The Biotechnology Training Program for Postdoctoral Fellows is supported and coordinated by the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center (BBC) of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), which is located in Milwaukee, in the southeastern region of Wisconsin.
Founded in 1893, the Medical College employs more than 700 faculty physicians. About 1,200 students are enrolled in the college's Medical School and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The Medical College is Wisconsin's largest private research institution, conducting $123 million annually in funded research; it is also the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and the second largest in Wisconsin. The Medical College houses nine internationally and federally designated centers of biomedical research (http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=104). These include the Human and Molecular Genetics Center (HMGC), the Bioinformatics Program, and the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center (BBC).
The BBC is dedicated to the development and application of novel technology in biomedical research. The Center has seven major research areas focusing on:
- Proteomics
- Genomics
- Computational Biology
- Molecular Imaging
- Cell and Tissue Engineering
- Drug Discovery
- Technology Development
each with an emphasis on the application and transfer of technology. One of the major goals of the Center is to help create productive interfaces and synergy between the academic departments at MCW, other universities ─ both within Wisconsin and nationally ─ and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The BBC is the home of a National Center for Proteomics Research and Development that is funded by a 7-year, $15.6 million contract. The Proteomics Center in the BBC is one of only ten such NIH-funded proteomics centers in the country and will develop new technologies to understand the critical role proteins play in health and disease.
