With the goal of dramatically accelerating discoveries in health and disease, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has opened BIDMC’s Spatial Technologies Unit, the first center in Massachusetts and one of the first of its kind worldwide. The new space will provide access to ground-breaking technologies that allow scientists to examine cells as they function within intact tissues. Made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, the BIDMC unit will be a nexus of the state’s precision medicine community, empowering researchers across healthcare, academia, research and industry.
“Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s new Spatial Technologies Unit provides powerful resources and unique opportunities not only for our own research community, but for the precision medicine community as a whole,” said Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, chief academic officer of BIDMC and Beth Israel Lahey Health, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). “This unit adds incredible value to the already strong ‘omics technologies platforms available at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. We are delighted to share access to this novel space that will redirect the way we approach research in health and disease, and we are grateful to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center for their incredible support.”
