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Morrison building dedication Aug. 29 Ken Morrison Life Sciences Research Center The public dedication will be at 4:30 p.m. at the Morrison building on East Campus, east of Veterinary Basic Sciences. Ceremonies will include remarks from university and University of Nebraska Foundation officials and dignitaries. Invited guests are expected to include Morrison, his family and Barbara Alving, director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources, which funds the NCV as a Center for Biomedical Research Excellence. UNL researchers associated with the center, who previously worked at several locations across campus, moved into the new building in early 2008. The $21 million, 74,000-square-foot research facility is designed to foster interactions and collaborations among researchers, students and staff. It provides space for the virology center to expand research on many of the leading viral threats to people, animals and plants. The Morrison Center features full labs for 12 scientists with separate areas for cell culture and polymerase chain reaction spaces, cold and dark rooms, shared microscopy and cell-flow cytometry facilities, a Biological Safety Level 3 laboratory suite, offices and meeting rooms. The center's scientists study the molecular mechanisms viruses use to cause disease. Their discoveries could lead to new tools to prevent or treat diseases caused by HIV, human papilloma virus, herpes and other major viruses. The Nebraska Center for Virology links virologists at UNL, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University. It was established in 2000 as an NIH Center for Biomedical Research Excellence with a five-year, $10.7 million NIH National Center for Research Resources grant and earned a five-year, $10.6 million renewal in 2005. The building is named for Morrison, a Hastings businessman and longtime UNL supporter who provided the lead private gift for construction.    | |
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