Join us for the BLS Dedication ceremony
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Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 10:30
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PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University will officially dedicate the new Biotechnology/Life Sciences (BLS) building on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. The state-of-the-art research laboratory is located on Stadium Way across from Martin Stadium. Dedication events include a planned visit from Governer Christine Gregoire, WSU President Elson S. Floyd, and College of Sciences Dean Michael D. Griswold.
Begun in 2007, the BLS is a four story structure with 128,000 square feet of laboratory and administrative space for the School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology. The facility was completed in May 2009 and fully occupied before the start of the fall term. At a cost of $72.7 million, BLS is the second building in a strategic plan of a four interdisciplinary science facilities on the Pullman campus.
The building was designed by LMN Architects and constructed by Lydig Construction.
A note on the new facility from Dr. John H. Nilson, Director of the School of Molecular Biosciences:
"The university¹s research faculty, graduate students, and staff in the Biotechnology Life Sciences Building are working together on biomedical and health sciences research to understand the most complex mysteries of our biological universe and how they impinge on human and animal health.
Researchers in this facility, for example, are discovering the abnormalities in chromosomes that can lead to genetic diseases such as Downs Syndrome, studying ways to promote repair of DNA that will enhance treatment and prevention of cancer, using mouse and human models to uncover the molecular basis of reproduction including analysis of the impacts of natural hormones and environmental agents that disrupt hormonal function, and developing new strategies that employ commensal bacteria, and traditional vaccines to control and prevent the spread of food borne organisms associated with infectious microorganisms. In short, scientists in the School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology are working collectively to solve the most vexing problems in human health and biology."