On Friday, April 16, 2004, the BSD celebrated the completion of major steel work on the new Interdivisional Research Building with an informal topping-off ceremony. Placed on the beam were a timeline of medical and scientific milestones—from 1904, when Alexis Carrel developed early organ-transplant methods, to 2004, when NASA’s Mars rovers carried an instrument using Chicago-invented techniques—and a look towards the future as researchers added questions they hope IRB scientists will answer.

A Fish Tale
A fish tale is circulating through the scientific community and popular news outlets, thanks to a recent discovery by Dr. Neil Shubin, Professor and Chair, Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Dr. Michael Coates, Associate Professor...

Heart and Mind of Patient care
The Biological Sciences Division pursues its twin missions of medical education and patient care at the unique interface between the academic world of the University of Chicago and the clinical world of the University of Chicago Hospitals...

Topping-Off Ceremony
On Friday, April 16, 2004, the BSD celebrated the completion of major steel work on the new Interdivisional Research Building with an informal topping-off ceremony...

Aims Updates
The New Research Building (NRB)
The building plan for the NRB was presented to a joint meeting of the Campus Planning & Facilities and Financial Planning Committees of the University Trustees on April 8, 2004...

DEVELOPMENT
As of March 31, 2004, total campaign giving to the BSD and Hospitals has reached $371 million - 67% of the way to our $550 million Spark Discovery, Illuminate Life goal...

EDUCATION
In today's world of biological research, quantitative analysis, modeling and prediction are playing increasingly important roles. This in turn requires a new generation of students with mastery of mathematical problem-solving...

DISCOVERIES
Wei-Jen Tang, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, and his team have discovered that a drug approved by the FDA for treatment of chronic hepatitis B...

FOREFRONT
The Division of the Biological Sciences is proud to announce the appointment of two new Professors and Chairmen of the Departments of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences....

ACCOLADES
Recent Awards and Grants Information for Biological Sciences Division Faculty

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Recent Recruitemnts and Appointments of Biological Sciences Division Faculty

Dollars & Sense
The BSD financial highlights for the first eight months of fiscal year 2004.

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