| UC Davis Receives 20 Million Dollar Funding Boost for Stem Cell Institute |
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Good Manufacturing Practice Lab Led by Austrian Gerhard Bauer Is among Beneficiaries bridges vol. 18, July 2008 / News from the Network  Stem cell research got a big boost in the state of California this May, as the University of California Davis has just been awarded a $20 million grant by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for its $62 million stem cell facility.The grant was approved as part of more than $270 million of grants that are being distributed to up to 12 institutions, and is the largest ever received by UC Davis for stem cell research. The university said in a press release that the grant will help expedite renovations already underway on a Sacramento Medical Campus building that will create 100,000 square feet for a regenerative medicine program. The building will be designated as a "CIRM Stem Cell Institute," focusing on basic stem cell research, preclinical development of treatments, and clinical research. Under one roof, physician researchers and stem cell scientists will work on kidney, bladder, heart and lung diseases, vascular disease, and neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's disease, as well as hematopoietic disorders and HIV /AIDS. 
Gerhard Bauer, head of the GMP laboratory at UC Davis' Sacramento Medical Campus
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