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New York Medical College is constructing a biotechnology and medical training center in Valhalla, New York. The first phase of construction will cost $12.55 million and includes renovation of an existing 120,000-sf facility to house a clinical skills training laboratory. The building will also include the Hudson Valley Biotechnology Center for Disaster Medicine and Emerging Infections, a facility with simulation mannequins and live actors for disaster response training. Completion is expected in December of 2012.

BioScale has relocated its corporate headquarters to a newly renovated 30,000-sf facility in Lexington, Mass. The facility houses BSL-2 labs and a cleanroom for MEMs sensor manufacturing and assembly. BioScale is a life sciences company that provides tools for protein research.

The Central Public Health Reference Laboratory (CPHRL) opened in March of 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Created in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, the $100 million facility will enable rapid infectious disease detection and epidemiological surveillance. The CPHRL will support human and animal health research with 27,000-sf of laboratory space.

The University of Pittsburgh will renovate existing space in Langley and Crawford Halls to establish a biocontainment laboratory suite for the biological sciences department. The $6 million project will provide BSL-2 and BSL-3 facilities. Completion is expected by late 2011.

The Avian Influenza Control Project will create a BSL-2 laboratory in Kathmandu, Nepal. Developed in partnership with the World Health Organization, the facility will support sample processing and monitoring of the avian influenza virus. The Nepalese government has also established a National Influenza Centre for sample testing with the support of WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network.