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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Funds Stem Cell Facilities
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $267 million for the construction of 12 stem cell research facilities on May 7, 2008. Supported by institutional and philanthropic financing, a total of $832 million in stem cell research facilities will be constructed in California.
TRUMPF Opens Farmington Laser Facility
TRUMPF Inc. opened its 86,000-sf Laser Innovation & Technical Excellence (LITE) Building on April 30, 2008 in Farmington, Conn. The $29 million research and development facility features a 55,200-sf production hall and a 6,000-sf, Class 10,000 manufacturing cleanroom. The building broke ground in fall of 2006 and can accommodate 120 employees.
Texas A&M Opens Radiogenic Isotope Geosciences Lab
Texas A&M University opened the R. Ken Williams '45 Radiogenic Isotope Geosciences Laboratory on May 3, 2008 in College Station. The facility began construction in October 2007 and houses interdisciplinary research space for the College of Geosciences. Accommodating the disciplines of geochronology, tectonics, paleoceanography, environmental geochemistry, and climate-change research, the facility contains Class 1000 and Class 100 chemistry laboratories, a mass spectrometry lab, a sample prep lab, and faculty offices.
Clemson University Builds Bioscience Facility
Clemson University will break ground in August of 2008 on a $50 million, 95,000-sf Bioscience/Life Sciences building in Clemson, S.C. Also under construction is the $7 million Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics facility, housing teaching labs, offices and classrooms; completion is slated for December of 2008. Additionally, the $11.5 million Rhodes Hall Annex, comprised of 30,000-sf of bioengineering research space, teaching labs, and classrooms, will reach completion in April of 2009.
Southampton University Constructs Nanoscale Cleanroom Facility
The University of Southampton will open the £55 million Mountbatten Building in late 2008 in Southampton, UK. Connecting on all levels to the existing Zepler Building, the interdisciplinary nanotechnology and microelectronics facility will include cleanrooms, research laboratories, and offices. Housing the School of Electronics and Computer Sciences and the Optoelectronics Research Centre, the facility will accommodate the fabrication and characterization of materials with a concentration on the structuring and modifying of materials at the nanoscale.