Constantine Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building

A Message from Dr. Jeffery L. Twiss

“The Constantine Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building will advance Drexel’s Department of Biology into a national leader for biology education and research. We are now well beyond the point where existing infrastructure can support our mission. In spite of this limitation, we have made significant strides on both education and research fronts. The biology faculty have developed novel approaches to enrich our students’ educational experiences and they have made key advances in research. Our faculty and students are capable of achieving much more, but limited resources with our current facilities have restricted us from realizing our full potential. The Integrated Sciences Building will provide a unique facility to unite the educational and research missions of the department. It will enable us to more directly engage undergraduate and graduate students in novel learning environments and will bring our faculty together with students for collaborative approaches to tackle research questions. Recruitment of new faculty to the department over the next five years will strategically advance Biology’s research programs to a level that will rival the nations’ top-tier institutions. With the new facilities and growth in the faculty made possible by the Integrated Sciences Building, students will have the opportunity to work with faculty in our research laboratories, answering questions ranging from how individual genes cause disease to how disruption of an ecosystem can threaten an entire species.

The building itself will be used as a collaborative research tool to understand how the ecosystem within its Biowall can function as a filtration system. With the central role that biology plays in the sciences and the growth trajectory of Drexel’s Biology Department, the Constantine Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building will become a nucleus for integrating life science research across Drexel campuses. ”

Jeffery L. Twiss, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Department Head Department of Biology Read more about Biology Department