Big donation to the Hormel Institute
Posted on August 18th, 2008 – 5:18 PMBy Thomas Lee
The Mayo Clinic said it will donate $5 million over five years to the Hormel Institute Medical Research Center in Austin. The money will fund laboratory equipment and program support for researchers from the Hormel Institute, Mayo Clinic, and the University of Minnesota.
Established in 1942, the Hormel Institute is the medical research arm of the U. The institute focuses mainly on cancer treatment such as the development of natural, non-toxic alternatives to chemotherapy.
“Collaborations, like this between The Hormel Institute, Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota, will enable us to make discoveries much more quickly,” Mayo CEO Glenn Forbes said in a statement. “Mayo’s commitment to research extendsbeyond our campuses, and we’re especially interested in the cancer research conducted by [Hormel Institute executive director] Dr. Zigang Dong and his team. We hope this gift will help provide the resources necessary so that The Hormel Institute will continue to thrive.”
The institute is in the midst of an ambitious expansion project, including a new state-of-the-art science lab building and space for 100 new researchers. The grand opening is scheduled October 3 followed by a three-day World Cancer Research Conference, with 200 scientists from around the world expected to participate.
In February, the institute purchased a Blue Gene supercomputer from IBM. The computer, among the fastest in the world, can run 5.6 trillion calculations per second, computing power that will allow the institute to triple the amount of projects it undertakes.
One response to "Big donation to the Hormel Institute"
I recently had a kidney transplant at Mayo in Rochester,mn. I am participating in a reachersh study on the cause of kidney failure. Dna will be used, as well as other research tools. we sure appreciate the strong r+d at Mayo. Mine was very succesful. Many thanks to doctors and surgions at Mayo, you are the best!!!
