Politics & society, Research

Jump-starting the bioeconomy

By Public Affairs

Harnessing innovation across the fields of bioengineering and biotechnology, structural and chemical biology, and bioinformatics, the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) is accelerating fundamental discoveries to address society’s critical needs and catalyzing the technologies and industries of the 21st century. QB3 fosters interdisciplinary research collaborations across three UC campuses to stimulate partnerships with private industry, and provides state-of-the-art facilities and entrepreneurial resources, from proof-of-concept funding to startup incubator space, to kick-start the formation of new companies to fuel California’s emerging bioeconomy.