6/8/2016 12:00:00 PM
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is in San Francisco this week for the BIO 2016 International Convention. The University of Minnesota, one of our booth sponsors, is also among the annual gathering of over 15,000 biotechnology and pharma leaders.
University of Minnesota researchers are the bright minds behind the many treatments, medications and diagnostic tools used in hospitals today. And many of the institution's 4,000-plus faculty members drive the life-saving breakthroughs of the future.
The University invests heavily to advance innovations and bring them to market. In 2014, research funding at the University topped $741 million. Those research investments produced 343 invention disclosures, 138 new U.S. patents and 15 startup companies.
The University’s Biomedical Discovery District is a multi-building complex of the most advanced facilities for basic and translational research found anywhere in the country.
The new Microbiology Research Facility, just opened in January 2016, has 80,000 square feet (7,432 square meters) of labs and office space for the study of infectious diseases and development of new drugs and vaccines.
The Biomedical Discovery District also is home to some of the most advanced magnetic resonance instrumentation anywhere—including the world’s largest magnet for human imaging at 10.5 T. At the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, these high-powered magnets are giving researchers new ways to study diseases and evaluate treatments.
Over the next four years, the University plans to redouble research efforts with initiatives to expand research in targeted areas, to promote research across scientific disciplines and to accelerate the transfer of knowledge to the marketplace through public and private-sector partnerships.
The University of Minnesota is also part of various joint bioscience research partnerships such as The Hormel Institute/University of Minnesota-Mayo Clinic and the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnical and Medical Genomics/University of Minnesota-Mayo Clinic.
Other University of Minnesota bioscience-related entities include:
