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For more information:
Lou Ann Nisbett
President and CEO
510 Main Street
P.O. Box 5069
Pine Bluff, AR 71611
p: (870) 535-0110
f: (870) 535-1643
nisbett@pinebluffchamber.com
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NCTR Connection
As one of the United States' premier research facilities, the availability of NCTR staff, laboratories, and equipment serves as an excellent incentive to make locating in The Bioplex attractive for biotechnology industries.
NCTR is nationally recognized for research that:
- Addresses the mechanisms of toxicity of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Defines the risks associated with chemical and microbial food contamination
- Identifies means of early, rapid, and sensitive detection of biological or chemical threats potentially used by terrorists
NCTR, with its breadth of capabilities, is able to guide and support regulatory decisions.
- It evaluates chemicals and pharmaceuticals for outcomes such as cancer, birth defects, neurological disease, and liver toxicity
- It determines if foods are safe from microbial and chemical contamination
- It develops means to keep the nation secure from biological and chemical terrorism
NCTR INFRASTRUCTURE
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NCTR offers a secure campus, including:
- 500 acres adjacent to Pine Bluff Arsenal
- 30 buildings; $20 million in capital investment
- 400,000 square feet of available space under roof
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Accredited Animal Research Facility
- Nationally reviewed to promote animal well-being
- Pathogen-free animals
- Unique diet preparation facilities
Quality Assurance Staff reviews all work
- Research complies with Good Laboratory Practices Regulations
- Animal work, feed, and results are monitored for chemical and microbial purity
Biological Safety Laboratories
- Ten all new biosafety laboratories, with space available
Internationally recognized staff
- 115 Ph.D. scientists with multiple areas of expertise
- 460 support scientists and other staff
- Post doctoral fellows, graduate students, and visiting scientists frequently work at NCTR, coming from points around the globe
Center for Phototoxicology
- With support from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, NCTR has developed one of only two facilities in the U.S. that can expose animals, cells, or chemical mixtures to simulated sunlight
- Currently the facility is used to study potential toxicities resulting from the interaction of sunlight and cosmetics and sunlight and tattoo pigments
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