King & King Architects
and S/L/A/M Collaborative
have been chosen
as design consultants
for new building.

Alliances/Partners

Public/Private Alliance

These entrepreneurial SUNYs, with a combined force of 300 research investigators, are cultivating private partnerships to nurture biotechnical discoveries with strong commercial potential.
SUNY ESF and SUNY Upstate have distinct research excellences — in natural resources and medicines, respectively — yet share strong commonalities in the biotechnology realm. Both institutions utilize many of the same molecular biology procedures and biotechnology equipment.

With the creation of the CNY-BRC, SUNY Upstate and SUNY ESF will have access to the high-caliber technology necessary to commercialize biotechnical products and services. A key component of the center will be its world-class core facilities for DNA, proteomic, bioinformatic and tissue-engineering technologies — processes that capitalize on new genomic discoveries and fuel the explosion of the biotechnology industry.

* Central New York is currently home to nearly 3,000 jobs in the biotechnology sector.

What Our Partners are Saying . . .
“This century has been labeled “The Century of Biology,” and this center helps keep Central New York where it belongs: in the vanguard of scientific innovation and high-tech job creation. It greatly accelerates our efforts to find biomedical and biotechnical solutions to age-old problems of health, vitality and sustainability.” David R. Smith, MD President, SUNY Upstate Medical University	“This is a giant step forward in creating economic and scientific opportunity. It further cements our relationships with existing partners — such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Welch-Allyn, Albany Molecular, O’Brien and Gere, Illumination Technologies and International Paper — and will help attract new corporate partners to Syracuse.” Cornelius B. Murphy Jr. President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

“Research breakthroughs in the CNY Biotechnology Research Center will help attract new corporate partners to our region. This landmark alliance of two SUNY research universities and our business leadership will also enhance our ability to educate and train the skilled workforce these corporations demand.” Irwin Davis Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York	“This center represents an open invitation for collaboration between academic and industrial partners. The CNY-BRC dramatically boosts our capacity to develop commercial products that improve health, create jobs for CNY and generate a healthy return on the investments of our corporate partners.” John C. Fieschko, Ph.D Executive Director, CNY Biotechnology Research Center