Yale Center for Molecular Discovery created at West Campus
The road from discovering a novel insight to turning it into a practical biomedical application is full of twists, turns, and dead ends, but a combined center at Yale’s West Campus seeks to provide University faculty with the knowledge and tools to navigate from basic science to new breakthroughs in disease management. READ MORE
Yale one of first institutions to get powerful new DNA sequencing technology
Yale University is one of three institutions to acquire new DNA sequencing technology that its creator says will allow researchers to sequence the entire human genome within 24 hours at a cost of just $1,000. READ MORE
Yale University Adopts Multiple Agilent Platforms for Integrative Biology Research at New West Campus
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Yale University has made a major purchase of Agilent bioanalytical systems to support six research institutes it is establishing at its new West Campus. Financial details were not disclosed. READ MORE
Drug Company Invests in West Campus Technology Core
Yale has signed a collaboration agreement with the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science & Technology (COSAT) to jointly fund activities at the Small Molecule Discovery Center (YSMDC) on Yale’s West Campus. This pilot program is designed to stimulate discussion at the earliest stages of drug discovery. READ MORE
$11 Million Grant Makes Yale a National Center for Study of Rare Diseases
Yale University will be home to one of three national centers created to study the genetics of rare inherited diseases, thanks to a $48 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, federal officials announced Dec. 6. READ MORE
Gilead Sciences Inc. is best known for combining HIV-fighting drugs for AIDS patients, but it may draw on that experience as it pursues a two-pronged strategy in cancer. READ MORE
Yale University researchers have successfully re-engineered the protein-making machinery in bacteria, a technical tour de force that promises to revolutionize the study and treatment of a variety of diseases. READ MORE
A team led by Farren J. Isaacs and George M. Church of the Harvard Medical School has devised a method for making hundreds of changes in a genome simultaneously. This massively parallel intervention, READ MORE of the NY TIMES article
A New Vision for West Campus - June 23, 2011
Scott Strobel, the new vice president of West Campus planning and program development, recently sat down to talk about his vision for Yale's developing 136-acre interdisciplinary research complex.
West Campus Reports - May, 2011
VIDEO PRESENTATION - Scott Strobel, Vice President for West Campus Planning and Program Development presents the latest edition of West Campus Reports.
It's easy for a visitor to Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History to think that the museum starts with the giant squid hanging above the lobby and ends with a trip to the gift store. READ MORE & SEE VIDEO
At the West Campus, five pieces of a sixth-century Byzantine mosaic lean against wooden supports under the fluorescent lights of an industrial workshop. READ MORE
