Byrd Biotechnology Science Center (Huntington, West Virginia) | office building, classrooms, medical laboratory

 office building, classrooms, medical laboratory

Current use: Research & scientific center.
Location: 3rd. Avenue & 19th Street, facing Harris Hall.
Designers: The HDMR Group Inc. and Mascaro Construction of Pittsburgh

With a grant of more than $35 million from the National Institutes of Health, the $40 million, 200,000 square foot Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center is located along Third Avenue across from the Science Building, bringing together faculty, staff and students from both the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and the College of Science.

Space on the second floor will be for research for College of Science students. Labs will be built for biotechnology research and teaching. Student study spaces of about 700 square feet will also be built to expand an area of space that the existing Science Building lacks, according to College of Science Dean, Dr. Joseph Bragin. Seminar rooms for small group meetings and faculty and student offices will also be on the second floor.

The third and fourth floors have similar layouts and will be used mostly by students and faculty of the School of Medicine. Facilities on these two floors include cancer research facilities, rooms for equipment and offices for graduate students and faculty.