The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Creating Opportunities for the Future

Research

Training Grants

The Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) acts as an incubator for a variety of research activities and was built to tackle complex medical research problems using an interdisciplinary approach.

IBB's research builds on the functional academic disciplines represented by the participating schools at Georgia Tech and focuses on both core areas of science and engineering, as well as selected healthcare applications.

  • Biomaterials
  • Biomechanics
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Drug Discovery and Design
  • Genetics
  • Imaging Technology
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Structural Biology
  • Systems Biology

Specific diseases that are being impacted by the research conducted in IBB include heart disease, diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases, and neural injury, to name a few.

IBB RESEARCH CENTERS

IBB serves as the headquarters for the following centers:

  • Center for Drug Design Development and Delivery (CD4)
  • Center for Fundamental and Applied Molecular Evolution (FAME)
  • Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissure (GTEC)
  • Ovarian Cancer