With a glass-enclosed lobby that opens onto the Court of Sciences, the Life Sciences Teaching and Conference Center will provide expanded and enhanced teaching space. Equipped with state-of-the-art audio and video technology, the Center will also allow for both international and domestic, professional and academic conferences.

Classroom $250,000
Seminar Rooms $100,000 each

•  New 3-story, 20,000 square-foot Conference Center will offer a 375-seat auditorium, a 55-seat classroom and two 20-seat seminar rooms
•  Home to office and conference space for the Institute of the Environment
•  Glass-enclosed lobby which opens onto the Court of Sciences, a distinctive gathering place for students, faculty and visitors
•  Located on the west side of the Court of Sciences, adjacent to campus parking structure #9
•  Construction to begin: fall 2001 (targeted)
•  Completion: fall 2002 (targeted)
•  Executive architect: Cesar Pelli and Associates, New Haven, Connecticut




Placed in the heart of the campus' biomedical community, the new Center for Genome Biology and Molecular Medicine will strengthen vital partnerships between scientists and researchers in the College and the School of Medicine. Comprised of three new laboratories, one floor each, the Center represents the most significant step in the history of UCLA to bring together medicine and life sciences faculty in jointly held space promoting collaborative research.

Laboratories of Cell Biology $3.5 million
Laboratories of Developmental Biology $3.5 million
Laboratories of Plant Genomics $3.5 million

•  Placed within a new 220,000 square-foot research facility, which has a distinctive, curved exterior, designed to promote interaction between basic scientists and medical researchers
•  Located on the southeast corner of the Court of Sciences, across from Mira Hershey Hall
•  Construction to begin: summer/fall 2001 (targeted)
•  Completion: fall 2003 (targeted)
•  Executive architect: Cesar Pelli and Associates, New Haven, Connecticut