The mission of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium is to stimulate collaboration among scientists at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago that will transform research at the frontiers of biomedicine.

The Chicago Biomedical Consortium is sponsoring and hosting a business plan competition for graduate student teams from the Business Schools at the three member institutions (Northwestern, University of Chicago and UIC). Biomedical business endeavors participate in the life science industries and work toward solutions in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, and healthcare. Teams will compete for a grand prize of $10,000.

2008 Symposium

CBC/UIC Proteomics Facility Open for Business

We are happy to announce that the CBC/UIC Proteomics Mass Spec Facility is once again open for business. After a fire on the floor below the facility on Saturday, January 19th, the facility was closed for maintenance and repairs for several months. For more information or to schedule time on the instruments, please visit the facility website. You may also send an email to proteomics@uic.edu with any questions.

The CBC/IGSB Workshop in High-Throughput Cellular Screening

The Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) and the Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology (IGSB) invites faculty, staff and students to participate in an introductory workshop in High-Throughput Cellular Screening. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Institute’s Cellular Screening Center (CSC) at the University of Chicago. The CSC facilitates drug discovery and development by defining the complex genetics underlying disease, isolating chemical compounds that affect specific cellular activities, and developing potential therapeutics to target disease pathways (see Services and Facilities at http://www.igsb.org). For more information click here to download the pdf flyer.

Proteomics and Informatics events

The CBC Proteomics and Informatics Club holds monthly meetings for students, staff, and faculty offering opportunities to learn more about new insights and recent advances in Proteomics and Informatics. For more information about our next meeting, please click here.