New Genetics Laboratory Building Opens
The Genetics Laboratory of the Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics got a new home in May 2010. The National Zoo’s unused, former Marmoset Building—located between the Conservation Science Building and the Veterinary Hospital—was renovated to become the new Genetics Laboratory.
National Zoo scientists have studied genetics for more than 20 years. The new lab was built to accommodate rapidly developing technology and to facilitate additional collaboration with the Zoo’s pathologists, veterinarians, reproductive biologists, ecologists, behaviorists, and other Smithsonian scientists. Genetics research at the Zoo will help conservationists worldwide save animal species on the brink of extinction, better manage animals in captivity, and contribute to the scientific community’s understanding of disease and evolution.
