Pictured at left are Charles Decedue, HBC executive director, and Anthony Hancock, director of the Scientific Education Partnership, in the new Simons Research Laboratories. The new building will be dedicated on May 6. The new building, which is linked to the McCollum Laboratory building in the Higuchi Biomedical Research Area, adds nearly 49,000 gross square feet to the existing complex. There are 18 general purpose and four specialty laboratories as well as offices, meeting rooms, interaction areas, and an auditorium. Researchers from the University of Kansas Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry also are housed there.
Private donations provide the rest of the funding.
Construction began in March 1994 and was completed in November 1995. The project architect is Glenn Livingood Penzler of Lawrence. Murray and Sons of Topeka is the general contractor. Symposium attendance is limited to 500 participants. There is no registration fee, but participants are responsible for their own lunch.