SIU-C's Fermentation Science Institute will be able to expand, and collaborate with more partners, thanks in part to a 2.7 million dollar state grant. The money will will kickstart the Campus's BioLaunch Core Facility, a multi department program that will provide lab services, assistance for business development and will expand biotechnology on campus.
Matt McCarrol, is Director of the Fermentation Institute.
"Really going all the way to partnerships with the University farm, the agricultural products, move them to value-added agricultural products and testing, and all of the things that go to a final product."
McCarroll adds the projects the new grant will help, will enable faculty from many different departments on campus to get involved, and will broaden the student's education in the fermentation, chemistry and marketing fields.