More than 100 companies and institutions make up New Mexico’s diverse biotechnology industry.

 

The New Mexico Biotechnology and Biomedical Association strives to provide a forum for information exchange related to life science activities, develop initiatives to enhance small business success, provide education regarding the NM biosciences, help establish collaborations, and publicize the bioscience industry. www.nmbio.org/

 

LANL has many different specialties under the umbrella of bioscience. Its Bioscience Division (www.lanl.gov/bioscience/) includes directives in Genome Science (LANL is the second-largest partner institution of the DOE’s Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI), Biosecurity and Public Health, Bioenergy and Environmental Science and Advanced Measurement Science.

 

Sandia was identified by The Scientist Magazine in 2008 as one of the top 10 work places for post-doctorial students in life sciences. Their Biosciences Division has four areas of core research: protein science, nano/micro-science, advanced measuring and imaging, and modeling, simulation and informatics for biology

 

These concentrations have yielded breakthroughs in microfluidic platforms, mass spectronomony in three dimensions, molecular and cellular imaging, and computational biology and biophysics. http://public.ca.sandia.gov/casite/partnering/bioscience.php

 

Located in Santa Fe, the NCGR is a non-profit institution developing custom bioinformatics resources for research communities. Dedicated to helping improve human health and nutrition, its Genome Sequencing Center provides massively parallel sequencing services. www.ncgr.org/

 

Albuquerque’s LRRI seeks to improve public health through the prevention, treatment and cure of respiratory diseases. With a budget of $65 million and a staff that includes 83 PhD’s, LRRI readily offers its research facilities to university, government and private collaborators.

 

Located within the LRRI are several centers of research, including: The National Environmental Respiratory Center (NERC), the CounterACT Research Center of Excellence (CRCE), and Lovelace Intelligent Systems.

 

Located on the campus of UNM, the Health Science Center (HSC) is the State’s largest academic health complex. It features 6 academic and clinical entities: the school of medicine, the colleges of nursing and pharmacy, the Health Sciences Library and Infomatics Center, UNM Hospitals, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center. The latest additions to the UNM HSC facilities include the state’s only Level One Trauma Center, as well as the states first 24/7 pediatric emergency room, and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall (housing the 52,000 square foot MIND Institute, making New Mexico a leader in the study of neuroscience and mental illness).

 

In addition to the MIND Institute, UNM has pioneered research programs in areas including cancer (UNM’s Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute Center), environmental health sciences, infectious disease and cardiovascular disease.

 

A private, not-for-profit research and education center seeking to understand complex systems through interdisciplinary research. Its two dozen yearly workshops and programs attract people from around the world, including Nobel Laureates and well-known scholars. Around 35 researchers are in residence, with the number doubling in the summer months. www.santafe.edu

 

The Institute of Applied Biosciences offers students an array of choices including programs in biology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Areas of focus include synthetic biology and emerging pathogens. http://research.nmsu.edu/iab/home.html

 

UNM offers a wide range of studies, including MD/PhD programs, graduate programs in biomedical sciences, and undergraduate programs in biochemistry and molecular biology. http://hsc.unm.edu/som/

 

SFCC offers associate degree in biological sciences to those who wish to continue at a 4-year college or university. www.sfccnm.edu/about/degrees.