Video: Life Sciences in action
Life Sciences Research, Dr. Carl Bauer, Microbiologist
Mike Pipher: Scientific and academic research can be big business…and has become an increasingly important part of Indiana’s economy as the number of factory jobs throughout the state has declined.
Indiana University professor Carl Bauer is a microbiologist and one of the nation’s leading scientists. His record of quality research done on time and within budget has earned him the prestigious National Institutes of Health MERIT Award…five million dollars.
That kind of money will create new high-paying research jobs in Bauer’s labs…attracting highly skilled people who will spend money on homes and families…goods and services worth more than ten million dollars to Indiana's economy.
Prof. Carl Bauer: Y’know they buy houses. They live in apartments and buy cars and go to restaurants and movies and spend money in Bloomington. Bringing high-paying high tech jobs in the life sciences is clearly the way to go to help the economy of the State of Indiana.
Bauer’s work is considered basic research…he pushes the boundaries of knowledge not knowing for certain where it will lead…
Prof. Carl Bauer: What’s happening with the decrease of funding from the federal government is it’s gonna end up with universities that are the haves and have nots. So if Indiana does not invest in science, they risk the fact that science is gonna go on elsewhere and we won’t be competitive.
University-based scientific research benefits Hoosiers in several ways. Not only are scientists like Carl Bauer unlocking the secrets of life…at the same time…their life sciences research is pumping money into our state’s economy. Life sciences and Indiana University are an important part of Indiana’s economic future.
