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Dublin City University will build the 3,000-sm Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility adjacent to the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology in Dublin. The facility will support research in translational nano-medicine and is supported by €23.8 million in government funding.

Medical University of South Carolina will renovate the second and third floors of its Basic Sciences Building in Charleston, S.C. Supported by $15 million in federal stimulus funding, the project will provide advanced laboratories for multidisciplinary research. A-13,700-sf area on the second floor will be renovated to provide labs for molecular therapy, biodefense, emerging infectious diseases, microbiology, and basic immunology. The third floor will provide 19,000 sf of pharmacology, drug discovery, and pharmacogenetics research space.

Michigan State University opened the Anaerobic Digester Research and Education Center in July of 2010 in East Lansing. The 6,000-sf facility will support the development of anaerobic digestion systems for small farms to convert animal manure to energy. Consolidating four laboratories previously housed in other locations, the ADREC houses research space, conference rooms, offices, and a high bay area for pilot-scale projects. Construction began on the facility in September of 2009.

Shriners Hospitals for Children is planning to construct a $100 million replacement hospital in Montreal. The facility will house 2,300 sm of research space, 22 private patient rooms, and four surgical suites. Completion is expected by 2014.

Pennsylvania State University will begin construction in fall of 2010 on the $48.1 million Biobehavioral Health Building in University Park, Pa. Providing additional facilities for the College of Health and Human Services, the 93,500-sf building will house classrooms, offices, research space, and a 200-seat lecture hall. The project architect is Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The four-story building will feature "green" roofs and is slated for completion in July of 2012.