It also conducted tests in university labs outside work hours and established a scientific testing panel.

I called him every hour, trying to find him in that huge university lab.

On the other hand, out of the seven university labs, two are obviously surrounded with an atmosphere of mystery.

The anthrax in the letters, he said, was "not the kind of thing you mess around with in a university lab."

"It's not the thing to mess with in a university lab," he said, "unless you don't like your fellow students."

It's so different from university labs where the competition can be fierce.

When I worked in a university lab, we'd find all sorts of ways to get a significant result.

I got the impression he was under a lot of stress because of his new job at that university lab.

So far, most university labs have survived, but not because American students are still flocking to them.

The move reflects the changing face of genetic engineering as it moves from the university lab to the factory floor.