CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — LabCentral, the first-of-its-kind shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential biotech startups, today announced a total of $22.4 million in sponsorship commitments for LabCentral 238, a fully functional life sciences laboratory with a focus on scale-up bio-manufacturing. Thermo Fisher Scientific and Waters Corporation join Astellas and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MSLC) as sponsors. Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) South of Main Street (SoMa) Development in the heart of Kendall Square’s innovation hub, LabCentral 238 is currently under construction and is expected to open in November 2021.
Representatives from the Baker-Polito Administration, MLSC, LabCentral, Astellas, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Waters Corporation will be discussing the news in a webcast this morning at 10 a.m. ET (click here to watch live or for a recording of the webcast).
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Executive Quotes:
– Johannes Fruehauf, co-founder and president of LabCentral
– Mike Kennealy, Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary, co-chair of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Board of Directors
– Kenn Turner, president and CEO of MLSC
– Yoshitsugu Shitaka, President of Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (AIRM)
– Sandy Pound, VP and chief communications officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific
– Rob Carson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Waters Corporation
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About LabCentral
A private, non-profit institution, LabCentral was founded in 2013 as a launchpad for high-potential life-sciences and biotech startups. Operating a total of 100,000 square-feet in the heart of Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass., LabCentral offers fully permitted laboratory and office space for as many as 70 startups comprising approximately 500 scientists and entrepreneurs. More information is available at www.labcentral.org.
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