On Sept. 28, 2006, the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech announced that it will officially open a new office complex in the National Capital Region.

The new facility, which is located in Virginia Tech’s National Capital Region offices on King Street, Alexandria, Va., is the first step in a strategic move to build a larger presence in the greater Washington area. The offices and resources expand the research, development and outreach activities of the institute.

The initial facility comprises nine offices for executive staff and faculty. It includes a state-of-the-art executive meeting space and an access node grid to enable group-to-group communications. This powerful suite of multimedia facilities is suitable for large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative workstations, seminars, lectures, tutorials and training. It will also ensure close integration between the northern Virginia and Blacksburg resources of VBI.