Penn and Yonsei University Plan to Establish a Joint Genome Frontiers Institute in South Korea	Print Issue
September 2, 2008, Volume 55, No. 2

The University of Pennsylvania and Yonsei University, announced the signing of a plan to establish a Joint Genome Frontiers Institute (JGFI) in the port city of Incheon, South Korea. This joint project between the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute (http://genomics.upenn.edu) and the Yonsei Genome Institute will establish a 70,000 sq ft research and development facility within the Yonsei Songdo Global Academic Complex (http://songdo.yonsei.ac.kr). The Songdo Global Academic Complex, 160 acres of buildings targeted to open in 2010, will house a satellite campus for the Yonsei University and 300,000 sq ft of dedicated R&D facilities for information technologies and bio-technologies. The JGFI will house researchers from Yonsei and Penn with the goal of developing new genomic technologies, genome-enabled therapeutics, and genome- enabled biomarkers. The JGFI is expected to leverage genome science expertise of Penn with biotechnology and cutting edge facilities from Yonsei to provide a unique opportunity for focused R&D and international collaborations.

For additional information contact the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute co-directors Dr. Junhyong Kim and Dr. Jim Eberwine. The PGFI had previously been known as the Penn Genomics Institute (Almanac January 22, 2008)