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• Center for Cell & Developmental Biology
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Richard Carthew, Director

The goal of the recently established Center for Cell and Developmental Biology is to provide support and infrastructure for the Evanston campus’ strong and growing research programs in Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, as well as to help strengthen the training of future research scientists in these important areas of biomedical research.

Kelly Mayo, Director

Established in 1987 in recognition of Northwestern’s strength in reproductive biology, the Center for Reproductive Science (CRS) coordinates the research and training efforts of 33 faculty in 9 departments on the Evanston Campus, at the Medical School and at Children’s Hospital. The Center has as its dual missions enhancing research in reproductive biology and its applications to human welfare, and optimizing the training of future research and teaching scientists in the broad area of reproductive biology. The Center facilitates interactions between basic and clinical scientists in both its research and training missions through interdisciplinary research grants, research facilities, research symposia, and student training programs. The Center does not have a formal graduate program, but works closely with students pursuing the Ph.D. degree in any of Northwestern’s three Life Sciences Graduate Programs (IBiS, IGP and NUIN).

Alfonso Mondragon, Director

The mission of the recently established Center for Structural Biology is to foster leading-edge research in this exciting interdisciplinary field. Center researchers carry out fundamental studies on the structures, dynamics, actions, and interactions of important biological macromolecules. The Center’s beautiful new research space fosters collaborative and interdisciplinary research through open, interconnected laboratories and shared space for instrumentation. Center researchers have access to state of the art major instrumentation, including a 600 MHz NMR facility and a beamline for macromolecular crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source (at nearby Argonne National Laboratory), which is the most powerful X-ray source in the world.

Steven Rosen, Director
Teresa Woodruff, Associate Director for Research

The Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute designated Center with programs in basic and clinical sciences. The Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology faculty participate in the four basic science programs of angiogenesis and cell motility, hormone action and signal transduction, molecular oncogenesis, and developmental biology. Through its grants program, the Center funds research projects, the purchase of equipment, and graduate student travel to national meetings.

The Center also supports the operations of shared facilities for transgenic mice, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, oligonucleotide synthesis, histology, cell imaging, tissue culture supplies, and DNA and protein sequence analysis. Another important function of the Center is education. The Center hosts two annual symposia, one on basic science and one on clinical oncology, that bring scientists from around the world to speak at Northwestern. In addition, Cancer Center laboratories present their work at a yearly poster session.