Mount Desert Island Biological Lab Breaks Ground on Center for Marine Functional Genomic Studies

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory broke ground on the $4.5 million Center for Marine Functional Genomic Studies in late October of 2010. Located in Salisbury Cove, Maine, the 10,900-sf facility will provide multidisciplinary research labs, core facilities, a 2,500-sf aquatic animal facility, a zebra fish room, and support space. The sustainably designed building will also house the Kathryn W. Davis Center for Regenerative Medicine and Biology and research space for Maine's IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). The project is supported by $3.86 million in federal stimulus funding. The facility was designed by WBRC Architects-Engineers of Bangor, Maine. Construction will begin in December of 2010 with completion expected in early 2012.