Discovery Park - Bindley Bioscience Center

Purdue symposium focused on state's vaccine research efforts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Purdue's Center for Global Research and Intervention in Infectious Diseases, an affiliate of Discovery Park's Bindley Bioscience Center hosted a symposium highlighting advancements and collaborations in vaccine research on October 8th. Known as c-GRIID, the center is researching comprehensive intervention strategies to control and reduce the incidence and severity of infectious diseases in humans and animals worldwide.

Bindley Bioscience Center Benefits From American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) Funds

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Eight Bindley Bioscience Center members received almost $4M of the $58M awarded thus far to Purdue University through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA)

Life Sciences Firm Begins Breast Cancer Trial

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report Purdue Research Park-based Matrix-Bio Inc. is launching a clinical trial to validate a method that could detect breast cancer cells earlier and more accurately than a mammogram. The life sciences company developed a "metabolic profiling" test to find the presence of small-molecule metabolites in patients' blood. The clinical trial is being conducted by two groups in Fort Wayne: the Women's Health Advantage and the Lutheran Health Network. Source: Inside INdiana Business

BioNanotechnology on a Global Scale

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Purdue�s Discovery Park and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in sponsoring the 4th annual symposium of the Global Research Laboratory, September 21-22, 2009.

The Bindley Outreach Newsletter - July 2009

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Topics including Bindley Researchers Collaborate with Ivy Tech Colleagues on Summer Research Projects, The BBC to Host the Purdue Energy Frontier Research Center, and much more

The Bindley Outreach Newsletter - April 2009

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Topics include: Four Discovery Park Seed Grants Awarded to the Bindley, Behind Bindley's Newest Signature Area: C-GRIID,......

Life Sciences Company to Relocate in Purdue Technology Center

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

David Kennedy, president of IKOTECH, said the company has already formed a research partnership with James F. Leary, professor of basic medical sciences and biomedical engineering in the Bindley Bioscience Center in Purdue's Discovery Park.

Bindley Researcher Determines Insulin, Not Genes, Linked to Obesity

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations in how cells process insulin.

Bindley Genomics Researcher's Work Profiled in Indiana Business Journal

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Given the considerable consequences of improper dosing for both patients and health insurers, researchers are looking intently into how a person�s genetic underpinnings determine how drugs are metabolized. It turns out Indiana is becoming not only a hotbed of �pharmacogenomics� research, but also a trailblazer in finding practical ways to use it on the practitioner level. Michael D. Kane, lead genomic scientist at the Bindley Bioscience Center recently helped found Genomic Guidance LLC, which plans to bring low-cost DNA screening to the clinical level to help predict how a person is likely to respond to anticoagulants and other drugs.

Bindley Wins Four 2009 Discovery Park Seed Grants

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Bindley Bioscience Center researchers will participate in four of the eight 2009 Discovery Park Seed Grant awards. Fifty-four proposals were submitted to this second annual competition to support interdisciplinary, one-year research projects with budgets up to $50,000.