The University of Toledo

BioInfOhio Consortium

BioInfoBio is the Northwest Ohio Consortium on bioinformatics, proteomics and genomics. Partners in this consortium include the University of Toledo (UT) and Bowling Green State University (BGSU).

 

Partners

Together the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University have:
- 42,000 full time students
- 2,035 full time faculty
- More than $30 million / year in grants

History

BGSU and the former MCO, jointly applied in 2000 to the Ohio Board of Regents, seeking to initiate a program in bioinformatics. The University of Toledo joined in 2001. Strategic funding came from Mercy Healthcare, the Stranahan Foundation, and others.