Center for Molecular Medicine
The Center for Molecular Medicine, shown above (left) in a model of the architect's blueprint, will connect with the existing Life Sciences Building at Stony Brook (right) through two bridges. Represented in the foreground is a new self-contained undergraduate teaching laboratory. The Center will be situated on the wooded western edge of the University Campus and will be linked to the Health Sciences Center via an arcade providing easy access. With ground breaking scheduled for summer, 1995, the Center is slated to be fully operational in 1998. Designed in consultation with faculty investigators, the Center will have laboratories to meet the specific needs of the School of Medicine's thematic research programs, both initially and over the life span of the building. The Center will include laboratories for transgenic animal experiments, isolation rooms for experiments using pathogenic organisms, and facilities for high resolution NMR, x-ray diffraction, and molecular modeling studies. A state-of-the-art informatics system will link Stony Brook researchers with scientists throughout the world. With approximately 14,000 square feet of space on each of five levels, the Center will maximize the use of laboratory and office space. Design features address individual space requirements, and provide common areas on each floor for seminars, informal meetings, and scientific interactions. In sum, the Center will offer faculty investigators an ideal work place in which they can pursue biomedical research and a setting that will foster interaction between the research, academic, and medical communities.
Image by E.B.
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