The University of Iowa ushered in a new age of accelerated research in biomedicine with the formal opening on Wednesday, Oct. 15, of the $126 million John and Mary Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building (PBDB).

The 256,000-square-foot building on the UI health sciences campus will house “high-risk, high-reward” research in diabetes, deafness, and brain science as well as complex diseases affecting the heart and lungs.

Image: Dignitaries gather for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the dedication of the Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building Wednesday, Oct. 15. Photo by Susan McClellen.