New Laboratory Accelerates Research into the Clinical Setting
The Harvard Catalyst Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies (HC-LITT) will put a myriad of innovative technologies in the hands of clinical and translational researchers. Temporarily, it will be located in New Research Building-3rd floor but will relocate to its permanent home, the Harvard Institutes of Medicine, in July, 2009. The lab will be a one-stop resource center featuring the newest and most powerful industry and Harvard community technologies. It will also be a forum for bringing together a potent mix of biomedical researchers, clinicians, bioinformaticians, physical scientists, and engineers using integrated, interdisciplinary approaches in solving challenging clinical problems.
To assist translational researchers, the HC-LITT will focus on:
HC-LITT will also engage in specific projects that adapt/modify new assays/technologies with the aim that they are able to become core technologies: user friendly, cheap, and clinically robust. HC-LITT will strive to develop these technologies so that other programs can offer these services to the translational community at large.
The HC-LITT will be fully open for investigator use by July, 2009.
Contact Winston Patrick Kuo, Director of Harvard Catalyst Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies for more information.