SPACE FOR EXPLORATION
Biomedical Science Research Building opens
For 144 faculty researchers and their staff and students, the opening of the Biomedical Science Research Building on the block bounded by Huron Street, Zina Pitcher Street, Ann Street and Glen Avenue is a dream come true. Now, world-class research has a world-class setting.
Substantial construction was completed Dec. 15. During the next several months, various units, departments and programs will move into the facility including:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Neurosurgery (research labs)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Research
- Immunology Research
- Nanotechnology (research labs, partial)
- Radiology Molecular Imaging (research labs)
- Microscopy and Image Analysis Core Laboratory
- Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research and Analysis (research labs, partial)
- Neuroscience Research
- Neurology (research labs)
- Psychiatry (research labs, partial)
- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute (research labs, partial)
- Regenerative Medicine Research
- Orthopaedic Surgery (research labs)
- Institute of Gerontology (research labs, partial)
- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
Polshek Partnership Architects designed the 10-level, 492,000 gross-square-foot building with research collaboration in mind. Space is organized along research themes rather than by academic departments.
"The BSRB provides a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary research in the Medical School," says Ray Ruddon, M.D., Ph.D., senior associate dean for research, U-M Medical School. "The research focus for the design enhances the idea of building 'research teams of the future,' which is a key component of the National Institutes of Health Roadmap."
A typical floor has 48 lab modules grouped into six "neighborhoods" (240 lab modules in all), 52 small support alcoves, 19 procedure rooms, two glassware/sterilizer rooms, two conference rooms, three break areas, 32 offices and three office support areas. Four bridges on each floor connect offices to lab areas. For many researchers, the BSRB's pièce de resistance is the two-level vivarium-a highly specialized housing and procedure area where research animals are bred, housed and observed-that logically groups animal research functions.
BSRB Fast Facts
The building is:
- 415 ft. long
- 200 ft. wide at widest point
- 100 ft. tall
Unique features:
- six levels (two partial) of research laboratories and faculty offices
- 300-seat auditorium
- 1,600-square-foot seminar room and break-out area
- 16,000 net-square-feet of linear equipment space
- wireless coverage in the atrium, offices and conference rooms
- flexible communications to support the current telephone system, as well as Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol in the future
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