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Science 9 March 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5817, p. 1347
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5817.1347e
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Newsmakers

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CREDIT: T. KAUR
PACK 'N PLAY. While studying to diagnose disease in chimpanzees, Taranjit Kaur (above, left), a pathobiologist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, wondered whether there was a way to reduce the environmental impact of her research. With the help of architect colleague Matt Lutz (above, right), she's come up with an answer: the world's first fully collapsible, mobile laboratory.

The two-story facility can hold laboratory equipment on the bottom floor, including computers, microscopes, and a refrigerator, and four researchers on the second floor. It's made of fiberglass rods and sliding aluminum panels that lock into place. The lab will be deployed this summer in Tanzania, where Kaur's group is establishing a health-monitoring program for chimpanzees.




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