Biocontainment
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Opens Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Building
3-1-2019The University of Wisconsin-Madison opened the $45.7 million Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Building in early March of 2019.
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Nagasaki University Begins Construction on BSL-4 Laboratory
2-23-2019Nagasaki University began construction in January of 2019 on a BSL-4 laboratory for the study of infectious diseases and pathogens in Japan.
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University of CalgaryInternational Microbiome Centre
2-13-2019The International Microbiome Centre (IMC) at the University of Calgary houses one of the largest germ-free facilities in the world and the only one that has incorporated intra-vital imaging. Constructed in a portion of the basement at the Cumming School of Medicine, the germ-free facility complements the other microbiome platforms—including mass cytometry, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, biobanking, and live cell imaging—by providing a model system in which to study the microbiome. The center provides a sterilized housing environment, where researchers explore the microbiome and its impact through adding bacteria to germ-free models and analyzing what those bacteria do to the animals’ immune systems, organs, and overall health.
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Stellenbosch University Breaks Ground on Biomedical Research Institute
2-10-2019Stellenbosch University began construction in January of 2019 on the $75 million Biomedical Research Institute in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Masonic Medical Research Institute Constructs Animal Research Facility
2-8-2019Masonic Medical Research Institute is constructing a large-animal research facility in its existing building in Utica, N.Y.
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Pirbright Institute Constructs Livestock Pathogen Research Facility
12-26-2018The Pirbright Institute will begin construction in early 2019 on the £50 million Brooksby Building in the United Kingdom.
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Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre Plans Oxford Facility
12-20-2018The Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre is planning to create a £66 million research and production facility in the United Kingdom.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Plans Gnotobiotic Mouse Facility
12-16-2018The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is planning to build a $5 million, 12,490-sf gnotobiotic mouse vivarium adjacent to its existing rodent facility on the East Campus.
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Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania Completes Clinical Vector Core
12-1-2018Children's Hospital of Philadelphia completed construction of the $75 million Clinical Vector Core in November of 2018.
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AbbVie Plans South San Francisco Research Center
11-25-2018AbbVie signed a long-term lease in November of 2018 for 480,000 sf in the Gateway of Pacific development in South San Francisco. The facility will be located in a 12-story building currently being constructed by BioMed Realty.
