First Floor-Academic Center
The first floor of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center houses the Cabilly-Riggs Academic Center, the future home of City of Hope’s Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences. This center features an engaging and functional environment for academic endeavors.
Highlights include:
- 150-seat auditorium for specialized seminars
- State-of-the-art teaching labs
- Modern, multimedia-equipped classrooms
- Library
- Dean’s suite
- Dining areas
Second Floor-Beckman Research Institute Labs and Administrative Offices
The second floor will house Beckman Research Institute administration, and will include office and laboratory space for Richard Jove, Ph.D., Director of the Institute. Dr. Jove, along with his team of researchers, will conduct basic science investigations that seek to understand the very nature of cancer -- the underlying genetic, molecular and biological bases of the disease. They aim to develop highly targeted therapies that attack cancer at the molecular level.
Third Floor-National Office Products Industry Cellular Tumor & Immunotherapies Center
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center’s third floor is devoted to “discovery” labs for new cellular immunotherapies targeting a wide range of cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, brain, breast, colon, lung, ovarian and prostate cancer. These labs represent significant expansion opportunities for this highly promising area of research.
Fourth Floor-The Miller Family Translational Technologies Center
Scientists on this floor will manufacture cellular therapeutics under Food and Drug Administration guidelines for pilot-scale trials of reprogrammed T-cells in patients. Reprogrammed T-cells may offer significant hope for patients with brain cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, and other serious cancers.
Through correlative studies, researchers will closely analyze the effects of these therapies and apply that knowledge immediately toward further enhancements. The Miller Family Translational Technologies Center will also feature a Process Development Laboratory that is designed to rival those of major biotechnology companies, and in it we will invent processes to manufacture high-quality therapies in large quantities. There will also be "discovery" labs for new explorations into immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer.
Fifth Floor-Radioimmunotherapy; Molecular Immunotherapy; Radiopharmacy
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center’s fifth floor focuses on research in radioimmunotherapy, antibody development and new molecular “designer” proteins, as well as cellular-based and imaging-based research. The floor will include a Good Manufacturing Practice-compliant radiopharmacy for producing tailored radiolabeled antibodies in clinical grade quantities for use in patients.