John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center

Bethesda, MD
Perkins+Will

The Phase II addition to the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center (PNRC) is a state-of-the-art biomedical neuroscience research facility that enhances interdisciplinary collaboration as a means of facilitating innovation and creativity. This 322,000 square foot (29,920 square meter) facility co-locates researchers from ten NIH Institutes who were previously isolated from one another. The research within emphasizes, and is organized by, major crosscutting themes that are not institute specific, rather what is common about seemingly di- verse disorders. The flexible laboratory architecture accommodates research ranging from animal models to cell culture to computer science.