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University of Edinburgh Builds National Avian Research Facility
The University of Edinburgh began building the National Avian Research Facility in early 2013. The $22 million research laboratory represents a partnership of the Roslin Institute of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Pirbright Institute. The facility will include specific-pathogen-free (SPF) areas for research with genetically modified poultry. Completion is expected in late 2014.
University of Texas Pan American Plans Science Annex
The University of Texas Pan American is planning to build a $96 million science facility in Edinburg, Texas. The 162,600-sf annex will accommodate programs in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, geology, mathematics, health sciences, technology, and environmental studies. The project will provide two BSL-3 labs and five specialized research suites for imaging, tissue culture, instrumentation, radioisotopes, and an herbarium.
National Cheng Kung University Completes Laboratory Animal Center Expansion
National Cheng Kung University has expanded its Laboratory Animal Center (LAC) at the College of Medicine with the addition of four small-animal research labs. The completed 27,232-sf LAC was inaugurated in February of 2013. National Cheng Kung University is located in Tainan, Taiwan.
Midwest Veterinary Services Builds Research Center
Midwest Veterinary Services will construct the $10 million Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center (VBRC) in the Valley Business Park in Blue Township. Sited near Manhattan, Kansas, where the planned National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is to be built, the 20,000-sf project will support the acceleration of pharmaceutical products through FDA and USDA regulatory approval processes. The facility represents an expansion of Midwest Veterinary Services' existing research operations.
Texas A&M Plans Pandemic Influenza Facility
Texas A&M University is planning to build the $285.6 million Pandemic Influenza Facility in the Bryan-College Station BioCorridor. The 151,600-sf project will accommodate the development of countermeasures for pandemic and biological threats and is supported by $176 million in federal funding. The facility will house cleanrooms for vaccine manufacturing, decontamination rooms, quality control labs, and a central utility plant. Construction will begin in June of 2013 with completion expected in December of 2014.