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Australian Animal Health Laboratory Creates Biosafety Training Partnership
CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) is partnering with the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) to improve biosafety and biocontainment facility training. The partnership will support creation of an international biocontainment training course for work in BSL-3 and BSL-4 facilities. The pilot version of the course will available in February of 2010.
U.S. Army Breaks Ground on R&D Facility
The U.S. Army broke ground on the $40.3 million Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory in August of 2009. Located at the Tank-Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center in Warren, Mich., the 30,000-sf facility will house testing laboratories for military ground vehicles. Completion is expected by September of 2011.
ConAgra Builds $210M Processing Facility
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston will build a $210 million sweet potato processing facility near Delhi, La. The first $156 million phase of construction is slated for completion in late 2010, with the second phase slated for completion in early 2014. The LEED certified facility will support collaborative research with the Louisiana State University AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station.
USAMRIID's BSL-2 Lab Receives Accreditation
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists for its Fort Detrick BSL-2 laboratory in August of 2009. The facility supports research on select agents and pathogens.
Construction Continues on University of Oklahoma Health Center
The University of Oklahoma Health Center is under construction in Oklahoma City. Five projects totaling $534 million are under way on the 325-acre campus. New construction includes the OU Children’s Physician Building and the Cancer Institute. Additions are being built to the existing Oklahoma Blood Institute, the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation facilities.