1. The Gold Standard in Cancer Research www.auriconline.org FFB: October 4, 2013

2. The Gold Standard in Cancer Research AURIC  Formed January 1 st, 2012  Expertise in translation of therapies  From bench to bedside  One Health/One Medicine approach  Intermediate animal models  Dog and cat  Spontaneous clinical disease

3. The Gold Standard in Cancer Research AURIC  116 Members, 64 Faculty, 7 Schools/Colleges  $4.3 million in funding from Alabama (total over 4 years)  Research grants to faculty  Research Infrastructure enhancement  Extramural grants awarded to AURIC members  Over $3.5 million in year 1  Over $9.1 million in year 2  Multiple collaborations established with biotech and academia

4. The Gold Standard in Cancer Research The Auburn Laboratory for Imaging Animal Systems -IVIS Lumina XR -MSOT -Multispectral Imaging

5. Established: September 12, 2014 Center for Comparative Genomics and Translational Research

6. The Gold Standard in Cancer Research AURIC - NEEDSAURIC - NEEDS  Bioinformatics  “Omics”  Genomics  Transcriptomics  Metabolomics  Phenomics