Biosciences and Engineering
Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products
The Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products (BIGMAP) was established to provide independent, unbiased, and science-based evaluation of the risks and benefits of genetically modified agricultural products. The institute also provides strategies for mitigating the risks to safeguard consumers and the environment. It communicates the results of these activities to key policy and regulatory…
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Center for Crops Utilization Research
The Center for Crops Utilization Research (CCUR) is responding to the urgent need to improve American agricultural competitiveness by developing new products, markets, and processing techniques, as well as by improving our understanding of the basic properties of agricultural products and their components. Its broad mission includes expanding the market for Midwestern products by developing…
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Center for Integrated Animal Genomics
The Center for Integrated Animal Genomics (CIAG) at Iowa State University (ISU) comprises an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students using integrated systems-wide genomics approaches to address current and future challenges and opportunities in animal agriculture and human health. Scientists at the Center work to identify, map and understand the function and control of genes…
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Center for Plant Genomics
The Center for Plant Genomics (CPG) conducts research and provides graduate education at the frontiers of structural and functional genomics. The CPG was designed to promote research advancements and foster collaborations among its members. The CPG provides technical support for research projects that require high-throughput data collection and analysis (e.g. large-scale EST sequencing, mRNA and…
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Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology
The Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology at Iowa State University was established in 2007. From offices located in the College of Veterinary Medicince, ICAN supports an interdisciplinary membership with primary research efforts in neurotoxicology. As an emerging research specialty, neurotoxicology bridges not only the fields of toxicology and neuroscience, but also touches on a variety…
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Laurence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics
Faculty in the Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics engage in research to develop computational, graphical, statistical, mathematical, or algorithmic methods to interpret or mine information from biological data; apply quantitative approaches in biology; and bridge separate experimental biology areas with creative computational approaches. Data can originate from molecular, cellular, anatomical, physiological, population, ecological, and…
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NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
The NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC) will develop the fundamental knowledge and technology and the academic and industrial partnerships needed to provide a foundation for U.S. industrial chemical production to be transformed from a petroleum-based industry to a renewable resource-based industry. It will educate a workforce capable of enabling this transformation. Website…
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Plant Sciences Institute
Ernst Rutherford is attributed with saying “Biology is akin to postage stamp collecting” (1903). This quote reflects the sentiment that Biology is a descriptive science without predictive models. With a few notable exceptions, e.g., Population Genetics, most biological sub-disciplines continue to be largely descriptive. In the last 20 years collaborations involving biologists, engineers and informaticists…
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Seed Science Center
A national center of excellence in seed research, education and technology transfer. It operates the largest public seed laboratory in the world and administrates the new National Seed Health System. The center also is a leader in international seed programs and has conducted programs in 70 countries in the last 12 years. Website URL: http://www.seeds.iastate.edu