Lasting Impressions | Summer 2016

NSU COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE x 41 Nova Southeastern University is now at the forefront of conducting pioneering cell-based biomedical research with the launch of the new NSU Cell Therapy Institute, an international collaboration with prominent medical research scientists from Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institutet (KI). KI is globally recognized for its Nobel Assembly, which awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine annually. The NSU Cell Therapy Institute will be located in the university’s 215,000-square- foot Center for Collaborative Research (CCR), shown above, one of the largest and most advanced research facilities in Florida with state-of-the-art laboratories. The NSU Cell Therapy Institute is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative translational biomedical research, focused on the potential of cell-based therapies to prevent, treat, and cure life-threatening and debilitating diseases. The institute is accelerating the advancement of next-generation approaches to preci- sion medicine, such as targeted immunotherapy and regenerative medicine, with an initial focus on targeting cancers, heart disease, and disorders causing blindness. Karolinska Institutet is one of the largest and most prestigious medical universities in the world, consis- tently ranked among the top universities globally. NSU recently hired a world-class team of researchers, including Richard Jove, Ph.D., who will lead the NSU Cell Therapy Institute. Jove is best known in Florida for his decade-long work as professor and director of the Molecular Oncology Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute in Tampa and as associate director for basic research of Moffitt’s National Cancer Institute Compre- hensive Cancer Center. He also served as chair of molecular medicine and director of the Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope in Los Angeles, California. The CCR will provide wet and dry labs for many of NSU’s innovative researchers. These include a General Clinical Research Center, an outpatient facility that will provide a centralized clinical research infrastructure to benefit investigators in multiple disciplines; a technology incubator offering partnerships with innovative companies; and the NSU Cell Therapy Institute. The CCR will also house NSU’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine; NSU’s Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research; the Emil Buehler Research Center for Engineering, Science, and Mathematics; and the U.S. Geological Survey, which partners with NSU on collaborative interdisciplinary research involving greater Everglades restoration efforts, hydrology, water resources, and more. ◆ CCR TO HOUSE NSU CELL THERAPY INSTITUTE