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Backgrounder: Facts and Figures
The Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex (CFHBC) will play a key role in advancing Canada’s science and technology infrastructure. In addition to world-class work by researchers in areas like cancer, infectious diseases, biotechnology and green chemistry, the facility will also house a business incubator for start-up businesses to capitalize on the innovative research and knowledge transfer undertaken at the complex.
The $111.4-million Complex will be 176,000 square feet and contain:
- four Canada Research Chairs/Ontario distinguished researchers in biotechnology, green chemistry, plant pathology, and science and health
- six health research scientists focusing on diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases, tropical diseases, West Nile virus and malaria
- Niagara Health Systems research scientists
- a business incubator to spin out research and development and bring innovations to market
The new Complex will also provide much-needed teaching and learning space and increase the University’s capacity to train students in advanced knowledge areas by:
- reducing crowding of faculty members and students in research laboratories
- providing high quality, state-of-the-art research laboratories for human health, biosciences, biotechnology and green science
- facilitating multi- and inter-disciplinary research across Faculties and departments by co-locating these disciplines in one major research facility
- providing opportunities for inter-university and inter-disciplinary research collaborations with the co-located Niagara Campus of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
- providing office spaces for faculty and graduate students near their research laboratories
- increasing interactive space for undergraduate and graduate students
The CFHBRC will house the following laboratories, research facilities and office space:
- synthetic chemistry laboratory
- applied health sciences, biotechnology and biology laboratory space
- Containment Level 3 (CL3) laboratory
- vivarium
- phytotron (enclosed greenhouse)
- photophysical sciences laboratory
- teaching laboratories
- business incubator
- computer teaching space
- Department of Child and Youth Studies laboratory space
- Niagara Campus of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
- multi-purpose laboratories and miscellaneous program amenities
The CFHBRC will be developed based on principles of sustainability and quality environments. The construction of the Complex will be targeting a “Certified” rating or higher on the Canadian Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) scoring system. A LEED-certified CFHBRC facility will support the University’s vision for quality state of the art facilities with innovative design, quality materials and sustainable systems.
Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex
