"What are the new directions for science in the 21st century? As we learn more about bioengineering and biotechnology, we will be able to recreate things that the healthy body does automatically. The possibilities of what might be done are absolutely fantastic."
Charles H. Townes
Professor of the Graduate School of Physics, UC Berkeley
Nobel Prize Recipient in Physics, 1964

The highly collaborative research and teaching environment created by the Berkeley Health Sciences Initiative is developing powerful diagnostics and new treatments for the most pressing health problems facing the world today. Major contributions are occurring in the areas of biomedical imaging, cancer therapies, drug delivery, functional genomics, health care for the developing world, and the diagnosis and treatment of infectious and neurodegenerative diseases.

To facilitate the work of the Health Sciences Initiative, $400 million dollars is being raised to develop two new research centers at Berkeley: the Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility and the new Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences to replace Warren Hall. These facilities are uniquely designed to encourage partnerships and highly interactive research among scientists and students from a wide range of disciplines.

• Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility
• Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences