CONSTRUCTION OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH FACILITY

描述（由申请人提供）：经过认真的自学和外部项目审查，西北大学制定了一项计划，以扩大和改善埃文斯顿校区的生命科学研究和教学。该计划的核心部分是建造一个新的生命科学大楼，Arthur和Gladys Pancoe和Evanston西北医疗保健（ENH）生命科学馆。新建筑将与现有设施很好地结合在一起，并将为生物科学的所有活动提供一个焦点。此外，ENH的临床研究小组将位于相关基础科学小组附近，以促进知识从实验室到床边的转移。本申请要求拨款扩建南翼，一楼用于化学生物学，二楼部分扩建以启动发展重点的信号转导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): After a careful self study and outside program review, NU has developed a plan to expand and improve life sciences research and teaching on the Evanston campus. The central component of this plan is the construction of a new life sciences building, the Arthur and Gladys Pancoe and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH) Life Sciences Pavilion. The new building will be well integrated with existing facilities and will provide a focal point for all activities in the biological sciences. In addition, clinical research groups from ENH will be located adjacent to related basic science groups to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the bedside. This application requests funds for build-out of the south wing, first floor for chemical biology and partial build-out of the second floor to initiate the signal transduction in development focus. Three research groups will occupy the completed first floor of the south wing. One research group and a research facility that is managed by a second research group in adjacent Cook Hall will be located in the partially completed second floor. All five research groups are existing, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and will benefit from significantly improved research space and proximity to scientists with related interests. Several new core facilities are also planned, which will benefit the greater life sciences community at NU.