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State of Maryland Plans Public Health Laboratory
The State of Maryland will break ground by year-end 2010 on the 200,000-sf Public Health Laboratory in East Baltimore. The $180 million facility will house 250 employees and is slated for completion in late 2013. The project will be sited on two acres in the Science + Technology Park at Hopkins and will house 41 high-level biocontainment laboratories.
Biosecurity Working Group Releases Select Agent Report
The Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States released a report in January of 2010 that recommends a new system for the handling, storage, and management of select agents used in research. The report proposes a stratified system that would implement more controls for the most hazardous agents and less stringent requirements for agents of lower risk.
OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Plans BSL-2 Renovation
Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine is planning to renovate its research facilities in Columbus. Supported by $3.9 million in stimulus funding, the project involves renovation of 8,000-sf on the second floor of Goss Lab to create BSL-2 laboratories, offices, and a dedicated rodent phenotyping and infectious necropsy lab.
University of Texas Medical Branch Receives Biocontainment Funding
The University of Texas Medical Branch's National Biocontainment Training Center was awarded an additional $5 million in federal funding in December of 2009. The award brings the total federal investment in the program to $11.75 million. The National Biocontainment Training Center provides training for research scientists and support personnel working in national and international BSL-2, BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs.
Babraham Bioscience Constructs Cambridge Incubator
Babraham Bioscience Technologies will begin construction in January of 2010 on a bioincubator facility in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Located on the Babraham Research Campus, the 8,800-sf building will house flexible laboratories, offices, cell culture suites, and CL2 biocontainment facilities. The project will support up to 16 early stage bioscience companies. Completion is expected by September of 2010.