UC Irvine will break ground for a new building dedicated to stem cell research. This event, organized by the UCI Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, will include remarks by Chancellor Michael V. Drake; Vice Chancellor for Research Susan Bryant; stem cell center co-directors Peter Donovan and Hans Keirstead; and Bob Klein, chairman of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, which in May awarded UCI $27.2 million for the new building.
(Media-Newswire.com) - UC Irvine will break ground for a new building dedicated to stem cell research. This event, organized by the UCI Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, will include remarks by Chancellor Michael V. Drake; Vice Chancellor for Research Susan Bryant; stem cell center co-directors Peter Donovan and Hans Keirstead; and Bob Klein, chairman of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, which in May awarded UCI $27.2 million for the new building.
DATE: Friday, October 24, 2008 TIME: 10:15 a.m. ( See Background for full schedule ) LOCATION: Health Sciences Complex, courtyard adjacent to Hewitt Hall ( Bldg. 843, section F3 on campus map: http://today.uci.edu/pdf/UCI_08_map _campus_core.pdf ).
BACKGROUND: 10:15-10:45 a.m.: Media availability with Donovan and Keirstead 11 a.m.: Program begins 11:30 a.m.: Groundbreaking ceremony begins 11:45 a.m.: Reception begins
UC Irvine’s new stem cell research building will unify and strengthen the campus’s fast-growing stem cell biology program and serve as a research hub in Southern California. UCI stem cell scientists are pioneers in regeneration, large-scale production of specialized cells with very high purity, and methods for treating damaged tissues.
When completed, the four-story, 100,636-square-foot building will house the UCI Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, dozens of laboratory-based and clinical researchers, a stem cell techniques course, a master’s program in biotechnology with an emphasis on stem cell research, and programs and activities that educate patients and the general public. It also will contain the core stem cell laboratory and clinical space with resources for patient care.
The facility will be modeled after the existing Hewitt Hall and located within the heart of UCI’s Biomedical Research Center in the Health Sciences Complex. It is scheduled to be completed in July 2010.
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