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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Builds Barrier Vivarium

Published 7/28/2010

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was awarded $15 million in federal stimulus funding in spring of 2010 to create an advanced barrier vivarium in New York. The $20 million project comprises expansion of an existing vivarium by fitting out the cellar and associated interstitial/mechanical space of a contiguous building. Housing 31 small animal holding rooms and 13 procedure labs, the expansion will provide 23,450 individually ventilated mouse cages with the capacity to house approximately 100,000 mice. LEED silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.