Committee members gather in the atrium of the
Bond Life Sciences Center before touring laboratories.
Life Sciences Center director Jack Schultz (left)
shows Rep. Tom Todd, Rep. Rachel Bringer and
Rep. Mike Thomson the undergraduate research
laboratory offices of the facility.
From left Rep. Mike Thomson (R-Maryville), Rep.
Steve Hodges (D-East Prairie), Rep. Tom Todd
(D-Campbell), House appropriations staff member
Mike Price, and MU Chancellor Brady Deaton hear
about soybean research at the Life Sciences Center.
MU Researcher John Viator shows the committee
members how he uses lasers for cancer research
in the laboratory.
State Historical Society Director Gary Kremer,
center, discusses space challenges in the basement
of Ellis Library.
Gary Kremer shows one of several original Thomas
Hart Benton paintings on display at the Historical
Society.
Committee members see the outside walls of the
engineering building on MU's Francis Quadrangle
during a tour led by Marty Walker of MU's College
of Engineering. The building is on the priority list
for renovations.
The Staff For Life helicopter was included in the
tour of University Hospital's Emergency Room facilities.
. Bill Caldwell discusses the Childrens Blood
Disorders Clinic during the tour.
Committee members donned sterile gowns to tour
the University's state-of-the-art burn unit.