Today more than 150 researchers from 18 countries are searching for the causes and cures for devastating diseases such as Alzheimer s and Parkinson s. Mayo Clinic Jacksonville is part of Mayo Clinic Rochester s NIH funded Alzheimer s Disease Research Center and is a NIH funded Udall Parkinsons Disease Research Center Of Excellence. The Birdsall Medical Research Building opened in 1993. The facility houses 10 laboratories including Dr. Dickson s Neuropathology and Microscopy Laboratories and Brain Bank and Dr. Hutton s Laboratory of Neurogenetics. Dr. Hardy and other researchers will be available for interviews.
Cameras are welcome.
Take the first entrance into Mayo Clinic on the left. Drive past the Davis Building and parking garage. The Birdsall Building is on the left. Park in the parking lot behind the west entrance. The tour will begin from the lobby of the building inside the east entrance.