The School of Biological Sciences was established in July 2001. In May 2004, the school moved to a purpose-built facility on the NTU campus with 30,000 m2 of total floor space, containing 60 research laboratories, core instrumentation facilities and an adjoining two storey animal house. The field of life sciences has been widely acknowledged as the next major technological revolution after the Internet. New knowledge and discoveries generated as a result of genome and molecular biology research will have major impact on the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries, healthcare, food and nutrition, people and the environment. Already, many governments, life sciences industries, universities and research organizations are already putting major resources into life sciences and building up their capabilities, research and infrastructure in this area.