The Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies Building has been designed to house a diversity of programs that represent research interests centered on various sub disciplines of biology, chemistry, materials science, and their confluence with emerging nanotechnologies and applicable engineering techniques and methods of analyses. The interdisciplinary nature of the research efforts to be supported by this building will be shaped by the experimental and theoretical interaction between researchers and faculty.

Research focus areas will include Functional Tissue Engineering, Integrative Systems Biology, Biocomputation and Bioinformatics, Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering, Biology and Biochemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Nanobiotechnology, Biochips and Microsystems and Bioimaging and Bioinstrumentation. Supporting these research laboratories will be Core Facilities consolidating expensive equipment and specialized technical support. The Core Facilities include Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Analytical Biochemistry, NMR, Microbiology, Electron Microscopy, Histology, Tissue and Cell Culture, Scientific Computing and Visualization, Materials Characterization, High Throughput, and an Animal Facility.

Project Information
Building Owner:		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Building Location:		Troy, New York UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Principal Building Function:		Biotechnology research
Building Information
Project Includes:		Biochemistry Biology Biotechnology Chemistry Education Education: Biomedical Education: Chemistry Education: Physics Laboratory: Biomedical Research Laboratory: Chemistry Laboratory: Nanotechnology Laboratory: Research Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Office: Researcher Research: Biomedical Vivarium
Total GSF:		200,960
Total NSF:		72,700
Special Equip:		NMR
Project Team
Architect		Burt Hill
Consultant - Laboratory Planner		Research Facilities Design (RFD)
Profile Created 03/08/2002
Last Updated 04/04/2006