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AstraZeneca Opens UK Laboratories
AstraZeneca has opened two new research laboratories in the United Kingdom in September of 2006. The £60 million ($112 million) Cancer Research Area Building in Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire is the largest facility in AstraZeneca's international research and development network and houses laboratory space for 265 scientists in the disciplines of bioscience, chemistry, and pharmacokinetics and includes mass spectroscopy and NMR equipment. The £16 million ($30 million) Biology Building has opened at the company's Charnwood, Loughborough, Leicesters
Purdue University Dedicates Computer Science Building
Purdue University dedicated the 100,000-sf Richard and Patricia Lawson Computer Science Building on its West Lafayette, Ind., campus in September of 2006. The $20-million facility will accommodate interdisciplinary research between computer scientists and biologists, nurses, engineers, teachers, and business managers. Consolidating Purdue's computer science program from five buildings to two, the facility houses classrooms, teaching and research labs, meeting rooms, a 100-seat conference room, and a lecture hall.
UC San Diego Completes Biomedical Library Expansion
The University of California, San Diego completed interior construction on the expansion of its $17-million Biomedical Library in late summer of 2006. Located on the La Jolla campus, the exterior construction was completed in May 2006. The project entailed the addition of 39,000 sf and the renovation of the attached structure, creating one contiguous space totaling 74,690 sf.
Johns Hopkins Constructs Academic Medical Facility
Johns Hopkins University Medical School broke ground in September 2006 on a $45-million, 100,000-sf academic facility. The four-story East Baltimore building will include a 360-seat lecture hall, classrooms, laboratories, offices, and study areas. The facility, which will feature digital microscopes and technologies, will be named for $20-million donor Michael Armstrong when it opens in 2009.
Marshfield Clinic Breaks Ground on Laird Center for Medical Research
Marshfield Clinic broke ground in September 2006 on the $40-million Laird Center for Medical Research in Marshfield, Wis. Housing research and clinical laboratories for diagnostics, genetics, emerging infectious diseases, and biomedical informatics, the 112,300-sf facility was designed by Marshall Erdman & Associates of Madison, Wis.. The project cost is comprised of $36.3 million for construction, infrastructure, and equipment, and $3.7 million for endowment. Completion is slated for early 2008.