Delaware Biotechnology Institute

Welcome
The Delaware Biotechnology Institute is a partnership among government, academia and industry to help establish the First State as a center of excellence in biotechnology and the life sciences. The Institute mission is to facilitate a biotechnology network of people and facilities to enhance existing academic and private-sector research, catalyze unique cross-disciplinary research and education initiatives, and to foster the entrepreneurship that creates high-quality jobs.

Faculty Profile
	Blake Meyers, Ph.D. Professor Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Dr. Meyers's current research focuses on several areas, but with a particular emphasis on disease resistance genes in plants. More >>

Highlights
	Legume lessons May 8, 2012 Janine Sherrier, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the legume Medicago truncatula. More >>

Research
	Blood discovery May 2, 2012 Cut your toe, and platelets -- those disc-shaped cells circulating in your blood -- rush to the scene, clumping together to plug the leak. More >>

Delaware Biotechnology Institute
University of Delaware
15 Innovation Way
Newark, DE 19711

Phone (302) 831-4888 · Fax (302) 831-4841

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