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Bavarian Nordic A/S Begins Vaccine Production at Kvistgaard Facility
Bavarian Nordic A/S started vaccine production at its 9,000-square meter facility in Kvistgaard, Denmark, on July 4, 2005. Built by engineering and consultancy company NNE , construction on the 11-month fast-track project began on August 1, 2004. The facility can produce 40 to 60 million doses of Imvamune™ (the company’s MVA smallpox vaccine) annually.
Oklahoma State University Builds Advanced Technology Research Center
Oklahoma State University will initiate construction on the 123,000-sf Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center on its Tulsa campus in October 2005. The approximately $45-million facility will enable the university to expand its nanotechnology and sensors research, promoting the development of new materials for commercial applications. The facility will house 40 faculty and 100 graduate students. Completion is expected in fall of 2007.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Plans Longwood Facility
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is planning to construct a $300-million facility in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston. The 400,000-sf complex will house research labs and clinical outpatient treatment suites with ground floor retail. Designed by Portland, Ore.-base Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, the facility will increase Dana-Farber's footprint by one-third. Completion is expected by 2011.
University of South Florida Opens Nanotechnology Building
The University of South Florida opened its new nanotechnology building, Nanotech I, on Sept. 27, 2005. Located next to the College of Engineering on USF's Tampa campus, the $4-million facility houses over $10 million in instrumentation. The Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Research Center manages the building, which accommodates the research of 35 faculty members and approximately 100 students from the College of Engineering, the Departments of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Center, and the College of Medicine.
Harvard University Constructs Northwest Science Building
Harvard University has selected Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Fluor Corp. to manage the design and construction of the 510,000-sf Northwest Science Building in Cambridge, Mass. Housing labs, classrooms, and seminar rooms for bioengineering, neuroscience, and biophysics teaching and research, the facility is slated for completion by year-end 2007.