{"id":56751,"date":"2012-03-19T11:50:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=56751"},"modified":"2014-06-09T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T18:13:38","slug":"uconn-establishing-genomics-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/03\/uconn-establishing-genomics-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Establishing Genomics Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21733\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lelande_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21733  img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lelande_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 184px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 184\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Lalande (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/biosciencect.uchc.edu\/\">Bioscience Connecticut<\/a> and the partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/biosciencect.uchc.edu\/jackson_laboratory\/index.html\">The Jackson Laboratory<\/a> take shape, the University of Connecticut is announcing plans to establish a Genomics Institute.<\/p>\n<p>In a message to faculty, staff and students today, Dr. Frank Torti, incoming vice president for health affairs and medical school dean, and Peter Nichols, UConn provost and executive vice president, describe the institute as \u201ctruly transformational for our university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A committee tasked with \u201cdeveloping an innovative, interdisciplinary structure that will foster breakthroughs in research and training collaborations in genomics\u201d will include representatives from across the University:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: <a href=\"http:\/\/genetics.uchc.edu\/faculty\/professors\/lalande.html\">Marc Lalande<\/a>, associate dean for research planning and coordination and professor, Genetics and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Larry Silbart, professor and department head, Allied Health Sciences,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cag.uconn.edu\/CANR\/index.html\">College of Agriculture and Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/regenerativemedicine.uchc.edu\/faculty\/bios\/bayarsaihan.html\">Dashzeveg Bayarsaihan<\/a>, associate professor, Reconstructive Sciences,<br \/>\nSchool of Dental Medicine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ekin.education.uconn.edu\/programs\/exercise-science\/exsci\/faculty-staff\/carl.maresh\">Carl Maresh<\/a>, professor and department head, Kinesiology,\u00a0Neag School of Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cse.uconn.edu\/cms\/index.php\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty-contacts\/21-dong-guk-shin\">Dong-Guk Shin<\/a>, professor, Computer Science and Engineering,\u00a0School of Engineering<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.uconn.edu\/psychology\/people\/Faculty\/Williams\/Williams.html\">Michelle Williams<\/a>, associate professor of psychology and associate dean,\u00a0College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nursing.uconn.edu\/about\/faculty-staff\/cong\">Xiaomei Cong<\/a>, assistant professor, nursing,\u00a0School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pharmacy.uconn.edu\/pharmsci\/?p=1045\">Theodore Rasmussen<\/a>, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology,\u00a0School of Pharmacy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcb.uconn.edu\/fac.php?name=strausbaughld\">Linda Strausbaugh<\/a>, professor, Molecular and Cell Biology.\u00a0Provost\u2019s Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The planning committee expects to complete its work by June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Institute will focus on advanced research and training in genome science and technology that will raise the profile of genomics at UConn and maximize our relationship with the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on the Health Center\u2019s campus in Farmington,\u201d according to Torti and Nichols.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Lalande will chair the planning committee for the Institute, which aims to raise the profile of genomics in the state.  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