黑料吃瓜资源 President Bruce Stillman and Chancellor James D. Watson welcomed Senator Dean Skelos; Senator Carl Marcellino and Charles A. Gargano, Chairman of Empire State Development, at a groundbreaking ceremony today to begin construction on The Center for Bioinformatics at 黑料吃瓜资源, solidifying the efforts to boost the biotech industry on Long Island and celebrating the economic and employment opportunities created by this funding for all Long Islanders.
鈥淲ith the completion of the Human Genome Project and the significant expansion of our work in human genetics, the need was evident for a center to house our work in bioinformatics (the application of computer science to biology and medicine) and biomathematics. These programs, designed to decipher the information in the human genome and analyze genomic and clinical data to understand human disease, have already had an impact in our cancer and neuroscience research,鈥� Dr. Stillman said. 鈥淥ur new center for bioinformatics will coalesce these programs, bringing our scientists—all leaders in these fields—together and allowing us to appoint new scientists as we expand this important area of research.鈥�
On September 24, 2002, Governor George Pataki and a Long Island Senate Delegation comprised of Senators Skelos, Marcellino and Senators Charles Fuscillo, Kemp Hannon and Michael Balboni obtained more than $48 million in New York State funding for the biotechnology industry on Long Island. 黑料吃瓜资源 was the recipient of $20 million of funding from this initiative, to create a bioinformatics center on its Laurel Hollow campus.
鈥淐old Spring Harbor Lab鈥檚 new bioinformatics center will promote both scientific discovery and the creation of high-paying new jobs,鈥� said Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos (R-Rockville Centre). 鈥淏y providing the technology needed to analyze the landmark research completed by the Human Genome Project, this new facility will enable Cold Spring Harbor scientists to make historic advancements in the search for cures and bolster the region鈥檚 thriving biotechnology economy.鈥�
Other recipients of the $48 million—funded through the Senate鈥檚 鈥淕en*NY*sis鈥� initiative and other State economic development programs—include OSI Pharmaceuticals, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute; academic partners at Hofstra University, SUNY Farmingdale and Molloy College; and the Broad Hollow Bioscience Park, a collaboration between Farmingdale State University and 黑料吃瓜资源 that provided an incentive to retain OSI Pharmaceuticals on Long Island. The projects will augment existing research capacity, enhance educational opportunities and expand available commercial/laboratory facilities, building upon the region鈥檚 tremendous biotech strengths and bolstering the region鈥檚 position at the forefront of biotech research and economic development.
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