Bio-Info-Nano Research & Development Institute (BIN-RDI)

Conceived in late 2006, the BIN-RDI (Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute) is a consortium of university, government, and industrial partners dedicated to the advancement of nanoscale science in the interest of humanity.

Through the development of its Centers of Excellence in Research (focused on both emerging clean energy technologies and space science), Education, and
Policy, the BIN-RDI is poised to become a major hub for innovation at the intersection of biotechnology, information technology and nanotechnology to meet the challenge of clean technology and global sustainability, enhance the mission of NASA, understand the societal implications of the technologies under development, and prepare a new generation of 21st century scientists, engineers, and educators.

The BIN-RDI is managed by the University of California, Santa Cruz, with participation from higher education partners San Jose State University, and the Foothill DeAnza Community College District. Together with NASA researchers and industry affiliates, the academic partners of the BIN-RDI are modeling new forms of public/private partnership, and demonstrating how diversity in institutional perspectives as well as academic and research disciplines, can lead to solutions that accelerate the pace of innovation.

The BIN-RDI is currently located in the Advanced Studies Laboratory (ASL) on the campus of the NASA Ames Research Center. The ASL is a jointly administered project of NASA Ames and the University of California, Santa Cruz. The ultimate destination of the BIN-RDI will be a new and expanded facility with specialized labs and equipment to be co-located with NASA within the planned University Associates Silicon Valley NASA Research Park on 77 acres of land at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.