U. of Illinois plans center focused on gene data

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois and the Mayo Clinic will use a $9.3 million federal grant to set up a new research center focused on data analysis and health care.

The university said Monday the grant from the National Institutes of Health will be used to create one of several new Centers of Excellence for Big Data Computing. The center will be on the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus.