Research Facilities

Galvin Life Science Center – serves as a central focus of the department, housing the departmental office, the major research facilities, and the laboratories of the biological sciences faculty.

Freimann Life Science Center – animal facility adjacent to Galvin supporting biomedical research with humane animal care, compliance with regulations, accepted guidelines, and accreditation standard.

Galvin Library – this facility within the Galvin building houses the university’s life science library holdings and terminals for access to network resources.

Greenhouses & Growth Chambers – the third floor of the Hank Wing in Galvin houses five greenhouses and four growth chambers for research applications that require controlled environmental conditions. A greenhouse committee collectively manages these resources.

Hank Wing – newest addition to the Galvin building supporting environmental science; unique laboratory and greenhouse units designed for this field-based research.

Optics Facility – common facility housing transmission and scanning electron microscopes, two confocal microscopes, fluorescence microscopes, and digital imaging equipment.

UNDERC -- University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, 7345 acres of pristine north-central ecosystems that is a resource for environmental research.

Jordan Hall – Located just to the East of Galvin Center, it supports laboratory instruction in the Sciences and became operational Fall semester, 2006.

CEST -- Center for Environmental Science and Technology, analytical chemical instrumentation to support a variety of research in the Colleges of Science and Engineering.

Lazzardo NMR facility – located in Nieuwland Hall, this facility has instrumentation to allow detailed structural determinations of biologically important macromolecules.