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|| December 1, 2001 ||
The Cancer Genome Project. On Dec. 1, 2001, the CSBC received the first installment of a three-year $6 million grant to study the genetics of cancer. This grant from the Commonwealth Technology Research Fund, was awarded to VCU, George Mason University and the Inova Hospital System of Northern Virginia. VCU participants besides the CSBC include Pathology, Engineering and the Massey Cancer Center. The CSBC will participate via its sponsorship of the MicroArraying Core of the Nucleic Acids Research Facilities and the SuperComputing Cluster of the Bioinformatics Computational Core Laboratories.

|| November 1, 2001 ||
Appointment of director of programs and fellows. Dr. Monty Kier, professor of medicinal chemistry and an expert in complexity-based research was appointed a senior fellow and director of programs and fellows of the CSBC. Kier brings his decades of research experience and contacts to the CSBC, and has been instrumental in recruitment of external fellows participating in the center.

|| October 15, 2001 ||
Renovation and launch of the Mass Spectroscopy Resource for BioComplexity. The Mass Spectroscopy Resource for BioComplexity was renovated using funds from the CSBC. Dr. James Hannis, assistant professor in chemistry, was recruited with funds from the CSBC to manage this proteomics facility.

|| July 1, 2001 ||
Virginia Bioinformatics Consortium is funded by the commonwealth of Virginia. The Center for the Study of Biological Complexity was awarded one fourth of a $3 million grant ($750,000) from the Commonwealth Technology Research Fund. The Virginia Bioinformatics Consortium is a collaboration among the CSBC at VCU, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and Virginia Tech to develop bioinformatics infrastructure, analysis tools, and databases, and to more effectively leverage the bioinformatics expertise across the commonwealth of Virginia.

|| July 1, 2001 ||
Renovation and launch of the MicroArraying Core of the Nucleic Acids Research Facilities. On July 1, 2001, the newly renovated MicroArraying Core of the Nucleic Acids Research Facilities was opened. Over the past six months, this Core was renovated using funds from the CSBC, the Massey Cancer Center and the School of Medicine. The laboratory is equipped with both Affymetrix GeneChiptm and spotted arraying biochip technology, acquired with funds from a Shared Instrumentation Grant Award from NIH and HEETF awards to VCU Life Sciences and the Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Darrell Mallonee, assistant professor in microbiology and immunology, was recruited with funds from the CSBC to manage and operate the laboratory.

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