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The Jackson Laboratory Selects Architect for Farmington Facility
The Jackson Laboratory has selected Tsoi/Kobus Associates and Centerbook Architects to design its planned $1.1 billion JAX Genomic Medicine facility in Farmington, Conn. Located on 17 acres at the University of Connecticut Health Science Center, the 173,000-sf personalized medicine laboratory will house 300 researchers, technicians, and staff. Occupancy is expected in 2014.
Wilkes University Breaks Ground on Science Building
Wilkes University broke ground on a $35 million science building in March of 2012 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The 72,500-sf facility will provide collaborative learning spaces including laboratories and classrooms, as well as business incubator space to support interactive research with The Commonwealth Medical College, Geisinger Health System, and Community Health Care. The building will house the departments of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, health sciences, environmental engineering, and earth sciences.
Louisiana State University Opens Business Education Complex
Louisiana State University opened the $52 million Business Education Complex in March of 2012 in Baton Rouge. The new 156,000-sf home of the E.J. Ourso College of Business includes four buildings. A 56,000-sf facility houses administration, academic affairs, and interaction space. The two-story Undergraduate Pavilion provides classrooms, labs, and faculty offices. The Graduate Pavilion houses team rooms, study space, and faculty offices. Lastly, a two-story, 12,600-sf auditorium can accommodate up to 300 people. Ground was broken on the project in March of 2010.
Virtual Chemistry Integrates Mosaic Vivarium with Allentown's Wi-Com Sensus
Virtual Chemistry announced the integration of Mosaic Vivarium with Allentown's Wi-Com Sensus system in March of 2012. Utilizing the same RFID technology employed in other industries to manage high volume inventory, Wi-Com Sensus reads an entire room of cages at once, eliminating time-consuming paper or barcode scans of individual cage locations. Now, high-volume RFID cage census data flows seamlessly into Mosaic Vivarium's web-based laboratory animal resources (LAR) management software.
University of Iowa Opens Holden Cancer Center
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics celebrated the opening of the $12 million Holden Cancer Center in February of 2012. Offering state-of-the-art care in 64,000 sf of renovated space, the facility is located on two floors in the Pomerantz Family Pavilion. It includes new clinic and infusion bay areas in a modern, patient-friendly environment, providing everything from chemotherapy to radiation and other treatments. The new cancer clinic provides a significant increase in patient space from the prior facility, which was located in an adjacent building.