PHRI adds animal lab with New Jersey move
PHRI adds animal lab with New Jersey move
Noted immunologist joins group
The Newark scene may not be as sophisticated as midtown Manhattan. But when the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI, formerly of New York City) cut the ribbon last month for its digs in New Jersey, Barry Kreiswirth, PhD, director of PHRI’s TB center, says the move felt right.
"Remember, we developed our TB program on the fly in the early 90s," says Kreiswirth, referring to the days when PHRI did the molecular fingerprinting that helped tame the New York TB epidemic. "It’s been great to have the luxury to build our new facility exactly the way we want it." That meant going from a three-hooded bio-safety level 3 lab to a 12-hooded BL3, he notes. It’s also meant snagging Gilla Kaplan, PhD, formerly assistant professor of cellular physiology and immunology at New York’s Rockefeller University, and one of the country’s foremost TB animal researchers.
"That means we go up a quantum leap," Kreiswirth adds. "Access to animal research was the one really big arm we were lacking." The TB center’s Lattimore Clinic means PHRI will now have access to patient samples as well, he says.
The shop’s august new neighbors in the International Center for Public Health include the New Jersey Medical School’s National TB Center, the medical school’s Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and its School of Public Health. The massive new building encompasses over 161,000 square feet and was built at a cost of $66 million.
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