BioManufacturing and BioTech Research Centers & Initiatives
What Is It?
Carolinas’ hightech centers and initiatives offer access to talent and research opportunities in a wide range of disciplines from pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development to biosystems, bioinformatics, bioprocessing and bioInstrumentation.
Universities Involved
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
- $35M BioTech Grant request approved to construct a BioInformatics Research Center to connect biological research with technology through the development of computational tools.
- Research in molecular biology, liver disease, microbiology, reproductive biology and plant biotechnology.
- Partnership with Cannon Research Center at Carolinas Medical Center.
North Carolina State University
- BioInformatics Center.
- BioManufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC): intellectual discovery for production of value-added biopharmaceuticals, protein-based products and fine chemicals.
- Centennial BioMedical Campus anchored by the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Clemson University
- BioSystems Center - the world’s largest base of genes for research.
- Carnegie Mellon and Clemson University have agreed to collaborate on development of two new medical products.
- Collaborating with the University of South Carolina - Columbia and the Medical University of South Carolina in biotech/biomanufacturing with a major emphasis in tissue regeneration.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Research into drug discovery and gene delivery technologies.
- Use of computational tools in analysis of biological data to facilitate drug discovery and design. Research into medical imaging systems.
Wake Forest University
- The initial $70M building will house the Biotechnology Research Facility which includes the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. (will become the largest urban research center in the U.S.).
- Wake Forest is the third largest intellectual property licensor in the Southeast.
