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Gauhati Medical College and Hospital Opens BSL-3 Laboratory
Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) opened its new BSL-3 laboratory in January of 2011 in Guwahati, India. The modern virology laboratory supports rapid detection of infectious disease agents and pathogens. The facility will accommodate post-graduate research in virology and microbiology.
Purdue University Completes Hockmeyer Hall
The $32.9 million Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall was recently constructed at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The building gives Purdue’s renowned Structural Biology group the space needed to continue to be at the forefront of this field. The 65,690-sf facility includes research laboratories and a BSL-3 suite with embedded electron microscopy.
Universiti Malaysia Sabah Opens Biocontainment Lab
Universiti Malaysia Sabah will open the Biotechnology Research Institute (BRI) in January of 2011. The RM100 million project includes a BSL-3 laboratory for infectious disease analysis and research and the Plant Transgenic Containment/Greenhouse facility. The BRI will receive accreditation from the BioSafety Committee of the World Health Organization.
South Dakota State University Wins Biosafety Contract
The Department of Defense has awarded South Dakota State University a $1.5 million contract to evaluate biosafety protocol at veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the United States. The project aims to improve policies and procedures for the security of pathogenic microbes and toxins. The two-year study will be carried out in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and Science Applications International.
Brock University Builds Bioscience Complex
Brock University is building the $111 million Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex in St. Catherines, Ontario. The 176,000-sf project will house Canada's only CL3 biocontainment facility dedicated entirely to research. Designed by architectsAlliance in association with Payette, the complex is being built by EllisDon with Crossey Engineering as electrical and mechanical consultant, MHPM as project manager, and Halsall Associates as LEED consultant.