Unlocking medical mysteries

Celebrating the dedication The dedication ceremony for the Durham Research Center is Thursday, Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the building. An all-campus celebration will follow the dedication until 3 p.m. Refreshments and tours of the building’s first floor will be available. Jazz music will be provided until 1 p.m. Short- and long-sleeved T-shirts (sizes S to XXL) will be available for purchase at $6 and $9, respectively. Commemorative calendar posters featuring scientific images from five research areas will be available to employees at the celebration. Employees at UNMC’s off-campus sites can view Thursday’s dedication ceremony live. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Internet at www.unmc.edu/durham and archived for later viewing. It also will be broadcast live via satellite on NET 2, Channel 105 to the following sites: University of Nebraska at Kearney — Communication Building, Room 241; Scottsbluff — Panhandle Station, Room 201; and Lincoln — UNMC College of Dentistry, Room 4.

Answers to complex medical mysteries may lie inside UNMC’s newest building.

Scientists in the Durham Research Center will search for clues to treat cancer, reverse Alzheimer’s disease, prevent congenital heart defects and cure blindness.

“There is an endless potential for scientific advancement and discovery within the Durham Research Center,” said Thomas Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research at UNMC. “The state-of-the-art building will allow some of our top scientists to further advance their cutting-edge work in unraveling the medical mysteries relating to transplant biology and genetics and of birth defects, respiratory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, eye disease and pancreatic and breast cancer.”

Learn more about the research taking place on the various levels of the building.