And Georgia gives you access to the best research facilities available to accelerate the transformation of ideas into profitable business. (To learn more about biosciences in Georgia visit www.georgiabiosciences.com.)
Georgia’s research laboratories and equipment range from large, multi-user, multipurpose centers to highly specialized laboratories and equipment. Many provide the sophisticated infrastructure essential for making the laboratory discoveries that lead to new technologies. These technologies become the basis for the creation of new companies and assist existing companies in developing new products and new markets.
These Georgia-supported laboratories and equipment, which are accessible to both university and industry researchers, cover a broad array of research and development needs. Among them are vaccine development, wireless systems, tissue engineering, digital filmmaking and NMR spectroscopy.
bioRESEARCH FACILITIES
Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)
GRA Centers of Research Excellence foster multi-university collaborations that drive the development of breakthrough technologies.
CollabTech at Georgia State University provides new bioscience companies with sophisticated equipment and access to scientific expertise.
Georgia BioBusiness Center at the University of Georgia house several companies and facilitate collaboration and access to research and technology at UGA.
Emtech Bio, a commercial research and development center formed by Georgia Tech, Emory University, the GRA and the ATDC generates breakthroughs for companies focusing on genomatics, informatics, drug discovery and vaccine development.
Life Sciences Business Development Center on the campus of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta is also the home of the state's only center of innovation for life sciences.
The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a technology business incubator at Georgia Tech, provides strategic business advice and access to experts to help its members build and launch successful companies.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society (ACS), based in Atlanta, has an often over-looked, yet very remarkable, research program composed of two main umbrellas: the extramural grants and the components of epidemiology and surveillance research:
The ACS Epidemiology and Surveillance Research Program was established to collect information regarding trends in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival and examining cancer risk factors in the general population in the United States for the past 60 years.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture has a number of branches, including the Agricultural Research Service in Athens. This location consists of 4 sites:
There are 10 research management units with 29 current research information system (CRIS) projects.