Construction is on schedule for the Center for Integrative Proteomics at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Proteomics integrates multi-discipline imaging to study the structures and functions of protein and is the next step after genomics in the study of cell biosystems.  Data retrieved may be used for biomarkers and research into Alzheimers and heart disease.

The 74,000 square foot Center for Integrative Proteomics Research will be the home for the Protein Data Bank and BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology.  A combination of wet/dry labs, Mass Spectrometry, X-Ray Crystallization and NMR imaging suites will compliment the Protein Data Banks’ data modeling and processing of Bioinformatics.

The project is sited on the Great Lawn on the Busch Campus, connecting to other research facilities and creating a research nexus on campus and is scheduled to open in 2011.

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