• Source: Boston Biomedical Research Institute

      • Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) was a non-profit institution concentrating on basic biomedical research to promote the understanding of human diseases (including heart disease, cancer, muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer's etc.). It was located in Watertown, Massachusetts.


      History


      BBRI was founded in the late 1960s, and relied on federal money to fund most of its research. In 2008 it received a grant to establish a muscular dystrophy research center.
      In 2012, reports surfaced that the Institute was financially unsustainable. In the face of a shrinking endowment and decrease of NIH funds, the BBRI Board of Trustees recommended in September, 2012 that the Institute begin a dissolution process. It was also revealed that the institute's funding situation was further hurt when four senior scientists who had significant NIH funding decided to leave BBRI. Members of the Institute's Corporation met on November 15, 2012 and voted to begin the process of closing the Institute.
      The research institute closed operations in June, 2013. BBRI was also negotiating with Tufts HMO to sell its 1.3 acre property in Watertown, Massachusetts. The proceeds of the sale would be used to pay off some of the organization's creditors.


      = Timeline

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      1950: Charles Schepens founded The Retina Foundation
      1968: The Retina Foundation was separated into two institutions: the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and the Eye Research Institute of the Retina Foundation.
      2003: Charles Emerson is appointed as new Director


      Faculty


      Andrew Bohm
      Dave W. Carmichael
      Lynne M. Coluccio
      Roberto Dominguez
      Janice Dominov
      Martin L. Duennwald
      Charles P. Emerson, Jr.
      Peter Erhardt
      Jaya Pal Gangopadhyay
      John Gergely
      Zenon Grabarek
      Philip Graceffa
      Markus Hardt
      Celia Harrison
      Sachiko Homma
      Noriaki Ikemoto
      Peter L. Jones
      Oliver King
      Toshio Kitazawa
      Paul C. Leavis
      Sherwin S. Lehrer
      Katsuhide Mabuchi
      Jeffrey Boone Miller
      Kent Nybakken
      Henry Paulus
      Lucia Rameh
      Victor A. Raso
      Nilima Sarkar
      James L. Sherley
      Janet Smith
      Walter F. Stafford, III
      Eric J Sundberg
      Shinichi Takayama
      Alex Toker
      Hiroshi Tokuo
      Moonkyoung Um
      Chih-Lueh Albert Wang
      Sarah Wilcox-Adelman
      Hartmut Wohlrab


      References



      McBride, Ryan (April 2, 2007). "Super microscope is part of $2M BBRI upgrade". Mass High Tech Business News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
      "Study: Chemical Combo Shows Promise for Brain Disorders". World Tea News. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
      Kocian, Lisa (November 29, 2009). "Putting money where the mouse is Local research institutions cite gains fueled by federal stimulus". Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 December 2009.

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