About
The Center for Integrated BioSystems at Utah State University leads a progressive, interdisciplinary effort in research, core services, and education serving agriculture and life sciences. Our center is a consortium of faculty, technical, and office staff housed in a central facility on the Utah State University campus. We collaborate with and train scientists in academia, industry, and national laboratories.
Mission
The Center for Integrated BioSystems enhances society through the discovery and use of knowledge in functional genomics, proteomics, bionetworks, and bioinformatics via a biosystems perspective. The former Biotechnology and Genomics Research Center has been restructured and renamed to embrace the shift in biosciences from isolated studies to integrated and collaborative research.
Our Facility
Established on the Utah State University campus in 1991, our research center is a key site for life science research in the Western United States. The center encompasses 30,000 square feet and boasts state-of-the art equipment for use in fermentation, protein purification, and all aspects of cell culture. We are able to offer an amazing array of high-end equipment all under one roof, for use by USU investigators as well as off-campus academic and industrial collaborators.
Our Services
Having developed robust laboratories for USU researchers, we’re leveraging these resources to offer other life science professionals support with all levels of bioprocessing services and hands-on training courses. The Center offers a combination of superb equipment and experienced staff that makes the Center for Integrated BioSystems such a powerful and unique service resource for life science professionals.
Core Labs
Our staff brings a breadth of life science expertise to manage bioprocessing projects, whether large or small, for both academic and industrial clients. Center scientists can collaborate on outside research efforts at varying degrees of participation simply processing the laboratory work, or contributing deeply through analysis and co-authoring of finished papers.
Bioprocessing and Biotechnology Training
The Center has built an internationally established training program providing industrial scientists the opportunity to improve their laboratory skill set. Our courses in proteomics, fermentation, cell tissue and protein purification are conducted with theoretical classroom lectures, as well as laboratory exercises that provide practical experience for attendees. Our training staff has led the nation in this coursework for several years, and has a deep commitment to putting attendees on the equipment as much as possible during their course.