Overview
Excelling in the Biosciences, Engineering, and Commercialization
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is one of the nation's premiere research universities, ranked 7th in U.S. News & World Report's listing of public universities. Georgia Tech conducts more than $400 million worth of research each year, and leverages its partnerships to contribute significantly to the life sciences in Atlanta and the Southeast. Georgia Tech provides a unique resource for bioscience companies through its comprehensive support of basic research — continuing on through translation of research discoveries, systems for supporting startup company development, and resources for delivering innovations to the marketplace.
Georgia ranks seventh in the nation in the Ernst & Young's ratings for its number of bioscience companies, with most of those companies centered in and around Atlanta. Underscoring the growth of the biotech industry in Georgia, BIO has selected Atlanta to host its 2009 international convention.
The Georgia Institute of Technology, located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, supports an environment for the convergence of bioscience and engineering research and innovation. The life sciences community at Georgia Tech is an interdisciplinary catalyst for companies supported by world-class research and unique partnerships. Research is designed to be cross-disciplinary encompassing the biosciences, information technology, and engineering to address new challenges in science and technology. Examples of interdisciplinary research initiatives at Georgia Tech include nanomedicine, systems biology, regenerative medicine, health systems engineering, drug delivery, cancer research, predictive health, stem cell therapies, humanitarian logistics, and biofuel technologies.
Georgia Tech actively supports corporate relationships through the Strategic Partners Office. The Strategic Partners Office provides technical and business expertise to assist industry in finding innovative technologies, matching faculty research interests with industry initiatives, technology sensing for established or emerging markets, executive education programs, and other resources for partnering companies to remain competitive in a fast paced, global business environment.
The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a nationally recognized science and technology incubator that has helped build successful companies for almost 30 years and has attracted over $1 billion in venture capital financing for ATDC companies since 1999. The ATDC Biosciences Center, located within Georgia Tech's Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building, has wet labs equipped with special ventilation and purified water systems ideal for bioscience startup companies. Start-up companies have access to clean rooms for micromachining, microscopy and histology services, core lab facilities, and other resources.
The newest component of the commercialization continuum is the 11-acre Technology Enterprise Park located across from Georgia Tech's research area. Technology Enterprise Park is a science and technology park affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the heart of Atlanta's biotech community for emerging and established companies. With nearly 600,000 square feet of lab and office space adjacent to Georgia Tech and access to the university's world-renowned research, bioscience and conference facilities, the park offers significant collaborative research opportunities for tenants. The four current tenants are Altea Therapeutics, CardioMEMS, Kemira, and the St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute. The first building is currently full, and expansion with a second building, is currently in the planning phase.