” They go on to state: “The consortium model has been implemented with great success elsewhere, including the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago); the Broad Institute (MIT, Harvard, and affiliated teaching hospitals); and the Research Triangle Park (Duke University, North Carolina State, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).” It’s nice to know that news of the CBC is spreading and inspiring other research communities to consider the power of collaboration.
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*Michael A. Palis is a professor of computer science; Joseph Martin is a professor of biology; and Benedetto Piccoli is Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair of Mathematics at Rutgers-Camden.
NIH cites CBC as a role model
September 27, 2011
In a Policy Commentary “Core Facilities: Maximizing the Return on Investment” published in Science Translational Medicine (Aug 10, 2011), Gregory Farber (NCRR) and Linda Weiss (NCI) say, in a section headlined “Uniting Neighbors” “… Also being explored are core facility centralization and sharing activities that reach beyond a single institution. For example, the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, supported by the Searle Foundation*, provides core facilities to researchers at three Chicago-based universities. This idea could certainly be expanded to other metropolitan areas that have multiple research-intensive institutions.”
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*The CBC is supported by the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Renew Funding for Chicago Biomedical Consortium
CONTACTS:
Megan Fellman, NU, (847) 491-3115 or fellman@northwestern.edu
Steve Koppes, UChicago, (773) 702-8366 or s-koppes@uchicago.edu
Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, UIC, (312) 996-1583 or jgala@uic.edu
FOR RELEASE: February 9, 2011
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For News Releases from the three CBC universities please visit: The University of Chicago, Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Shoveling Science’s Data Avalanche
Robert Grossman, the Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Computing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, speaks as part of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium - about 'cloud computing' and its promises.
The University of Chicago Medical Center
Science Life
A blog of news and ideas in biomedicine
POSTED BY: Rob Mitchum, December 8, 2009
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Seeds of Collaboration
Academic and government labs in the Chicago area are combining forces to reel in a host of large collaborative research projects - and tens of millions of dollars in funding.
NATURE|Vol 461|22 October 2009
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Searle Family to Fund Biomedical Research in Chicago
CONTACTS:
Megan Fellman, NU, (847) 491-3115 or fellman@northwestern.edu
Steve Koppes, UChicago, (773) 702-8366 or s-koppes@uchicago.edu
Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, UIC, (312) 996-1583 or jgala@uic.edu
FOR RELEASE: Feb. 8, 2006
SEARLE FAMILY TO FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN CHICAGO
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Chicago Biomedical Consortium Receives Funding
CONTACTS:
Sharon Butler, UIC, (312) 355-2522 or sbutler@uic.edu
John Easton, UChicago, (773) 702-6241 or jeaston@uchospitals.edu
Megan Fellman, NU, (847) 491-3115 or fellman@northwestern.edu
FOR RELEASE: Jan. 10, 2005
SEARLE GRANT STIMULATES NEW COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE AMONG CHICAGO-AREA UNIVERSITIES
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