Biopolis is a regional and international research and development centre located in Singapore for biomedical sciences. It is located in One-North near Dover and is in close proximity to the National University of Singapore, the National University Hospital and the Singapore Science Park and the Ministry of Education. This campus is dedicated to providing space for biomedical research and development activities and promoting peer review and collaboration among the private and public scientific community. The phrase research and development (also R and D or R&D) has a special commercial significance apart from its conventional coupling of research and technological development. ... Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ... Dover is a relatively small neighbourhood of Singapore, located in the west between Clementi and Queenstown. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The National University Hospital (NUH) is a hospital in Singapore that is located adjacent to the medical faculty of the National University of Singapore at Kent Ridge. ... The Ministry Of Education is a ministry of the government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to education in Singapore. ... Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. ... Collaboration, literally, consists of working together with one or more other people. ... The scientific community consists of the interactions and relationships of scientists. ...

Biopolis Phase 1 is a 185,000 m² (2,000,000 ft²) biomedical complex of 7 buildings that were constructed from June 2003 to March 2004. They are namely: Nanos, Genome, Helios, Chromos, Proteos, Matrix and Centros. Several government agencies, publicly-funded research institutes and research labs of pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are located there. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There are plans to build a hotel nearby and a large number of private condominium units. The latter is controversial, attracting public concern whether such developments are needed, especially during turbulent economic conditions. Biopolis is further surrounded by nearby HDB housing estates. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ... A condominium is a form of housing tenure. ... Look up Controversy on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A controversy is a contentious dispute, a disagreement in opinions over which parties are actively arguing. ... HDB Logo The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is the government agency responsible for Singapores public housing programme. ... A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ...