As a top-tier research institution, Mizzou offers a number of resources for biochemistry faculty including research centers, advanced technology core facilities, plant growth facilities and computational resources.
Biochemistry Buildings
Biochemistry is housed in a complex of three adjacent buildings, Schweitzer Hall, Schlundt Annex and Stephens Hall at the northeast corner of the main MU campus. These buildings are elegant structures faced in white limestone that contain up-to-date laboratory and office facilities.
The Biochemistry Complex is at the north end of a “Life Sciences Corridor” that includes Biological Sciences, Plant Sciences, the Bond Life Sciences Center, Chemistry (which is physically connected to our buildings), Physics and the Ernie and Lotte Sears Plant Growth Facility.
Almost all faculty research laboratories are in the Complex or the interdisciplinary Bond Life Sciences Center, three buildings away.
Schweitzer Hall houses the departmental office and provides laboratory space for 14 research groups. Seven of those laboratories were created in 2008 by construction of a $10 million Schweitzer Addition that impressively matches the white limestone exterior of the original 1912 building yet contains state-of-the-art research space. Furthermore, the addition contains a purpose-built space for our $2.1 million 800 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, the second of its generation in the U.S. and the only one of its power in Missouri.
Schlundt Annex is connected to the Schweitzer addition by the Boyd L. O’Dell Bridge of Discovery on the second floor. It houses seven additional biochemistry research laboratories. The bridge is sufficiently wide to contain a 500-sq ft departmental lounge and gathering area, with a spectacular view of the beautiful white campus, lined in early 20th century, limestone buildings. The bridge was renamed and dedicated to Professor Emeritus Boyd O’Dell in September 2016 to honor his 100th birthday.
Stephens Hall, built in 1936, underwent extensive renovation in 2001 to create a shared laboratory space for two faculty members including Professor Emerita and National Academy of Sciences member Linda Randall.
Interdisciplinary Buildings
The Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, a campus-wide center that houses six interdisciplinary research clusters, each focused on a common theme, is the location of laboratories for biochemistry faculty and members of our graduate program.
The Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building accelerates innovations in precision health care for Missourians and the world. It unites the University of Missouri System’s four public research universities, University of Missouri Health Care, MU Extension and private partners toward a single goal: precision health solutions for society’s toughest diseases.