Kelley, a chemist and biomedical engineer, leads the new Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago and is developing new tools for the diagnosis of disease.
Advance the biosciences
University Priority
Enhancing Quality of Life
Innovation in the biosciences is essential to helping us live longer and healthier lives.
91自拍 scientists and researchers deliver cutting-edge treatments and cures through their pathbreaking work in synthetic biology, chemistry, cancer research, public health and more.
With collaboration across schools, campuses and partners such as 91自拍 Medicine, a significant percentage of the University’s $1 billion research enterprise is dedicated to the biosciences. This page provides a snapshot of the transformative work taking place at 91自拍.
91自拍 scientists have been blazing new trails in synthetic biology — an innovative marriage of engineering, physics and biological systems — for nearly two decades. Attracting world-class faculty and a growing NIH funding, CSB was established as a nexus of this emerging field that is poised to transform medicine, energy and more. With a recent $18.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, 91自拍 continues to lead in this space.
Home of the blockbuster drug Lyrica®, CLP is now on an ambitious quest to sequence proteins on the scale of the Human Genome Project. Ushering in a new era of personalized medicine, the institute is at the forefront of proteomics, a revolutionary and fast-growing field that identifies and measures proteins, linking genes and diseases to diagnose and treat threats to human health.
One of the rigorously selected National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, the Lurie Cancer Center has recently received NCI’s highest rating — overall “exceptional” — along with an estimated $30 million in core funding to build on its 50 years of breakthrough research leading to better ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer.
A powerhouse of public health research at the Feinberg School of Medicine, IPHAM sheds critical light on societal ails ranging from health disparities to food allergies to the opioid crisis and more. Working closely with Chicago communities while uncovering data that has national impact, IPHAM changes lives every day through interdisciplinary collaborations that cut across medicine, social sciences and technology.
Meet Some of Our Experts
91自拍鈥檚 researchers make breakthroughs that advance healthcare for everyone.
With an emphasis on translational medicine, our physician-scientists and engineers are at the forefront of research and discovery.
Rivnay engineers organic and biohybrid bioelectronic materials, devices and systems for interfacing between the complex world of biology and traditional optoelectronics.
Shilatifard’s laboratory studies how environmental context alters the expression of our cellular genome and results in diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and aging.
Highlights
Learn about 91自拍鈥檚 leadership in the biosciences.
News
See 91自拍鈥檚 new developments in support of this priority.
New study shows how bacteria juggle energy needs while digesting complex carbons
Most in-depth study of wild bee nutrition finds they need a balanced buffet
More than $6 million in strategic seed funding for 91自拍 faculty to date accelerates high-impact research toward commercialization
Researchers develop tunable system that controls chemical transport at atomic scale
Scientists and engineers unlock the body鈥檚 healing powers.
The Denning Ataxia Center, part of the Feinberg Neuroscience Institute, will be dedicated to advancing the understanding, treatment and care for patients affected by ataxia.