Think of it as a state-of-the-art hub for cross-disciplinary collaboration and "creative collisions" that will help propel Alberta to the forefront of global innovation.
The Government of Alberta has contributed $100 million to match the University of Alberta's investment and transform the Biological Sciences Building into a dynamic, shared laboratory complex where researchers and students from across the university along with industry partners will work on solving the most urgent problems of our time.
The new Life Sciences Innovation and Future Technologies (LIFT) Centre is expected to double much-needed laboratory spaces for hands-on experimentation and increase access to high-demand programs across the university.
"This funding is incredibly exciting news. It supports our infrastructure in a critical facility on campus and it supports growth of our highly in-demand programs," says Declan Ali, dean of the Faculty of Science.
