Welcome to Life Sciences Initiative for the Midwest Region. The Life Sciences
Initiative provides an ongoing forum to bring together academia and industry
to exchange ideas, discuss challenges and explore potential collaborations
which may lead to commercialization.
The forum provides the opportunity for academia to showcase its research
and form corporate partnerships with the life sciences community. The
forum provides industry the opportunity to learn about discoveries before
the general competitive markets; establish strategic relationships with
biotech and other life science companies; develop a pathway to obtain talented
scientists in the Midwest; encourage research at universities that are
supportive of in-house research efforts; and support and enhance the local
and regional life sciences community.