World-Class Research Institutions

The Sacramento Region is home to world-class research institutions such as UC Davis and UC Davis Medical Center.

UC Davis and UC Davis Medical Center highlights:
  • One of the world’s premier life sciences research institutions with biotechnology, medical, veterinary and agricultural programs.
  • Centers of excellence which encourage collaborative public/private research and ties with private industry.
  • Academic programs and applied technology initiatives provide biotech research and development capabilities.
  • Produces more Ph.D. life scientists than any other university in the nation.
  • Forefront of the latest discoveries and best treatments such as the nationally-renowned, world-class research center for the study of autism, the M.I.N.D. Institute.
  • 421 million in recent research funding, currently ranking 14th among U.S. universities by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • NSF funding for the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, serves as the lead educational institution in a 10-campus national effort in this science.
  • Ranked among the top medical schools in the nation for research and primary care, according to U.S News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools in America list.
  • Facility expansion has resulted in more than 3 million square feet of buildings on an 140-acre campus, including a new $95 million Genome and Biomedical Sciences Building to house a critical mass of researchers and foster leading-edge research in genomics, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering and others.
  • Inland California’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center status.
  • Research center to study how lasers and other light-based technologies can enhance medicine and a pioneer in the use of telemedicine technology.
  • Home to the California National Primate Research Center, the only one of its kind in the UC system.
Complete listing of research institutions include:
  • American River College
  •  North Valley and Mountain Biotechnology Center
  •  University of California, Davis (UCD) and UCD Health System
  •  Biological Sciences
  •  Biotechnology Program
  •  Center for Genetics and Development
  •  Biochemical Engineering Program
  •  California Institute for Food and Agricultural Research
  •  Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens
  •  UC Life Sciences Informatics Program
  •  W.M. Keck Center for Structural Biology
  •  Center for Neuroscience
  •  Center for Population Biology
  •  UC Davis Genome Center
  •  HQ for UC Biotechnology Research & Education Program
  •  School of Veterinary Medicine
  •  California Regional Primate Research Center (CRPRC) Center for Comparative Medicine
  •  Mouse Biology Program
  •  Murine Targeted Genomics Lab
  •  Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
  •  Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
  •  UCD Cancer Center / National Cancer Institute (NCI) General Clinical Research Center at Sacramento VA Medical Center
  •  M.I.N.D. Institute
  • Genome Center
  • National Science Foundation Center for Biophotonics at UC Davis
  • Western Human Nutrition Research Center (USDA/ARS)
  • California State University (CSU), Sacramento
  • Molecular Biology Interdisciplinary Group (MBIG)
  • Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento
  • Mercy Heart Institute
  • Mercy Stroke Center
  • Mercy Cancer Research
  • Solano Community College Two-year associate degrees and certificate programs for individuals seeking employment with bioscience manufacturing companies
  • Sutter Health
  • Sutter Institutes for Medical Research
  • Sutter Heart Institute
  • Sutter Orthopedic Institute
  • Sutter Cancer Center
  • Northern California Shriner's Hospital

Others within a 45 mile radius from the Region:
  • Veteran's Administration Northern California Health Care System
  • General Clinical Research Center
  • DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
  • SANDIA National Laboratories, Livermore
 

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