Influential science journal Nature gushes in its latest issue that the impending arrival of The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington will open a torrent of biomedical research and investment for Connecticut.
Nature published a May 31 trend story on Connecticut’s investment in nonprofit and academic biomedical research, including funding for The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, scheduled to open in 2014 next to the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.
The article, posted on Nature’s website, notes that while corporate pharmaceutical and biotech companies are cutting back, Yale University, The Jackson Lab, and UConn are expanding in the area.
in a statement Thursday, Mike Hyde, Jackson Laboratory vice president for advancement, commented on the story.
“At a time when most of American higher education is facing serious financial hardships and public institutions are reeling from budget cuts, The Jackson Laboratory, UConn, Yale and the state of Connecticut are partnering to focus on a new field of science: genomic medicine.”
The article, “Gains and losses,” is available online at http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7400-667a
