The C06 research facilities construction proposal was originally requested in 2003 and the money is now available through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
Renovation of more than 8,000 square feet on the second floor of Goss Lab will allow utilization of currently unusable space, creating four BSL-2 laboratories, as well as a dedicated rodent phenotyping and infectious necropsy laboratory, and the necessary office support space.
The renovated facility will permit the consolidation and integration of the laboratories involved in the $10.9 million Program Project Grant (PPG), awarded in 2008 by the National Cancer Institute. Principal investigator Dr. Michael Lairmore says, “An overall goal of the facility is to foster interaction among the investigators who are being brought together in this updated research space. The renovations are part of a broader plan to improve the infrastructure of the college and to meet the future needs of infectious disease research.”
Money given to the NIH through what is also known as the federal ‘stimulus,’ will support other construction projects around the university as well.
