AMDeC

Over the past decade AMDeC has worked to create services and opportunities that benefit our members: New York State's pre-eminent medical schools, academic health centers and research institutions.

Benefits of AMDeC membership include:

Joining a strong, progressive “medical community” in New York State founded on the sharing of ideas, intellectual power, and resources through:

AMDeC’s Collaborative Scientific Focus Groups― each scientific focus group promotes:

*Increased communication across member institutions
*Member engagement in the sharing of resources, expertise and costly technology
*New platforms for collaborative research projects
*Advanced education and training of both young and established researchers

Cost savings for scientific products and services, and access to leading-edge technologies through:

AMDeC F.I.R.S.T.TM ― AMDeC F.I.R.S.T. (Facilities Instrumentation Resources Services & Technologies) is a real-time, online web resource containing the most up-to-date information about AMDeC member technology and research resources from biomedical core facilities in New York State.  An easily searchable, user friendly web-based application, it offers detailed listings and relevant information for core services, instrumentation and technology infrastructure at AMDeC member institutions, including complete contact information.

AMDeC’s Vendor Partnership Program ― AMDeC facilitates preferrred vendor pricing discount agreements on behalf of its members. Member institution benefits include:

*Consortium-wide discounts on products and service contracts
*Pre-commercial access to cutting-edge instrumentation
*Detailed educational seminars on new technology
*Closer working relationship between investigators and the commercial sector

Subsequent to cost savings of more than $700k to our members in 2008-2009 alone, AMDeC has expanded this effort and is actively forging new agreements with several companies that represent a diverse mix of products, services and technologies.

Entrée to a gateway for communication and interaction across consortium members and the broader public and private community at-large through:

AMDeC’s Website – A Portal for Information and Communication― AMDeC’s Website serves as a portal that provides members with easy access to the ‘resource inventory’ as well as negotiated vendor discount pricing information in a secure, password-protected environment.  It provides simple navigation and search capabilities, allows each institution to update its information as needed and offers a mechanism for members to communicate with each other. The Web site also serves as a hub of news and information for the biotech sector and as a venue through which the public can learn about AMDeC’s myriad of innovative projects.