Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is seeking a partner who is willing to provide Berkeley Lab researchers and startups working on developing Berkeley Lab technology with access to a minimum of 1200 square feet of mostly contiguous lab and office space at no cost. The space must include wet lab space, constant and reliable HVAC, at least two fume hoods, … [Read more...] about Seeking No-cost Wet Lab and Office Space in the Berkeley, CA Area
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Berkeley Lab Startups in the News
Lygos, which applies synthetic biology to create high value chemicals, raised $13 million in Series A funding. OS Fund, IA Ventures, First Round Capital, Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund, Fifty Years, Vast Ventures and various angel investors are among the participants. Lygos, spun out of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory technology, was highlighted in a Dec. 27, 2016 New … [Read more...] about Berkeley Lab Startups in the News
Five 2016 R&D100 Awards for Berkeley Lab Technologies
Berkeley Lab technologies enabling energy-saving roofs, next generation Li-S batteries, faster development of disease-fighting therapeutics, safer drinking water, and risk assessment for proposed carbon capture technologies each received 2016 R&D 100 Awards last week at a recognition event in Washington, D.C. Since 1984, Berkeley Lab has won 85 R&D 100 … [Read more...] about Five 2016 R&D100 Awards for Berkeley Lab Technologies
Bio-Based Innovation Award Goes To Lygos
Berkeley Lab startup Lygos won the Bio-Based Chemical Innovation of the Year award at the Bio-Based Live conference in San Francisco for its technology to produce malonic acid from sugars derived from non-food biomass. The Lygos process, demonstrated in 2015 at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Unit (ABPDU), offers a cleaner alternative to the current approach of … [Read more...] about Bio-Based Innovation Award Goes To Lygos
IPO Talks Tech Transfer with Visiting Scientists
Technology Commercialization Associate Peter Bluford of Berkeley Lab's Innovation and Partnerships Office discussed the lab-to-market process for science innovations with two scientists -- Dr. Ureshnie Govender of of South Africa and Dr. Angeline Akelo Kasina of Kenya -- who visited Berkeley Lab last month as part of the State Department's TechWomen international exchange … [Read more...] about IPO Talks Tech Transfer with Visiting Scientists