Boston University broke ground in May of 2015 on the $150 million Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering (CILSE). Designed by Payette, the nine-story, 170,000-sf facility will support interdisciplinary research on synthetic biology, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and biological design. The project will exceed Boston University’s base energy efficiency code by 30 percent and will have building systems and utilities located on the second and third floors to ensure continuing operations in the event of a flood. Housing up to 160 faculty and staff, the facility will feature a human Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) suite as well as space for behavioral testing and computational research. Occupancy is expected in 2017.
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