Graduate programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Centers
Focus on Science
Research Centers are the backbone of any research intensive university, and the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology is a major contributor to research centers at NDSU. See also our Major Equipment Facilities that support departmental research and the research centers.
In February 2001, North Dakota State University was awarded a five-year $8.25 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to establish a Center for Biomedical Research Excellence. The Center for Protease Research is a multidisciplinary research center whose aim is to help combat diseases including arthritis, diabetes and cancer. Research is focused on a class of enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases (MMP's), which play vital roles in biological functions. CPR has initiated several programs to increase biomedical research activities in the state including seed grants for NDSU faculty, graduate and postdoctoral fellowships and summer research fellowships for faculty and undergraduates from regional four-year colleges. This has provided for integration of research and graduate education in chemistry, cell biology, computational biology and pharmacy at NDSU to a previously unseen extent.
The Center for Protease Research aslo includes:
Core Biology Facility
Core Synthesis Facility
Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering
North Dakota State University’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, established in 2002, conducts large-scale, multidisciplinary research for government and industry. Located in a state-of-the-art research facility in the NDSU Research & Technology Park, CNSE employs 65 full-time staff, and 70 part-time students and faculty researchers. CNSE’s Research 2 facility includes 75,000sf of cleanroom, laboratory and engineering spaces that house its design, synthesis, fabrication and characterization capabilities. Current core competencies include wireless miniaturized electronics design and prototype fabrication, and research on protective coatings and electronic materials.
Center for High Performance Computing
NDSU's Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) was established in 2003 to provide access to secure, advanced scientific computation resources for the university's researchers and their private and public sector partners. This center also gives NDSU the ability to participate in its own program of advanced computation and networking research, allowing the school to assume an international role in the development of improved programming and networking methods.
