{"id":6575,"date":"2021-10-13T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2021-10-13T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T19:06:23","slug":"nextgen-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/10\/13\/nextgen-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"NextGen grand opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/NextGen-recent-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NextGen-recent-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building\" class=\"wp-image-6576\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building is almost ready for the grand opening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The big day is nearly here! We\u2019re thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building on the University of Missouri\u2019s campus on Tuesday, Oct. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We began with a vision to create a dynamic hub of research excellence \u2014 a place where top researchers from Mizzou will harness the combined strengths of the MU Research Reactor, MU Health Care and the other UM System universities to find cures for society\u2019s toughest diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After more than two years of construction, the wait is finally over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re thrilled to join NextGen supporters from all over campus and across the country. We\u2019re particularly honored to welcome Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, the building\u2019s namesake and a tireless supporter of the university\u2019s mission. They support the mission of NextGen and believe in its promise to make lifesaving discoveries that will improve the health of Missourians and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re pleased to come together and celebrate this historic event, but we know our lifesaving work is just getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This state-of-the-art facility anchors the NextGen institute and brings together an exceptional set of resources under one roof. By connecting the right people with the right tools at the right time, we will accelerate lifesaving discoveries and transform health care in Missouri and around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big day is nearly here! We\u2019re thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building on the University of Missouri\u2019s campus on Tuesday, Oct. 19. We began with a vision to create a dynamic hub of research excellence \u2014 a place where top researchers from Mizzou will harness the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}