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Johns Hopkins Constructs Academic Medical Facility
Johns Hopkins University Medical School broke ground in September 2006 on a $45-million, 100,000-sf academic facility. The four-story East Baltimore building will include a 360-seat lecture hall, classrooms, laboratories, offices, and study areas. The facility, which will feature digital microscopes and technologies, will be named for $20-million donor Michael Armstrong when it opens in 2009.
Marshfield Clinic Breaks Ground on Laird Center for Medical Research
Marshfield Clinic broke ground in September 2006 on the $40-million Laird Center for Medical Research in Marshfield, Wis. Housing research and clinical laboratories for diagnostics, genetics, emerging infectious diseases, and biomedical informatics, the 112,300-sf facility was designed by Marshall Erdman & Associates of Madison, Wis.. The project cost is comprised of $36.3 million for construction, infrastructure, and equipment, and $3.7 million for endowment. Completion is slated for early 2008.
Muhlenberg College Completes Sustainably-Designed Science Building
Muhlenberg College occupied its new sustainably-designed science building in Allentown, Pa., in September of 2006. The ground floor of the facility houses Introductory Biology; the first floor, Organismal Biology; and the second floor, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Neuroscience.
University of Utah Opens David M. Grant NMR Center
The University of Utah opened the $14-million David M. Grant NMR Center on Sept. 8, 2006. The 24,000-sf facility began construction in summer of 2005 and will accommodate researchers in the disciplines of biology, medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, geology, physics, and materials science. The construction cost of the building was $7,567,700.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Opens Janelia Farms Research Campus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) opened the 760,000-sf Janelia Farms Research Campus in Ashburn, Va., in September of 2006. Designed by architect Rafael Vinoly of New York City to support interdisciplinary biomedical science research, the campus has been in the planning and construction process for the last six years. Upon full occupancy in 2009, the permanent research staff will number 250 with the ability to accommodate up to 100 visiting scientists.