California NanoSystems Institute

188,000 square feet of research labs, interaction spaces and collaboration zones
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CNSI is a 188,000 square foot, world-class research facility centrally located in UCLA’s Court of Sciences. The CNSI facility provides collaborative research space for new initiatives, sophisticated tools and technologies to support its mission to encourage university collaborations with industry, and to enable discovery. In addition, the building offers modern community areas designed to stimulate exchange and collaboration among researchers. The interactive areas include a 260-seat theater, lobby space, conference and break rooms, and a presentation and discussion space along with outdoor terraces. The CNSI building creates an array of opportunities for scholarly achievement, business exchange, and visionary research.
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