IU's Commitment to Indiana's Future
Assets
IU researchers are at work on breakthrough discoveries that have the potential to transform the state's economy and the future of Indiana. Aided by the strength of IU's research, the state of Indiana is poised to break out and become a national player in the life sciences sector. IU is fueling the momentum by offering business development resources to create new jobs and new business to attract and keep more life sciences professionals in Indiana.
Business Development Assets
Academic Assets
Centers and Institutes
Clinical Trials/Patient Care
Facilities
Technology/Infrastructure
Partners
Business Development Assets
Indiana University Research & Technology Corp.
The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) is a not-for-profit agency that facilitates commercialization of the university's research discoveries and innovations for public benefit; protects both inventors' and the university's rights via patents, copyrights, and/or trademarks; assists entrepreneurs in creating start-up companies; and facilitates university collaborations with industry.
Indiana Emerging Technologies Center
The Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center (IUETC) functions as a business incubator and accelerator for life sciences, biotechnology, and bioinformatics companies. The IUETC is dedicated to the mission of promoting partnerships between Indiana University and industry to foster economic growth.
Kelley School of Business
The Kelley School's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center (IUETC) work together to catalyze and accelerate the creation of high-tech start-up companies based on intellectual properties from IU.
The IU Kelley Healthcare and Life Sciences Initiative is a point of contact for students seeking information on life sciences companies, and for life sciences companies that are interested in relationships with the Kelley School of Business.
Pervasive Technology Labs
The Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University performs leading-edge
information technology research, creating new inventions, devices, and
software that extend the capabilities of information technology in
advanced research and everyday lives. The labs accelerate economic growth
in the state of Indiana through the commercialization of software and
inventions and through collaborative projects with industry partners.
Solution Center
The Solution Center at IUPUI is a first point-of-contact for the IUPUI campus. The staff assists business, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations in accessing the resources appropriate to meet their challenges and reach their goals.
Academic Assets
Kelley School of Business
With highly ranked undergraduate and graduate programs in Bloomington and Indianapolis, the Kelley School of Business is one of the country's premier business schools. Kelley's intiatives include an M.B.A. Life Sciences Fellowship that prepares students with backgrounds ranging from chemistry to biotechnology to bridge the gap between clinical knowledge and the business world for careers in emerging life sciences fields. The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is dedicated to establishing entrepreneurial experiences for students and expanding linkages between IU and the business community. The Entrepreneurial Management Academy helps students develop the skills and contacts they need to pursue careers such as working in developing new businesses within large corporations, leading their own independent businesses, or starting or buying an existing business.
School of Medicine
The Indiana University School of Medicine is the nation's second largest
medical school with more than 1,300 medical and graduate degree students.
The school holds more than $220 million in research grants and
contracts. With 26
academic departments, the school hosts 22 research
centers and institutes including federally designated centers of
excellence in cancer, kidney disease, Alzheimer's disease, alcohol
research, arthritis, sexually transmitted disease centers on both the
pediatric and adult levels, and women's health. Nineteen
research cores with expertise in such technologies as proteomics,
genotyping, protein expression, high resolution microscopy and in-vivo
imaging provide services to academic and private sector scientists. The
school has education and research programs at eight regional
campuses in addition to the Indianapolis campus. The Graduate Division
offers a variety of Ph.D. and M.S. programs, including combined
M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.P.H., M.D./M.B.A. and M.D./M.A. programs. In addition,
the school offers the Biotechnology Training
Program, with a certificate and an M.S. degree program to enhance the
research and laboratory skills of individuals interested in health
sciences research.
Health
Professions Programs
The Health Professions Program at the IU School of Medicine Sciences
trains a variety of allied health professionals, including emergency
medical technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists, laboratory
scientists, cytotechnologists, histotechnologists, radiation therapists,
and medical imaging technologists.
A variety of student research and internship opportunities are available at the School of Medicine and elsewhere at IU.
College of Arts and Sciences
The College, with a foundation of excellence in teaching based on excellence in research, offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors. The Department of Biology is a large unified department with world-class research spanning the breadth of biological questions and experimental systems. Similarly, the Department of Chemistry has a tradition of excellence across all areas of chemistry and is consistently ranked one of the best in the world in analytical chemistry. Departments such as Psychological & Brain Sciences and Physics also offer a broad range of research in the life sciences. Joint programs and centers include the Environmental Science, Neuroscience, and the IU Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. The new Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology provides students with fundamental training in basic scientific principles as well as specific concepts, techniques, and applications used in biotechnology.
School of Dentistry
As the only dental school in the Hoosier state, with more than 650 students, the IU School of Dentistry conducts a broad range of research and hosts the Oral Health Research Institute, a leading center for preventive dentistry research.
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER) researchers are working to improve the quality of life in Indiana. The Department of Applied Health Science fosters interdisciplinary research to prevent disease and promoting health. At HPER's Human Performance Laboratories, faculty and staff carry out an array of research ranging from examining the causes for airway inflammation in asthma patients to establishing the most effective prescriptions for hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.
School of Informatics
The first such school in the nation, the IU School of Informatics offers degrees and its scientists are conducting research in bioinformatics, chemical informatics, and other fields of relevance to the life sciences. Informatics tools enable scientists and healthcare professionals to utilize the vast amounts of information produced by life science research.
School of Library and Information Science
The IU School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) brings new technology and new ideas to storing, managing, and retrieving information. SLIS graduates include librarians, library technology managers, media specialists, and numerous other occupations.
School of Liberal Arts
The IU School of Liberal Arts is the home of the humanities and the social sciences at IUPUI. Many of the school's faculty have interests and expertise in issues central to the life sciences. A number of liberal arts faculty hold joint appointments with the schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing.
School of Science
The School of Science at IUPUI offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and advanced research in biology, chemistry, computer and information science, geology, mathematics, physics, and psychology. Multidisciplinary research centers at the school include regenerative biology and medicine, computational molecular science, earth and environmental science, and nuclear magnetic resonance.
School of Social Work
The Indiana University School of Social Work offers a wide range of degree options, from associate to doctorate degrees. The school is dedicated to the enhancement of the quality of life for all people, particularly the citizens of Indiana, and to the advancement of just social, political, and economic conditions through excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences offers programs in health sciences, nutrition and diatetics, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.
School of Law—Bloomington
School of Law—Indianapolis
Programs in intellectual property are available both in Bloomington and Indianapolis. The School of Law—Indianapolis offers the Center for Law and Health.
School of Nursing
The Indiana University School of Nursing is the largest multi-purpose nursing school in the country, with programs in Indianapolis and seven additional campuses across Indiana. The school has a significant research enterprise. Centers include the Center for Enhancing Quality of Life in Chronic Illness and the Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research.
School of Optometry
The Indiana University School of Optometry protects, advances, and promotes the vision, eye care, and health of people by preparing individuals for careers in optometry, the ophthalmic industry, and vision science and by advancing knowledge through teaching, research, and service.
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees with programs in Bloomington, Indianapolis, and six additional campuses across Indiana. Numerous research centers are affiliated with SPEA, including the Environmental Science Research Center and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.
Centers and Institutes
The Biocomplexity Institute
The Biocomplexity Institute's focus is the study of the emergence of self-organized, complex behaviors from the interaction of many simple agents. Such complexity is a hallmark of life, from the organization of molecules into cellular machinery, through the organization of cells into tissues, to the organization of individuals into communities.
Indiana University Center for Bioethics
The mission of the IU Center for Bioethics is to advance the academic and public understanding of bioethics; to inform the development of social and public policy in health, research, and related fields; and to provide support for ethics services at hospitals that are clinical partners with IU.
Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics brings world-class research in these areas to Indiana with special emphases on the problems of identifying the functions and structures of various protein entities in a manner that stimulates both academic and commercial collaborations.
Fairbanks Institute
The Fairbanks Institute is a research collective that will conduct a long-term predictive health study dedicated to building health communities in Indiana and the nation.
Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
The Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics is multidisciplinary research center serving the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The center carries out independent research in genomics and bioinformatics, collaborates with and/or assists projects developed by faculty, and promotes interdepartmental and interdisciplinary interactions.
Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science (GCBS) was established to advance the understanding of complex biological processes and to train next generation scientists in state-of-the-art biomolecular measurements, especially in the field of neuroscience.
Indiana Metabolomics and Cytomics Initiative
Indiana Metabolomics and Cytomics Initiative (MetaCyt) focuses on metabolomics and cytomics, emerging fields that are shedding light on cell metabolism and function.
The Regenstrief Institute
The Regenstrief Institute, affiliated with the IU School of Medicine, is an international leader in medical informatics, health services, and aging research.
Patient Care/Clinical Trials
Office of Clinical Research
The Office of Clinical Research supports and promotes clinical research at the Indiana University School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals. The office serves investigators and their staff, assists research volunteers, and works as a liaison for industries seeking to place clinical studies at IU.
Clinical faculty physicians at the IU School of Medicine provide patient care at more than 100 locations throughout Indiana. The School of Medicine has clinical partnerships with:
- Clarian Health Partners, which includes
- Riley Hospital for Children
- Indiana University Hospital
- Methodist Hospital
- Wishard Health Services, which IU School of Medicine manages under contract to the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County
- Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Larue Carter Hospital
Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute
The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) in Bloomington is one of
only five such centers in the nation, providing the Midwest with an
alternative to standard X-ray irradiation — a precise form of
treatment with minimal side-effects that limits damage to surrounding
tissue. MPRI has been treating patients since 2004, about 10 years after
the neighboring IU Cyclotron Facility treated its first patient in
1993.
Facilities
Advanced Visualization Laboratory
Indiana University 's Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) provides new opportunities to achieve excellence in research, education, and creative activities. As a part of a rich environment of distributed visual computing, IU's facilities include some of the world's most advanced virtual reality and visualization technologies.
Biotechnology Research and Training Center
The Biotechnology Research and Training Center (BRTC) in Indianapolis is home to more than 26,000-square feet of School of Medicine proteomic and genomic laboratories at IU, as well as the Biotechnology Training Program, which was developed to advance the technical skills of lab technicians for the state's life sciences industry.
Fairbanks
Hall — The IU/Clarian Education and Resource Center
Fairbanks Hall in Indianapolis, a joint project of IU School of Medicine, IU School of Nursing, and Clarian Health Partners, will provide state-of-the-art simulation and training facilities for students and health care professionals. The 182,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to be completed in 2008.
Medical Information Sciences Building
The 167,000-square-foot Medical Information Sciences Building in Indianapolis, opening in 2007, will provide space for units of the Department of Pediatrics, the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, the Division of Biostatistics, the Center for Bioethics, the Regenstrief Institute, and units of the School of Science's departments of mathematical sciences and computer and information science.
Simon Hall
IU Bloomington's Simon Hall, a $55.7 million multidisciplinary science
building expected to be completed in February 2007, will bring together
750 top researchers and support staff from backgrounds including genomics,
proteomics, and bioinformatics in an 140,000-square foot space with
modular walls that can be easily reconfigured. Simon Hall will host
facilities for the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, the proteomics
research group headed by IU Department of Chemistry faculty member David
Clemmer, the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science and the
METACyt initiative.
Research III
When completed in 2009, Research III at the IU School of Medicine will create a three-building, 500,000-square-foot research complex by connecting the neighboring Research II and Cancer Research Institute buildings. With 254,000 gross square feet, Research III will host scientists focusing on cancer research as well as neuroscience, immunobiology, and genetic blood-related disorders.
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
In November 2006, the IU Cancer Center received a $50 million gift from the Simon family to support cancer research and patient-care initiatives and give more patients access to the center's world-class specialists and innovative therapies. The 405,216-square-foot expansion of the cancer center is scheduled for completion in 2008.
Technology/Infrastructure
Indiana University is known as an information technology leader — in 2004, Intel named IU No. 1 in its survey of the top 100 "Most Unwired College Campuses" — and when IU's School of Informatics opened its doors in the fall of 2000, it was the first school of its kind in the nation. In December 2006, IU was named No. 1 among publicly supported universities in a PC Magazine ranking of the "Top 20 Wired Campuses."
IU's supercomputer system, affectionately nicknamed "Big Red," is the third-fastest university owned supercomputer in the nation and among the 35 fastest supercomputers in the world. With a peak capability of 20.4 trillion mathematical operations per second, Big Red will allow IU's scientists to speed up discoveries by analyzing massive amounts of biological data and performing simulations of biological phenomena.
IU is one of nine resource providers for TeraGrid, a network of advanced computing, storage, and visualization systems and instruments connected by high-speed conduits. TeraGrid allows researchers around the country to share data, collaborate, and access a range of computing resources that will accelerate advances in the life sciences.
I-Light, Indiana's optical fiber network, connects IU Bloomington, IUPUI, and Purdue University with one another and with the Internet2 Abilene network. I-Light has enabled many new possibilities for collaboration in the development of cyberinfrastructure in Indiana and has improved upon Indiana's position as a national IT leader. This IU-Purdue collaboration has also brought significant federal grant money into the state in support of information technology and increased the competitiveness of IU and Purdue for major federal research funding.
Partners
Bloomington Life Sciences Partnership
BioCrossroads
Clarian Health Partners
Indiana Center for Insect Genomics
Indiana Centers for Applied Protein Sciences (INCAPS)
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (formerly Department of Commerce)
Indiana Health Industry Forum
Indiana Venture Center
Inproteo (Indiana Proteomics Consortium)
Walther Cancer Institute
