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  • Dalhousie University Opens Zebrafish Core Facility

    Post date: 
    11-21-2014
    Dateline: 
    Halifax, NS, Canada

    Dalhousie University opened the Zebrafish Core Facility in October of 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

  • Pirbright Institute Opens National Virology Centre

    Post date: 
    11-18-2014
    Dateline: 
    Pirbright, United Kingdom

    The Pirbright Institute opened the $215 million National Virology Centre in October of 2014 in the United Kingdom.

  • University of Miami Opens Marine Research Complex

    Post date: 
    11-10-2014
    Dateline: 
    Virginia Key, Fla.

    The University of Miami opened the $50 million Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Complex in October of 2014 in Virginia Key, Fla.

  • Pirbright Institute Plans Biological Resources Facility

    Post date: 
    10-31-2014
    Dateline: 
    Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

    The Pirbright Institute for Animal Health has awarded Shepherd Construction a $117 million contract to construct the Biological Resources Facility in the United Ki

  • Advanced Colony Data Management System Dramatically Improves Vivarium Efficiency

    Genentech’s Custom-Built CMS Reduces Vivarium Operating Costs and Streamlines Workflow
    Post date: 
    10-22-2014

    Genentech’s custom-built colony management system (CMS) is allowing the organization to dramatically improve efficiency and reduce waste at its massive 150,000-sf vivarium facility east of San Francisco. In its first year of implementation, the system reduced operational inefficiencies by more than 150 percent and saved the organization more than $2 million, while also improving living conditions for mice and empowering husbandry and colony management staff.

  • University of Minnesota

    Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building

    Post date: 
    10-15-2014

    The new four-story Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building at the University of Minnesota consists of the 158,000-sf Cancer Research Building, a 96,000-sf addition to the Lillehei Heart Research Building, and a 34,000-sf vivarium used by the entire Biomedical Discovery District. The facility houses the University’s Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, as well as two groups of investigators from Masonic Cancer Center: chemical biologists focusing on studying chemical carcinogens as a cause of cancer, and faculty focusing on novel therapeutic strategies to fight cancer.

  • National Institutes of Health

    John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center Phase II

    Post date: 
    10-8-2014

    The Phase II addition to the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center (PNRC) houses 419 occupants, including 45 principal investigators (PIs) from 10 separate NIH Institutes, along with 374 post-doctoral researchers. The PNRC is a state-of-the-art research facility that promotes world-class biomedical neuroscience research by enhancing interdisciplinary communication and collaboration as a means of facilitating innovation and creativity.

  • Sam Houston State University Constructs Rodent Vivarium

    Post date: 
    9-27-2014
    Dateline: 
    Huntsville, Texas

    Sam Houston State University is constructing the Sycamore Vivarium in Huntsville, Texas.

  • Wistar Institute Opens Fox Research Tower

    Post date: 
    9-17-2014
    Dateline: 
    Philadelphia

    The Wistar Institute completed the $100 million Robert and Penny Fox Tower in Philadelphia in September of 2014.

  • An Adaptable Core Platform Offers Scientific and Financial Advantages

    Flexibility in High-Performance Core Spaces Benefits Researchers and Institutions
    Post date: 
    9-10-2014

    High-performance core facilities, spurred by proliferating cross-disciplinary investigations and technological advances, can benefit from the long-standing focus on flexibility that has generated so many design efficiencies in the traditional research lab, says Randy Kray, senior vice president and science and technology director of programming and planning at HOK.

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