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Beijing Vigoo Biological Constructs Vaccine Research Center
Beijing Vigoo Biological Co. is building the New Vaccine National Engineering Research Center in the Beijing Economic-Technological Developement Area. The 22,749-sm project will cost RMB 200 million to build and is slated for completion in December of 2010. Construction began in late June of 2009. Supporting vaccine research and development for H1N1 influenza, hepatitis, and measles, the facility will include five pilot-scale production lines, laboratories, and support. Beijing Vigoo Biological Co.
University of Windsor Breaks Ground on Engineering Building
The University of Windsor will break ground in fall of 2009 on the $112 million Centre for Engineering Innovation in Windsor, Ontario. Funded by $40 million from the federal government and $40 million from the provincial government, the 300,000-sf facility will be built in two phases. The first phase is comprised of research laboratories and an industrial courtyard and is slated for completion by March of 2011. The second phase includes classrooms, offices, and research facilities and will reach completion in summer of 2012.
Michigan State University Opens Large Animal MRI
Michigan State University opened its $2 million large animal MRI suite in East Lansing in August of 2009. Supporting research for the College of Veterinary Medicine, the facility provides diagnostic imaging for animals such as horses and cattle. Construction began on the project in January of 2009.
Construction Begins on Turkish Accelerator Facility
Construction will begin in October of 2009 on the Turkish Accelerator and Radiation Laboratory at Ankara (TARLA). Slated for completion in 2012, the research facility will house an electron linear accelerator and positron storage rings for the advancement of particle physics and interdisciplinary science. Four additional facilities are also planned at the site, including a charm factory, an SASE FEL (self-amplified stimulated-emission free electron laser), a third generation light source, and a proton accelerator.
UT Austin Builds Hackerman Research Building
The University of Texas at Austin is constructing the $175 million Norman Hackerman Research Building. Slated for completion by year-end 2010, the research and teaching complex will accommodate the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Institute of Neuroscience, and the School of Biological Science. The Hackerman Research Building will include seven organic chemistry teaching labs, 14 organic chemistry research labs, neurobiology labs, and core facilities for electron microscopy, NMR, and fMRI (functional magnetic resonance).