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UC Merced Plans Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry
The University of California, Merced is planning to construct a $7.5 million stem cell instrumentation foundry on its campus at Castle Airport in Atwater, Calif. Supported by $4.36 million in funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the 8,000-sf facility will enable the creation of devices for single-cell analyses.
Atlantic Veterinary College Opens Research Complex
The University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College opened its $20 million Research Complex in Charlottetown in July of 2008. The 5,300-sm building will house the Centre for Bioactive Valuation, the Centre for Comparative Biomedical Research, and the Lobster Science Centre. Providing 1,100 sm of additional research laboratories and a $3 million CL3 (containment level 3) facility, the project is part of $45 million in infrastructure improvements planned and under way at the veterinary college.
Ark Therapeutics Opens GMP Manufacturing Facility
Ark Therapeutics Group opened a $19.1 million GMP-3 manufacturing facility in Kuopio, Finland, in July of 2008. The commercial scale production plant is connected to Ark's existing laboratory suites and will manufacture gene-based medicines. The BSL-2 facility features a 547-sm cleanroom with HEPA air filtration. The duration of construction for the project was three years.
IBM and Swiss Technical University Build Nanotechnology Lab
IBM is partnering with The Swiss Technical University (ETH) to construct a £44 million nanotechnology laboratory near Zurich, Switzerland. Housing 900-sm of cleanroom space, the facility will accommodate 268-sm for IBM, 258-sm for ETH, and 400-sm of shared research space. The building will be sited on IBM’s Rueschlikon campus and will house temperature-stable laboratories protected from vibrations and EMI. The facility will accommodate research on nanotubes, nano-optics, spintronics, and carbon-based materials.
Labcon Launches Bioplastic Pipet Tray
Labcon has selected Mirel™ bioplastics for a new laboratory liquid handling system. The Labcon Pagoda reloading system utilizes Mirel for the injection molded tray that holds the lab pipets in place. Mirel is biobased and biodegradable, which means the product tray can now be composted at the end of its useful life. Mirel is produced by Telles™, a joint venture of Metabolix, Inc. with Archer Daniels Midland Company.