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December 1, 2009
MBB opens
News Summary
- The Medical Biosciences Building – a new home to University of Minnesota Alzheimer’s disease, immune system, and brain researchers – opened its doors on December 1, 2009.
- Construction on the Medical Biosciences Building began in 2007. The $79.3 million 115,000-square-foot building will be home to 210 researchers, including 25 principal investigators.
- The building is part of the University’s Biomedical Discovery District – the result of a $292 million funding program approved by the state of Minnesota in 2008.
Quotes
“The Biomedical Discovery District is critical to the University’s research in the health sciences, and to our goal of preventing and finding treatments and cures to diabetes, infectious disease, neurological conditions, cancer and cardiovascular disease. State-of-the-art research facilities are critical to recruiting new faculty and to educating and training the next generation of health professionals.” - Frank Cerra, M.D., senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the Medical School.
Full Text
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (December 1, 2009) - The Medical Biosciences Building—a new home to University of Minnesota Alzheimer’s disease, immune system, and brain researchers—opened its doors today. The building is part of the University’s Biomedical Discovery District – the result of a $292 million funding program approved by the state of Minnesota in 2008.
Construction on the Medical Biosciences Building began in 2007. The $79.3 million 115,000-square-foot building will be home to 210 researchers, including 25 principal investigators.
When the entire Biomedical Discovery District is complete will include facilities and related infrastructure to house approximately 1,200 faculty researchers and staff.
The district brings scientists and researchers together to collaborate in state-of-the-art facilities to find cures and treatments to today’s most devastating health conditions – cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and more.
“The Biomedical Discovery District is critical to the University’s research in the health sciences, and to our goal of preventing and finding treatments and cures to diabetes, infectious disease, neurological conditions, cancer and cardiovascular disease,” said. Frank Cerra, M.D., senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the Medical School. “State-of-the-art research facilities are critical to recruiting new faculty and to educating and training the next generation of health professionals.”
During the grand-opening event today, Cerra led a ceremonial ribbon cutting, and an array of brain science and immune system researchers talked about how the building will benefit their research. About 100 University of Minnesota faculty and staff turned out for the event.
The event marks another milestone in the development of the Biomedical Discovery District, which, when completed, will comprise 400,000 square feet of important research space for the university and firmly position Minnesota as a world-leading state for biomedical research.
Phase 1 of the Biomedical Discovery District includes the expansion of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, for which ground was broken in July, and the opening of the Medical Biosciences Building. Phase 2, which is in pre-design planning, will include research space devoted to cancer and heart disease. These facilities are located next to the McGuire Translational Research Facility and north of TCF Bank Stadium.
Construction on the Medical Biosciences Building began in 2007. The $79.3 million 115,000-square-foot building will be home to 210 researchers, including 25 principal investigators.
When the entire Biomedical Discovery District is complete will include facilities and related infrastructure to house approximately 1,200 faculty researchers and staff.
The district brings scientists and researchers together to collaborate in state-of-the-art facilities to find cures and treatments to today’s most devastating health conditions – cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and more.
“The Biomedical Discovery District is critical to the University’s research in the health sciences, and to our goal of preventing and finding treatments and cures to diabetes, infectious disease, neurological conditions, cancer and cardiovascular disease,” said. Frank Cerra, M.D., senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the Medical School. “State-of-the-art research facilities are critical to recruiting new faculty and to educating and training the next generation of health professionals.”
During the grand-opening event today, Cerra led a ceremonial ribbon cutting, and an array of brain science and immune system researchers talked about how the building will benefit their research. About 100 University of Minnesota faculty and staff turned out for the event.
The event marks another milestone in the development of the Biomedical Discovery District, which, when completed, will comprise 400,000 square feet of important research space for the university and firmly position Minnesota as a world-leading state for biomedical research.
Phase 1 of the Biomedical Discovery District includes the expansion of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, for which ground was broken in July, and the opening of the Medical Biosciences Building. Phase 2, which is in pre-design planning, will include research space devoted to cancer and heart disease. These facilities are located next to the McGuire Translational Research Facility and north of TCF Bank Stadium.
