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• World's largest research program based at a children's hospital, with $120 million in research funding
• 325,000 gross square feet of new space added to an existing 328,000 square feet of research space
• 20 floors, including 12 floors of research space, three floors of mechanical space and five floors of parking
• The new building cost $130 million to construct
• Laboratory and administrative space maximizing interaction among colleagues

The first of many things, with many more to come...

• Children's first biohazard level three core lab established for research with infectious diseases and other select agents
• The first Children's building specifically designed for molecular biological research

Who makes it all happen?

• Approximately 800 scientists and staff members

It's not just the building it's the people...

• Seven Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
• Twelve Institute of Medicine members
• Eight National Academy of Science members

• Children's new research building will house
  • 349 centrifuges, used to separate liquid materials
  • 1,994 pipettors, used to transfer liquids with 298 million pipette tips being used each year
  • 404 biosafety cabinets, used for cell culture research
  • Over 1 million zebrafish between Children's two research buildings

Other Facts...

• A state-of-the-art emergency power system allows for the preservation of unique research substances or data during a power outage
• The typical zebra fish is less than 3 inches long. If you laid all of Children's zebra fish head to tail, they would stretch nearly 30 miles. That's long enough to go from Children's Hospital Boston to Children's Hospital at Lexington and back!
• The zebra fish tanks in the Children's research enterprise weigh a total of 20 tons