Our specialized bioscience complex includes:
- 40,000 SF BSL II lab/office facility
- Private, secured labs from 470 – 1000 SF
- Labs have fume hoods, bio-safety cabinets, DI water, vaccuum, gas
- $28/SF per year covers all program services
- Freezer room on generator back-up with separate HVAC
- 80 and 14 litre fermentation facility
- 6,000 SF small animal facility
- 21,000 SF large animal facility
- Climate-controlled greenhouses
Scientific support includes:
- Access to the university’s IACUC and animal care services at faculty rates
- Hazardous waste pickup management
- Lab reviews and safety classes through the University’s Environmental Health and Safety unit
- Access to advanced instrumentation, scientific expertise, and services at reduced rates through UF’s campus-based Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR), Nanoscale Research Facility (NRF), and Major Analytical Instrumentation Center (MAIC).
- 40,000 Sq Ft, monitored 24/7 by University of Florida
- After hours swipe card access with electronic monitoring
- Type of construction: roof construction/wall construction - floors are concrete with tile; walls are engineered metal with insulated siding (composite metal); roof is steel with foam insulation and roll fiberglass asphalt roofing; there is steel support throughout the building; inside walls are sheetrock
- Number of stories - two but space is only rented on first floor; second floor is for air handlers
- Loading docks
- Sprinkler system
- Negative pressure “wet” labs with 12’ ceilings
- Chemical fume hood in all labs, certified annually
- Biosafety cabinets in all labs, certified annually
- Small labs approx. 470 Sq Ft, large approx. 1000 SF
- Office space available
- Single-pass air in lab areas with 12x per hour air exchange
- 110v to 480v 3-phase electrical service
- 270 kW generator backup for dedicated circuits
- In-house air, vacuum, gas to all labs
- In-house DI water to all labs, monitored daily
- Ultra pure water in central location
- Autoclaves (3) – installed wall unit, floor model, bench top
- Radiation work accommodated
- Built in 1995
- No prior losses
- 73 parking spaces, 4 of these handicapped
