New Jackson Laboratory Research Building Opens
JAX® NOTES Issue 504, Winter 2006
In mid-August, The Jackson Laboratory celebrated the opening of its new $26 million three-story, 50,000 square-foot, East Research Building. Attending the event were Maine Governor John Baldacci, U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, First District Congressman Tom Allen, and more than 100 Laboratory staff, board members, donors, and local public officials.
Director Dr. Rick Woychik said the building would be very instrumental in advancing "a new paradigm for doing genetics. We call it systems genetics, where we study traits not one gene at a time but by looking at all the genes in entire genomes." The new building and associated research will help create about 125 high-paying, high-quality jobs. Woychik said that "Ph.D. scientists, bachelor's level scientists, as well as individuals with high school educations will come and help make some fantastic science happen here." Several Jackson Laboratory research groups that study neurological diseases, including epilepsy, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's, have already moved into the building.
