Located in the Thurston-Bowles Building, the UNC School of Medicine Gene Therapy Center occupies approximately 18,000 sf of space on the fifth and seventh floors. This project will renovate approximately 4,000 sf of laboratory and supporting spaces to facilitate the Center’s primary mission of developing novel gene delivery systems and executing translational research for a patient population affected by genetic disorders. The project will update a portion of the seventh-floor research spaces completed in the early 1990s to support electrophysiological experiments and BSL-2 production of recombinant AD and lentiviral vectors. Other interventions include modernizing fume hoods, behavioral/procedural rooms, collaboration spaces and planning for a future sound booth to support auditory experiments.
