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Sept.
30, 2002 |
Rensselaer Receives $22.5 Million To Create
Center for Bioengineering and Medicine
New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L.
Bruno was on campus Thursday, Sept. 26, to announce that Rensselaer
will receive $22.5 million to create the Gen*NY*sis Center for
Bioengineering and Medicine. The research center will be housed
in Rensselaer's new Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary
Studies, which is currently under construction on the Troy campus.
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Thomas Griffin
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Funding for the Center for Bioengineering and
Medicine will come from the Senate's Gen*NY*sis biotechnology
economic development program that was included in the 2002-03
state budget. Gen*NY*sis means Generating Employment through New
York Science.
The Gen*NY*sis grant will support essential infrastructure,
including laboratory equipment and facilities within the Center
for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, and augment Rensselaer's
fundamental research in accelerated drug discovery and synthesis;
biosensors and monitoring; and tissue repair and replacement.
"This award of $22.5 million by New York
state greatly strengthens Rensselaer's ability to conduct biotechnology
research in the national interest," said President Shirley
Ann Jackson. "Given the advances in biomedicine and the public
need for sustained and aggressive research to cure disease and
to protect us from the threat of bioterrorism, this is a major
step forward for Rensselaer, New York state, and the Capital Region,"
Jackson said. "Rensselaer's scientific and technical capabilities
in these areas will be a catalyst for the growth of the biotechnology
industry in the region and will attract new companies to move
here. Rensselaer, through its nationally acclaimed Incubator Center
and Technology Park, will directly support this growth. It is
projected that the Gen*NY*sis Center for Bioengineering and Medicine
will result in a significant increase in highly skilled, high-paying
jobs in the Capital Region."
To read more about the Gen*NY*sis award go to:
Rensselaer
Press Release
Senator
Bruno's Press Release
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