Perspectives Winter/Spring-2017

COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES • 63 “With access to HCA’s vast resources for clinical trials, and opportunities to partner with private ventures, our university is poised to become a national and international hub for startups and established technology companies, resulting in high-paying jobs and innovative discoveries,” said H. Thomas Temple, M.D., NSU’s senior vice president for translational research and economic development. To efficiently address key issues facing humanity, NSU has established several research institutes and centers using a multidisciplinary, interprofes- sional approach. The CCR is the hub for this research, conducted at locations throughout the university and at its regional campuses. The established NSU institutes include • NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast and Solid Tumor Cancer Research • NSU Cell Therapy Institute—a partnership with researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden • NSU Emil Buehler Research Center for Science, Tech- nology, Engineering, and Mathematics • NSU Institute for Natural and Ocean Sciences Research • NSU Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine • NSU Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research In addition, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) occupies the first floor of the CCR. The USGS and NSU partner on research involving hydrology, water resources, and greater Everglades restoration efforts. All CCR occupants benefit from its core facilities, including the Genomics Core Facility for sequencing human genes associated with disease; the Flow Cytome- try Core Facility for isolating special cell types, such as immune and stem cells; the Cell Therapy Core Facility for developing immunotherapies and regenerative medicines; and the Imaging Core Facility, which fea- tures advanced digital microscopy capabilities. n Left: The confocal microscope is equipped with three lasers, a transmitted light detector, and full incubation. Below: Jean Latimer, who leads the NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast and Solid Tumor Cancer Research, discusses an experiment with lab technician Stefanie Sveiven in the AutoNation/Hunter-Reay Research Lab.