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State museum exhibit highlights IU Life Sciences week\nIU researches have played a monumental role in the genetics revolution including the observation of Life Sciences Week, taking place Jan. 22-29.\nThe Indiana State Museum interactive exhibit "Genes and Your Health" will be displayed until May and then will move to other museums around the state.\nThe Week brings attention to how researchers and professors at IU are going to educate graduates who will become teachers, business leaders, researchers and health care professionals. There are nearly 6,350 University employees taking part in some form of research across the state.\n"Indiana University has a long and distinguished history of research in molecular biology, genetics and analytical chemistry, the foundations of modern advances in the life sciences," said IU President Adam W. Herbert. "The University also has established world-class core facilities in genomics, imaging, proteomics, protein expression, animal models, medical informatics and bioinformatics. We are home to the state's only medical school, whose research funding has more than doubled within the past five years. We also are positioned to become a national leader in life sciences research and education"