Posted Dec 31, 2007, 7:20 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Woodlawn Cemetery
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Live camera @ The International Vaccine Centre (InterVac)
http://www.vido.org/netcam/index.php
The time lapse video is really cool to watch, check it out.
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Originally Posted by VIDO
Funding to date for the project comes from the Government of Canada ($49 million), the Canada Foundation for Innovation ($32.5 million), the Government of Saskatchewan ($35.5 million), the U of S ($4.15 million), and the City of Saskatoon ($250,000).
Though U of S is contributing a small percentage of construction costs, InterVac will enormously benefit the U of S as a whole, MacKinnon stressed. Among the benefits:
* The state-of-the-art lab has the potential to expand U of S research by orders of magnitude and increase learning opportunities for students.
* As one of only two facilities in Canada that can train students in the use of a Containment Level 3 lab of this scope, InterVac will provide rare training opportunities for students in areas such as veterinary medicine, medicine, engineering, toxicology, and the new School of Public Health’s vaccinology program. Already two new related graduate programs – one in public health and the other in vaccinology and immunotherapeutics – have been approved.
* U of S researchers will now be able to apply for grants that they couldn’t get previously because the work required access to Level 3 labs. Already eight faculty positions in a variety of departments have been identified for major use of InterVac over the next five to 10 years.
* Operating with VIDO (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization) as one organization under a single director in the new School of Public Health, InterVac will contribute to the U of S reputation as a centre of excellence for infectious disease research and vaccine development, which will in turn help retain and attract top-notch faculty. The student learning experience will be enhanced by visiting international researchers.
* With both InterVac and the Canadian Light Source, U of S will be home to two of the largest science projects in Canada.
As the largest vaccine research centre in Canada, InterVac researchers will develop new vaccines and new methods of delivering vaccines against diseases that may include tuberculosis, hepatitis C, SARS, HIV, and avian influenza. It will save lives and help reduce health care costs through new vaccines for infectious diseases.
InterVac will be integral to the work of the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and other research teams both nationally and internationally.
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