Healthy Aging

نویسندگان

  • Linus Pauling
  • Balz Frei
چکیده

I t’s been a year since we moved into our new home, the Linus Pauling Science Center at Oregon State University. We are very pleased to work in such modern, state-of-the-art facilities, which have transformed the Institute and elevated it to new heights. The open laboratories and shared core facilities; the bright, well-designed offices and conference rooms; and the informal meeting spaces throughout the building have created a stimulating intellectual environment and facilitated new interactions and collaborations. This has resulted in new collaborative research projects, joint publications, and multi-investigator grant applications.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012