The Coriell Institute for Medical Research received the inaugural Innovation Award from the Cooper’s Ferry Partnership at its annual meeting on Tuesday, March 5. This distinction recognizes Coriell’s role as a unique and critical resource to the global research community and its legacy of scientific foresight.
read moreThe Coriell Institute for Medical Research today announced it is expanding its leadership team by welcoming two skilled scientists to fill two new roles. Jaroslav Jelinek, M.D., Ph.D., will serve as the Institute’s new Chief Research Officer and Jozef Madzo, Ph.D., will join the Institute as its new Director of Bioinformatics. Both are scheduled to start on Feb. 28.
read moreJean-Pierre Issa, MD, a world-renowned expert in the epigenetics of cancer and director of Temple University’s Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, will join the Coriell Institute for Medical Research as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, Coriell’s Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Kiep, III, announced today. His first day is scheduled for February 28, 2019.
read moreNew research from scientists at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research shows that some individuals whose bodies metabolize ibuprofen more slowly – causing the drug to be present at higher levels than intended – intuitively self-correct their dose without knowing their genetic makeup.
read moreThe Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Cooper University Health Care and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) are launching the Camden Opioid Research Initiative (CORI), a first-of-its-kind undertaking to investigate the genetic and biological factors that contribute to the development of opioid use disorder (also referred to as opioid dependence or addiction). Opioid overdoses continue to climb in New Jersey and nationally and the opioid addiction epidemic is one of the most urgent public health concerns of our time. This year is the deadliest year of this epidemic in the Garden State.
read moreResearchers from the Coriell Institute for Medical Research will present preliminary research findings at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) in Kissimmee, Florida this week. The Coriell scientists will disclose and discuss their work through both posters and breakout session presentations.
read moreCoriell Institute for Medical Research today announced the promotion of two of its scientists to new leadership roles. Alissa Resch, PhD, is now the Institute’s Chief Scientific Officer and Nahid Turan, PhD, is now Chief Laboratory Officer. Drs. Resch and Turan previously served as Director of Biobanking Operations and Director of Laboratory Operations, respectively.
read moreCoriell’s system is designed to identify and monitor internal and external factors that impact operations and understand the needs and expectations of all interested parties. The system follows the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and monitors the performance of all operations tied to quality and customer satisfaction.
read moreThe Coriell Institute for Medical Research is proud to announce the release of new samples representing N-glycanase deficiency, caused by a mutation on the NGLY 1 gene, also known as Congenital Disorder of Deglycosylation (CDDG). These extraordinarily well characterized samples come from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP) and will be distributed from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Human Genetic Cell Repository (HGCR) housed at Coriell.
read moreThe Coriell Institute for Medical Research is deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of its President and CEO, Michael Christman, PhD.
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