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The University of California, Merced opened the $7 million Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry in February of 2011. Located on the first floor of the Science and Engineering Building, the 3,905-sf facility includes two cleanrooms and a microscopy room. The interdisciplinary project was supported by $4.36 million in funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The facility will produce lab-on-a-chip devices for use in biomedical research.

National Cheng Kung University Medical College opened its expanded Small Laboratory Animal Division in February of 2011. The facility includes a 3,552-sf animal breeding addition. The project provides a sterile environment with HEPA filtration and individually ventilated cages to house animals used in biomedical research.

Stanford University School of Medicine will begin construction in spring of 2011 on the $21 million Jill and John Freidenrich Center for Translational Research in Palo Alto, Calif. The three-story, 30,690-sf facility will house 250 cancer researchers and space for clinical trials. Occupancy is expected in August of 2012. The center was designed by WRNS Studio and will be built by Devcon Construction.

Loyola University Health System will open the Loyola Center for Health in March of 2011 in Burr Ridge, Ill. The 100,000-sf outpatient facility will provide primary care, urgent care, rehabilitation services, and specialty care including neurology and orthopedics. Designed to maximize integration, the center will enable patients to get all their health services on a single visit with reduced waiting times.

Intel Corp. will begin construction in mid-2011 on the $5 billion Fab 42 in Chandler, Ariz. The facility will be the most advanced high-volume semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world and will produce microprocessors with 14-nanometer transistors. Completion is expected in 2013.