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University of Iowa Dedicates Carver Biomedical Research Building
The University of Iowa dedicated the $43-million Carver Biomedical Research Building in Iowa City on March 31, 2006. The facility will accommodate the study of molecules, proteins and biological structures on five floors of research laboratory space including a state-of-the-art NMR facility. The building is the newest addition to the Carver College of Medicine and is connected to the Medical Education and Research Facility.
Vietnamese Institute of Biotechnology Opens Hanoi Gene Lab
Vietnam's Institute of Biotechnology inaugurated the country's first gene technology laboratory in Hanoi on March 31, 2006. Eighty percent of the facility's $3.6-million construction budget was spent on equipment including a protein sequence reader and a gene sequence reader. The lab consists of three synchronous facility groups engaged in research on gene branches, proteins, and biotechnology. Construction began on the facility in May 2001. The laboratory will continue to be upgraded until 2010 to meet international standards.
Genentech Develops Oregon and California Facilities
South San Francisco-based Genentech will construct a $250-million, 150,000-sf therapeutics filling and packaging facility on a 100-acre site in Hillsboro, Ore. The project will break ground in mid-2006 and reach completion by 2008; with U.S. FDA licensing, operations will commence by 2010. Genentech is also expanding its existing 427,000-sf Vacaville, Calif., manufacturing facility with the addition of 380,000 sf of production and fermentation space.
Columbia University Designs Geochemistry Building
Columbia University has completed the preliminary design phase of its $45-million Earth Observatory on the Lamont-Doherty campus in Palisades, N.Y. The two-story, 63,000-sf facility will consolidate the geochemistry department of the university's Earth Institute and will house over 30 state-of-the-art sustainably designed laboratories and more than 70 offices. Designed by Payette Associates, the facility is expected to break ground in November 2006 and reach initial occupancy in November 2007.
The University of Sasketchewan Develops Saskatoon Campus
The University of Saskatchewan is initiating projects totaling between $460-million and $490-million on its Saskatoon campus. The $250-million Academic Health Sciences Center is currently in the design phase with construction to begin in 2007 and reach completion in 2010-2012. The seven-story facility will house an animal research facility and a BSL-2 laboratory. A second building will house a new school of public health, a library, meeting rooms, and a 500-seat lecture theater.