Delaware Biotechnology Institute

Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Name	Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Established	January 2001
City	Newark
State	Delaware
Country	USA
Website	http://www.dbi.udel.edu/

The Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) at the University of Delaware is a partnership among government, academia and industry with an aim to establish Delaware as a notable hub for biotechnology and life sciences.^[1]

Adjacent to the University of Delaware main campus, DBI's 72,000 sq ft (6,700 m²) research facility is located in the 40-acre (160,000 m²) Delaware Technology Park.^[2][3] The DBI laboratory houses more than 180 faculty and students.

Research at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute has application in agriculture, environmental science, and human health, featuring leading-edge work in bioinformatics, genomics and small RNA biology, materials science, molecular medicine and proteomics.

Partner Institutions

• University of Delaware
• Delaware State University
• Delaware Technical & Community College
• Wesley College

References

1. An introduction to the Delaware Biotechnology Institute and Delaware EPSCoR Video
2. Delaware Technology Park
3. DBI groundbreaking announcement

External links

• Delaware Biotechnology Institute official site