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Searle Family to Fund Biomedical Research in Chicago

CONTACTS:
Megan Fellman, Northwestern University, at (847) 491-3115 or fellman@northwestern.edu
Steve Koppes, University of Chicago, at (773) 702-8366 or s-koppes@uchicago.edu
Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, University of Illinois at Chicago, at (312) 996-1583 or jgala@uic.edu

FOR RELEASE: Feb. 8, 2006

SEARLE FAMILY TO FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN CHICAGO

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has made a grant of $5 million to the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), a collaboration of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The grant, the first of a planned five-year donation of $5 million per year for a total of $25 million, is designed to support and stimulate innovative multi-institutional collaborations in research and education that will enable the Chicago area to become a leader in the biomedical sciences.

Chicago Biomedical Consortium Receives Funding

CONTACTS:
Sharon Butler, University of Illinois at Chicago, at (312) 355-2522 or sbutler@uic.edu
John Easton, University of Chicago, at (773) 702-6241 or jeaston@uchospitals.edu
Megan Fellman, Northwestern University, at (847) 491-3115 or fellman@northwestern.edu

FOR RELEASE: 1/10/05

SEARLE GRANT STIMULATES NEW COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE AMONG CHICAGO-AREA UNIVERSITIES

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The successful sequencing of the human genome has spawned an even more challenging area of large-scale scientific study: proteomics -- the study of all proteins encoded by the approximately 20,000 to 25,000 genes found in humans. Proteins are the workhorses of the human body, carrying out the processes essential to life. But they also are a major factor in disease, making proteins an important target of drug therapies.
To help position Chicago as a leader in the emerging field of proteomics, the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust have awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) for the Proteomics/Bioinformatics Demonstration Project. Under the leadership of scientists at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), this first initiative of the consortium brings together experimentalists, instrumentalists and informaticians to apply new technology and new analytical techniques to addressing the basic questions of proteomics. As it fosters collaborative research and new partnerships, the CBC is expected to transform how research and training are carried out across the Chicago area. It is anticipated a successful demonstration project will lead to significantly greater grants.

Nobel Laureate to speak at Symposium

CONTACT: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or fellman@northwestern.edu

FOR RELEASE: 4/11/05

NOBEL LAUREATE TO SPEAK AT PROTEOMICS SYMPOSIUM APRIL 22

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover will deliver the keynote address at a free public symposium, “Proteomics and Informatics,” Friday, April 22, sponsored by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, an initiative among Chicago-area universities that fosters collaborative research and new partnerships in the biomedical sciences.
The symposium will be held from 12:45 to 4:30 p.m. in the McCormick Auditorium at Northwestern University’s Norris Center, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston campus.