July 11 , 2007
Contact:
Ken Ma
Office of Public Affairs
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kennma@nova.edu
Nova Southeastern University to Build One of
Florida’s Largest Research Laboratories
Fort Lauderdale, FL ---- Nova Southeastern University is planning to build one of Florida’s largest wet laboratory research facilities.
Wet labs are research facilities where chemicals, drugs, other materials or biological matter are tested and analyzed, requiring water, direct ventilation and specialized piped utilities.
NSU’s Center for Collaborative Research (CCR), opening in 2009, will be a 208,000-square-foot building on the university’s Fort Lauderdale-Davie campus. It will be a state-of-the-art, cooperative, interdisciplinary center for medical, pharmaceutical, dental, and oceanographic research.
The CCR will cost more than $50 million to construct and have an additional $5 million worth of research equipment, in addition to our in-place lab inventory.
The wet lab will be a home-base for applied health care research and medical informatics. Researchers will collaborate within this advanced environment to investigate pharmaceutical synthesis, cancer therapy, human stem cell research, biomaterials, wildlife DNA forensics and ocean biomaterials.
Located just east of NSU’s Health Professions Division on the main campus, the CCR will be home to the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research, Florida LambdaRail, information and technology services, investigators from the Health Professions Division and Oceanographic Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The federal agency is partnering with NSU, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of Florida to promote scientific cooperation for the Greater Everglades Restoration Project, the largest public works program in U.S. history.
About Nova Southeastern University: Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast, and it is the 6th largest independent institution nationally. NSU awards associate’s, bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields. The university is comprised of undergraduate, graduate and professional schools of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, optometry, allied health and nursing, medical sciences, dental medicine, law, marine biology and oceanography, business and entrepreneurship, computer and information sciences, humanities, conflict resolution, family therapy, interdisciplinary studies, education, psychology and counseling, and family programs. The university also has student educational centers in Miami-Kendall, West Palm Beach, Naples, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, Las Vegas, The Bahamas and Jamaica.
