A year before Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his $ 650 million push to grow the life sciences and biotech sectors in the Empire State, SUNY Polytechnic Institute planned a $ 500 million public health complex on its Albany campus that would have
housed key labs for the state Department of Health along with IBM and Albany Medical Center.
The
labs «provide essential capabilities for university and industrial researchers» and have made important contributions to America's economic and military might, Moniz reminded a room packed with science policy heavyweights, including 15
lab directors, National Cancer Institute chief Harold Varmus, former White
House science adviser Neal Lane, and lawmakers and staffers who serve on
key committees overseeing federal research agencies.