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CDC Launches Veterinarian Training Program
In an effort to help address a national shortage of veterinarians certified to work with laboratory animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun a new residency program in laboratory animal medicine. The program began in July of 2008 and combines 200 hours of academic coursework at Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center with 2,000 hours of hands-on experience in CDC’s high containment laboratories.
Washington State University Plans Agricultural Research Service Laboratory
Washington State University (WSU) is planning a $57 million Agricultural Research Service research facility in Pullman. The project will house laboratories for the study of plant genetics, crop and animal diseases, and soil management. The project is part of a seven-building Sciences/Biotechnology complex that includes the $62-million Biotechnology/Life Sciences Facility and the $35 million School for Global Animal Health.
University of North Carolina's Genetic Medicine Building Nears Completion
The University of North Carolina's $126 million Genetic Medicine Building will open in fall of 2008 in Chapel Hill. Housing the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, and the Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine, the 333,000-sf facility will house the medical school's departments of biochemistry, pharmacology, and genetics. The project will include open laboratories, classrooms, offices, NMR, and vivaria. Ground was broken on the seven-story building in February 2005.
Bridge Laboratories Constructs Beijing Vivarium
Bridge Laboratories will initiate construction by year-end 2008 on a 150,000-sf preclinical laboratory and vivarium facility in Beijing, China. Sited in the Zhongguancun Life Science Park adjacent to Bridge’s existing facility, the animal research facility will house Good Laboratory Practice immunology, toxicology, vaccine, and bioanalytical operations. Completion is expected by the fourth quarter of 2009. Housing one of the largest animal vivariums in China, the project will meet international and FDA laboratory standards.
UC Riverside Plans Medical School
The University of California, Riverside will begin construction in 2010 on a $508 million complex for its new medical school. Sited on 40 acres, the project includes two research and medical instruction facilities and a vivarium for animal research. The medical school will initially occupy a renovated building when it opens in 2012.