UC Davis Breaks Ground on Stem Cell Research Facility

The University of California, Davis broke ground on the $62 million Institute for Regenerative Cures on September 26, 2008. The 54,200-sf stem cell research facility will be located in a 92,000-sf building on the University’s Sacramento campus. Housing multidisciplinary research teams, the collaborative facility will include wet labs, an FDA-approved GMP lab, a Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) barrier facility, a stem cell bank, fluorescence-activated cell sorting core space, conference rooms, offices, and laboratories for basic discovery and translational research. UC Davis received $20.1 million from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in May of 2008 to support the stem cell research project. The initial phase of construction and certification is expected to reach completion in late 2009 with occupancy slated for May of 2010.