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Construction Begins on Sidra Medical and Research Center
The Qatar Foundation began construction in early 2008 on the Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha, Qatar. Designed by Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli and executive architectural firm Ellerbe Becket, the center will provide world-class clinical care, medical education, and biomedical research facilities. Funded by $7.9 billion (US) by the Qatar Foundation, the project is located on the Education City campus near Weill Cornell Medical College.
University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Wet Lab Research Facility Nears Completion
The University of Miami will complete the ten-story, 188,000-sf Interdisciplinary Wet Lab Research Facility in spring of 2008. The facility will house laboratories, offices, interdisciplinary research groups, interaction spaces, and a vivarium. The construction manager is Moss & Associates. LEED certification will be sought for the project, which will connect to the existing Fox Research Facility on the University’s Medical Campus in Miami.
Utah State University Plans School of Business Facility
The University of Utah is planning to construct a new $40 million, 80,000-sf facility for the Jon M. Hunst School of Business. The five-story building will house auditoriums, classrooms, offices, the Ethical Leadership Center, the Global Management Center, and the Entrepreneurship Center. The project will connect on several floors to the existing school of business, which will also be renovated.
Esco Launches Industry's Quietest Class II Biosafety Cabinet
Esco launched the new Labculture Low Noise Class II Biological Safety Cabinet in March of 2008. The cabinet is the industry's lowest noise Class II cabinet, featuring noise levels as low as 53.5dBA (1.2m cabinet, tested according to EN12469). Typical Class II BSCs operate at 60dBA, with a reduction of 3dBA representing approximately a halving of perceived noise level. The Low Noise Labculture therefore has a perceived noise level 75% lower than standard Class II cabinets, allowing users to spend many hours working continuously.
NIH Establishes Boston University Biocontainment Committee
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced additional steps in a comprehensive plan in March of 2008 to address public safety concerns regarding a national biocontainment research laboratory now under construction at Boston University Medical Center. Research in the laboratory, the construction of which is funded partly by the NIH, will focus on the development of diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines for a variety of infectious diseases.