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Thad Cochran National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi
A center for primary research in the utilization of natural products, the Cochran Center for Natural Products Research totals 115,000-square feet developed in nine separate design/construction packages over a ten-year period. As a primary discovery unit, the center is designed to address completely unknown chemical and biological elements and to contain all potential hazardous elements as investigations proceed. Safety and research integrity, critical to the center’s success, had a major influence on the design of the facility.
The laboratory component contains bio-safety work areas, entomology and environmental chambers, synthetic chemistry sections, cold labs, a scientific library, plus centers for agronomy and microbiology. An animal center houses twenty-five principal investigation suites with complete support operation, including surgical, necropsy and care centers. The facility also includes a material intake suite to categorize collected specimens, and a full conference center.
Joint Venture with Laboratory Research Group
Photography Credits: John O’Hagan
