In accord with the Center of Innovation program's statewide purview, the COIN core group now includes Duke University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC-Charlotte.
COIN is one of four Centers of Innovation created by the Biotechnology Center to accelerate commercialization in areas of particular economic promise, including marine biotechnology, drug discovery, and advanced medical technologies. In addition to their technology-development efforts, the Centers will coordinate research leading to commercial opportunities and sector development.
The Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit corporation supported by the N.C. General Assembly. Its mission is to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy statewide.
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