The following organizations in Maryland offer unique assets and opportunities to help your business accomplish milestones in drug discovery and development at reduced cost or through collaborative relationship. 

Consult Center staff to guide you to the appropriate resource in the network.

Pre-Clinical Research

The following institutions conduct pre-clinical research:

• Johns Hopkins University and Medical Institutions (JHU/JHMI)
  Johns Hopkins Research Centers & Core Facilities   
   
• University of Maryland, College Park (UM)
  Maryland Nanocenter 
  Maryland Pathogen Research Institute
  Fischell Department of BioEngineering
  Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  


• University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)
  School of Pharmacy
  Computer Aided Drug Design
  BioMedical Core Facilities
  Center for Vaccine Development
  Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases
  Institute for Human Virology
  Program in Neurosciences
  Greenebaum Cancer Center
  Institute for Genome Sciences
  Center for Nanomedicine 
  Biopolymer/ Genomics Core 
              
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
  


• University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI)
  Medical Biotechnology Center           
  Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)–MicroArray Facility          
  Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) – Protein Structural Analysis    

Clinical Research & Trials

• Johns Hopkins University and Medical Institutions (JHU/JHMI)
  Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes:  General Clinical Research Center
  


• University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine (UMB SOM)
  University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Clinical Trials
  The Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM)        

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

The following institutions are involved in biomanufacturing:

• University of Maryland, College Park (UM)
  Mtech’s Biotechnology Research and Education Program (BREP) and
  Bioprocess Scale-up Facility
  
• University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI)
  Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)              
  CARB Transgenic Plant Facility 
  
  
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  Center for Advanced Sensor Technology

Regulatory

The following institutions provide regulatory services and advice:

• University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)
  Center on Drugs and Public Policy
  Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center
  


• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  Regulatory Affairs for Biotechnology

Facilities

The following institutions provide lab and office space:

• Johns Hopkins University/Forest City (JHU/FC)           
  Science+Technology Park at Johns Hopkins
  
  
• University of Maryland, College Park (UM)       
  Technology Advancement Program (TAP)       
  M Square Research Park
  
  
• University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)         
  UMB BioPark         
  The BioInnovation Center
  
  
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)       
  bwtech@UMBC Incubator
  
  
• Montgomery College (MC)       
  Montgomery College Life Sciences and Technology Park             

Workforce Development

The following institutions provide specialized training programs in the life sciences:

• Maryland Biotechnology Center
  Training Providers Program Integration
  
  
• University System of Maryland
  UM Mtech’s Biotechnology Research and Education      
  UMBC Advanced Biotech Programs
  UMBC Training Centers
  
  
• Community Colleges
  Montgomery College (MC) Biotechnology Training Program
  Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Biotechnology Program
  Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) Biotechnology Program
  Frederick Community College (FCC) Bioprocessing Technology Program