GCRL shows off new lab

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory this week showed off its new $2 million Marine Environmental Research Lab at its Cedar Point campus. The lab has dozens of tanks where scientists can control variable like salinity, flow rate and food sources. The 6,700-square-foot facility includes a 3,700-square-foot experimental wet lab, a 3,000-square-foot analytical lab, a clean room, environmental control chambers and more than $1 million in scientific equipment. Funding came from the U.S. Department of Education grant made available to institutions of higher learning affected by Hurricane Katrina. Construction on the building began March 2008 and was completed in April 2009. (Sources: WLOX-TV, Sun Herald, 09/28/10, Mississippi Press, 09/29/10)