{"id":108068,"date":"2016-01-05T16:04:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=108068"},"modified":"2016-01-05T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T21:06:32","slug":"uconn-doubles-incubator-lab-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/01\/uconn-doubles-incubator-lab-space\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Doubles Incubator Lab Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 28,000 square feet of new incubator space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building includes 32 labs and 40 offices (Photo Credit: Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week\u2019s opening of new incubator laboratories at UConn Health\u2019s Cell and Genome Sciences Building adds 32 new labs, doubling the University\u2019s incubator space.<\/p>\n

The expansion is part of Bioscience Connecticut, the state investment in UConn Health and other hospitals in the region designed to create jobs and transform Connecticut into a destination for health care and biomedical research.<\/p>\n

The addition to the Cell and Genome Sciences Building, 400 Farmington Ave., includes 40 new offices and support space for biotech startup companies to lease. The business incubator concept is to provide a place for startups to grow and develop, often with shared resources to reduce overhead costs. In the case of UConn\u2019s incubator labs, companies also have access to expertise unique to a research institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis marks yet another milestone for UConn and Bioscience Connecticut, as we get even closer to realizing Governor Malloy\u2019s vision of growing the biomedical research and health care sectors of Connecticut\u2019s economy,\u201d says Tom Trutter, UConn Health\u2019s associate vice president for campus planning, design and construction.<\/p>\n

The expansion is two stories and 28,000 square feet.<\/p>\n

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UConn Health\u2019s main building and new hospital tower are visible from a second-floor conference room in the expanded Cell and Genome Sciences Building (Photo credit: Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Down the road on the main campus, Bioscience Connecticut\u2019s most visible remaining projects continue moving forward. UConn Health\u2019s new hospital tower is rapidly progressing toward opening in the spring. The adjoining parking garage, Garage 2, is scheduled to open later this month on a limited basis, and eventually will add about 330 employee spaces and 35 spots for emergency department patients and visitors, plus space for emergency vehicles. And by the summer, the academic building addition will be complete.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s estimated that Bioscience Connecticut has created more than 4,700 construction jobs since the first project\u2019s groundbreaking in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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