Animal Research
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The Future of Xenotransplantation—Thinking Outside the Walls
6-19-2019With demand for human donor organs historically and increasingly outpacing the available, viable supply, researchers and physicians have looked for decades at xenotransplantation—cross-species transplantation—as a possible vehicle to overcome the problem. The traditional approach to xenotransplantation, however, is an “impediment to moving transplantation forward,” asserts Karl Kraebber, director of xenotransplantation operations at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. His team believes the solution isn’t in expensive and time-consuming renovation of existing buildings. “Our more novel approach is for flexible, modular spaces, to be used for small pilot trials and then scaled up once we have partnership with our governing agencies,” he says. “We’ll take ‘fast and good’ over ‘slow and perfect’ every time. It doesn’t mean we’re cutting corners.”
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Hackensack Meridian Health Opens Center for Discovery and Innovation
6-13-2019Hackensack Meridian Health opened the Center for Discovery and Innovation in May of 2019 in Nutley, N.J.
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The Ohio State University Breaks Ground on Wooster Science Building
5-24-2019The Ohio State University broke ground in May of 2019 on the $33.5 million Wooster Science Building.
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Colorado State University Opens McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute
5-21-2019Colorado State University opened the $65 million C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute in May of 2019 in Fort Collins.
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Colorado State University Opens JBS Global Food Innovation Center
5-5-2019Colorado State University opened the $20 million JBS Global Food Innovation Center in April of 2019 in Fort Collins.
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Misericordia University Breaks Ground on Science Center Expansion
4-29-2019Misericordia University broke ground in April of 2019 on a $45 million expansion of the Henry Science Center in Dallas Township, Pa.
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University of Michigan Opens Biological Science Building
4-28-2019The University of Michigan opened the $261 million Biological Science Building in April of 2019 in Ann Arbor.
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From Start-Up to Established Facility: Australia’s Specific-Pathogen-Free Vivarium Traces its Operational History
4-24-2019Operations at the Specific-Pathogen-Free (SPF) vivarium in Australia’s Translational Research Institute (TRI) are likely indicators of trends in animal facilities across the globe. The benefits of automated systems for watering and cagewash, and a robust database to capture a host of operational details—from sterilization runs to task scheduling to costing—have been clearly proven. At the same time, new directions in research, such as study of the microbiome and the gut-brain axis, are sparking a greater need for germ-free and gnotobiotic facilities, a shift that leads to higher ratios of procedure-to-support space and increased staffing levels. The rederivation process and advances in animal health monitoring are also harbingers of change.
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CAMH Employs Comprehensive Programming to Reinforce Vision for New Research Facility
4-10-2019A focused and comprehensive programming process was the cornerstone of planning for a new 380,000-sf, seven-story research building at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Canada. The building is part of CAMH’s multi-year, multi-phase redevelopment project, which includes construction of new inpatient and outpatient facilities, an emergency department, administrative facilities, and a new research building.
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Stanford University Dedicates Bass Biology Research Building
4-2-2019Stanford University opened the $107 million Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Biology Research Building in March of 2019 in Palo Alto, Calif.
