The NCRC story, Part II: Collaboration is the key to success
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By EMILY FORD, Salisbury Post
Note: This is the second of two stories about the creation and development of the N.C. Research Campus. (See Part One here.)
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — The best asset at the N.C. Research Campus isn't a million-dollar microscope or the strongest superconducting magnet in the world, according to a key campus figure.
It's collaboration, said Dr. Steven Leath, who oversees the Research Campus for the University of North Carolina System and heads the David H. Murdock Research Institute board of directors.
While the campus in Kannapolis boasts one of the most complete life science laboratories anywhere, Leath said the hub's biggest distinction is the presence of eight North Carolina universities.
Seven schools in the UNC System and Duke University are conducting scientific research, often in concert, at the $1.5 billion campus, where Leath delivered a lecture recently about the origins of the biotech complex.
Academic and political leaders elsewhere can't believe rival universities would co-locate on a remote campus, much less cooperate to find the next major discoveries in health, nutrition and agriculture, Leath said.
For the full story, read the Salisbury Post report.
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