EXTRAMULAR RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

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(NU)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。该计划的中心部分是建造一座新的生命科学大楼，亚瑟和格拉迪斯·潘科和埃文斯顿西北医疗保健生命科学馆。新大楼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协调中心。此外，埃文斯顿西北医疗保健公司的临床研究小组将设在相关基础科学小组附近，以方便将知识从实验室转移到床边。本申请申请资金，用于扩建南翼的第三层和第四层，以及部分扩建南翼的第二层，以建立高分子机器中心。已完工的南翼二楼、三楼和四楼将分别容纳三个研究小组。第二层只包括两个新的研究小组；第三个小组包括在以前的国家卫生研究院(NIH)设施申请中]。在八个研究小组中，有七个在现有地区，一个正在从科罗拉多大学搬迁。所有这些项目都得到了美国国立卫生研究院的资助，并将从他们与有相关兴趣的科学家的接近中受益匪浅。几个新的共享设施也在计划中，这将使西北地区更大的生命科学界受益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): After a careful self-study and outside program review, Northwestern University (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 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 Evanston Northwestern Healthcare 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 third and fourth floors of the south wing and partial build-out of the second floor of the south wing to establish the Center for Macromolecular Machines. The completed second, third and fourth floors of the south wing will house three research groups each the second floor includes only two new research groups; the third group was included in a previous National Institutes of Health (NIH) facilities application]. Of the eight research groups, seven are in existing area and one is relocating from the University of Colorado. All are supported by funding from NIH and will benefit significantly from their proximity to scientists with related interests. Several new shared facilities are also planned, which will benefit the greater life sciences community at NW.