University of Nevada Reno, Medical Office Building and Laboratories

University of Nevada Reno, Medical Office Building and Laboratories Project Details:

PROJECT CATEGORY: Healthcare

COMPLETION DATE: 2010

With Vice President Pelin Karakas as part of the Construction Team, this building houses medical offices and Diagnostics Development Laboratories. The Center for Molecular Medicine is a state-of-art facility for medical research.

The Diagnostics Development Laboratory occupies approximately 2,850 sq. ft. of bench laboratory space that includes 1,300 sq. ft. of general laboratory space and 1,550 sq. ft. of specialty laboratory space. Specialty laboratories include i) a hybridoma production laboratory, ii) a tissue culture laboratory dedicated to large-scale production of engineered antibodies, iii) a serology laboratory for analysis of human and non-human primate samples under BSL-2 conditions, iv) a BSL-2 laboratory dedicated to growth of bacteria and fungi, and v) an immunochemistry laboratory equipped for fabrication of lateral flow strips and analysis of antibody binding via surface plasmon resonance.

Facilities in the Center for Molecular Medicine include a state-of-art vivarium. The vivarium is well equipped for immunization of mice for monoclonal antibody production. The vivarium includes a suite for the production and evaluation of transgenic mice.