Now in its 37th year, the Science Fair brings together hundreds of students from Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties to demonstrate their scientific curiosity and prowess in front of judges in hopes of taking home an award and potentially moving onto the Delaware Valley Science Fair. Coriell cherishes this event because it provides an opportunity to meet the next generation of local young scientists.
read moreCarrie’s daughter Hannah was born in the middle of summer in 2008 and initially appeared to be in great health. As Carrie explains on her foundation’s website, abnormalities began to appear during the first week. Hannah was checked into the neonatal intensive care unit for two weeks while doctors worked to find a diagnosis for her puzzling array of symptoms.
read moreThe passing of our friend and CEO , Dr. Michael Christman, at the end of 2017 was a shocking blow to all of us here at Coriell. While we knew him to be a visionary and forward thinking scientist, it was a valued reminder to us of Mike’s impact on the state and biomedical research community at large to have received formal recognition of Mike’s many contributions from our legislators in Trenton and in Washington D.C.
read moreThere are many biobanks in the United States but few with the size and breadth of the collections of biosamples housed here at Coriell. Maintaining these precious samples necessitates the use of more than 1,000 different pieces of equipment each with its own unique calibration and maintenance schedule. To help our biobanking staff best manage all this equipment, the application development team of Coriell’s Information Technology department developed a powerful software tool named the Biobanking Logistics Inventory Tracking System – or BLITS.
read moreTo learn more about the role of the genetic counselor, I chatted with Tara Schmidlen, MS, CGC. Tara has worked with the Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative as a genetic counselor since its founding nearly 10 years ago and still acts as a consultant for the project.
read moreThe senator – who also serves as the Assistant Majority Leader in the New Jersey Senate – was interested in learning about the global impact of Coriell’s mission and the state-of-the-art science happening right here in Camden.
read moreCytogenetics is an exciting, dynamic field of study which analyzes the number and structure of human and animal chromosomes.
read moreOur new site may look pretty familiar to many of our users. It was built largely on the back of our previous catalog page, the page which scientists used to browse and order from our extensive collection of biomaterials.
read moreSouth Jersey Biz, a magazine covering business in the southern half of the Garden State, has included Michael Christman, PhD, Coriell’s president and CEO, on its Power 50 list for 2017. The magazine organizes a Power 50 list each year to document the region’s most influential business leaders.
read moreSouth Jersey Biz, a local magazine covering business in South Jersey, included Kathryn H. Driesbaugh, PhD, in their 2017 list of “Who’s Who in Health Care” and featured her on the cover of the issue.
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