Higuchi Biosciences Center
The Higuchi Biosciences Center (HBC) is a designated research center engaged in biomedical research at the University of Kansas. As a super center of the KU Center for Research (KUCR), the HBC has been providing over 30 years of exceptional service to the KU Biosciences community.
Supporting Biomedical Research
The Higuchi Biosciences Center seeks to enhance the environment for interdisciplinary, basic research by providing research support to investigators whose scientific effort falls within the general category of biomedical research.
Our Statistics
100+
Participating investigators from various departments across campus
100+
Active grants including three major programmatic grants
30+
Years of experience in grant services
HBC Services
Internal Funding Programs
To enhance multidisciplinary and inter-disciplinary research in the biomedical sciences, the Center has developed a variety of internal funding programs.
Grant Services
HBC Investigators have a high rate of success in obtaining external funding. Find out more about our grant services.
Symposia, Seminars and Lecture Series
The HBC supports symposia, seminars and lectures to promote scientific collaboration.
Other Services
The HBC offers other services such as videoconference room, poster printing, web site construction in order to facilitate research and research collaboration and dissemination.
HBC October 2022 News Bulletin
National Science Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to HBC Participant -- 2022 Inaugural Chemical Biology Symposium -- 2023 KINBRE Symposium -- NSF Fall Virtual Conference -- NIH Updates -- Recent Awards
$5.7 Million NIH Grant Will Fund Final Stretch of Successful 15-year KU Initiative
HBC's Major Program, the Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, is Renewed for its Final Phase.
HBC Participant recipient of National Science Foundation Award
HBC Participant Joanna Slusky received a 1.5 million award from the NSF to create proteins designed to detect polluting metal ions in water.
HBC September 2022 News Bulletin
Reminder - Chemical Biology Symposium -- Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) Call for Proposals -- State Employee Health Plan (SEHP) Open Enrollment -- KU Annual Conflict of Interest (COI) Certification -- HBC On-Site Office Hours -- Recent Awards