2016-2017 Annual Report
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The student community, faculty and
researchers will benefit from state-of-the-art
facilities to conduct research that is among
the most advanced in the country.
world, not only in the province, but
beyond our borders,” says Marc Surette,
a full professor in the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry and holder
of the New Brunswick Innovation
Research Chair in Biosciences,
sponsored by the New Brunswick
Innovation Foundation.
“By bringing a critical mass of
researchers together under one roof,
our health research capabilities will
grow considerably. The student
community, faculty and researchers will
benefit from state-of-the-art facilities
to conduct research that is among the
most advanced in the country. Their
benefits are significant, both from
a scientific and socio-economic
perspective.”
All of the Centre’s laboratories and
spaces will be designed as a single
research mega-platform to create an
interactive and collaborative neigh-
bourhood. It will also provide space
for incubating new businesses.
The new building that houses the Centre
for Precision Medicine will be located
on the campus of the Dr. Georges-
L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre,
less than one kilometre from the
Moncton campus.
- Marc Surette
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