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Argonne National Lab Plans Theory and Computing Sciences Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on December 4, 2007 that a new Theory and Computing Sciences Building would be constructed at Argonne National Laboratory. The 200,000-sf research and engineering facility will house the extremely fast IBM Blue Gene/P computer and over 600 laboratory employees. Accommodating research in astrophysics, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, ecosystem simulation, and nuclear applications, the facility will collaborate with the Computation Institute, a partnership with the University of Chicago.
University of Iowa Opens Lab
The University of Iowa opened its new research facility at the Hygienic Laboratory in Ankeny on December 4, 2007. Designed as a resource for bioterrorism prevention, the laboratory will provide rapid testing capabilities for infectious disease agents. The Ankeny facility is part of the nationwide Laboratory Response Network and will serve as the state of Iowa's environmental and public health laboratory.
Texas Tech Opens Medical Education Building II
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center opened the $48 million Medical Education Building II in El Paso in December of 2007. Part of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the 125,000-sf facility is the second in a planned three-building campus. The four story facility houses classrooms, teaching labs, computer simulation labs with manikins, a digital library, and administrative offices.
Rady Children's Hospital Constructs $260M Patient Care Pavilion
Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center broke ground on December 5, 2007 on the $260 million Patient Care Pavilion in Kearney Mesa, Calif. Designed by Anshen + Allen of San Francisco, the 279,000-sf facility will add over 100 beds to the 248-bed pediatric hospital and will be LEED-certified. The pavilion will house 16 operating rooms, a neonatal ICU, and 72 private patient rooms. The project includes a 1,039-space parking garage and will be built by contractor McCarthy of St.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Opens Israel Vivarium
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, a developer of adult stem cell technologies, began constructing an animal research facility at its headquarters in Petach-Tikvah, Israel in late 2007. Housing laboratories for preclinical therapeutics research, the vivarium and cleanroom facility will be built to meet National Institutes of Health and National Research Council guidelines.