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The University of Missouri Columbia is building a new 124,000-nsf Life Sciences Center (LSC). Construction began in December of 2001 on the $60-million project which will include a DNA research facility, five teaching/computer labs, a 250-seat auditorium, 50 research labs, technologically advanced classrooms, a greenhouse, and multipurpose equipment rooms. The facility will provide flexible space to maximize interactions and foster interdisciplinary team research. Departments served by the LSC include Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources; Arts & Science; Engineering; Human Environmental Sciences; Health Sciences including Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions; and Veterinary Medicine. Construction is slated for completion in spring of 2004. Laboratory planner for the project is Research Facilities Design of San Diego.

The LSC is a key step in the University of Missouri's process to become designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the NIH. To that end, the University is also planning a 432,000-sf Health Sciences Research Building as the final step in the Comprehensive Cancer Center designation process. This new consolidated research facility will position the University's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center as the premier regional research-based cancer center.