Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
- Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) is a large private research institute located in San Antonio Texas.
With 400 staff and a convert|397|acre|km2|sing=on campus, SFBR is "one of the world's leading independent biomedical research institutions." [http://www.sfbr.org/pages/about_SFBR.php]
SFBR houses the [http://www.snprc.org/ Southwest National Primate Research Center] , the world's largest Baboon colony for biomedical research.
SFBR is also home to the only privately owned Biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory in the United States.
The Foundation's [http://www.sfbr.org/pages/about_resources3.php AT&T Genomics Computing Center] is "the world's largest computer cluster devoted to statistical genetic analysis."
Controversy and criticism
The Sunshine Project has monitored and commented on the SFBR activities Fact|date=July 2007.
ee also
*Southwest Research Institute
*University of Texas Health Science Center
*Monodelphis domestica
External links
* [http://www.sfbr.org/ Official website]
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