Facilities & Centers

Commissioned in 2005 by the United States Centers for Disease Control, the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine provides the first line of treatment for people affected by bio-terrorism or highly hazardous communicable diseases. The NBU is one of only a few biocontainment units in the United States and is the largest, with up to a 10-bed capacity depending upon the specific infection.

The Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is a highly advanced clinical simulation facility purposefully designed to foster the practice of patient care in highly-functioning and effective interprofessional teams. The Davis Global Center provides realistic replicated health care settings in which teams can practice and experiment safely.

Provides expertise in the quantitative sciences, including biostatistics, epidemiology and health services research. Coordinates the collaborative design, planning, conduct, analysis and interpretation of laboratory, clinical and public health research studies.

A world-class program integrating established expertise in drug delivery, gene therapy, neuroscience, pathology, immunology, pharmacology, vaccine therapy, cancer biology, polymer science and nanotechnology with state-of-the-art expertise, custom services and equipment.

A nationally recognized center of excellence in materials research science and engineering, nanoscience and nanotechnology. NCMN supports primary researchers who investigate atomic manipulation, properties affected by nanoscale dimensions, self-assembly, ordered nanoarrays, quantum dots and wires, nanoelectronics, quantum computing, nanomechanics, nano-optics, nanoelectromechanical systems, and molecular design.