UI’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank will use a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to consolidate its various labs and offices into a lab twice as large on the north wing of the third floor of the Biology Building.
The bank produces hybrid cells, which can make unlimited amounts of a specific antibody or protein.
Doug Houston, the director of the hybridoma bank, said he anticipates construction to begin mid 2027. Houston said construction could last up to a year, meaning the bank’s staff could move in mid 2028…