BIOSAFETY LEVEL 2AND 3 LABS
Renovation of Laboratory Space
Location: Medical Research Building fifth floor and Old Medical School fifth floor
Project Completion: 2002
Project Cost: $2 million
Project Description:
The renovations included construction of a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facility, conversion of existing non-laboratory support space to BSL-2 laboratories and renovating and upgrading the existing outmoded laboratories to BSL-2 level. Construction of the BSL-3 facility made possible a major planned expansion of research on HIV-I, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and other pathogens.
The provision of BSL-2 laboratories expanded and enhanced the Department's ability to conduct research on infectious agents and pathogenic human specimens requiring level 2 containment. The Department of Microbiology and Immunology obtained a matching grant of $1 million from the National Institute of Health.