University of Hawaii School of Medicine Opens Kaka'ako Research Building

Published September 2005

KAKA'AKO, HAWAII -

The University of Hawaii opened a new $150-facility at the John A. Burns School of Medicine on Sept. 30, 2005. The building consists of eighty percent laboratory space, including a BSL-3 suite, for researchers and programs relocated from the UH-Manoa campus. Those programs include Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases; the Cancer Research Center; Cell and Molecular Biology; Developmental and Reproductive Biology; Neuroscience; and Genomics. The building features an air conditioning system that utilizes cold seawater, customized lighting controls, and a morgue with space for 50 dissection cadavers.

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