Facilities & Services

Open Space at the PABC!

Exciting news from the PABC! We have rare openings for lab and office space. It’s a unique opportunity for biotech, pharma, veterinary, agricultural, AI, digital and life sciences companies looking to grow in a top-tier incubator and accelerator. Why the PABC?.

✔ State-of-the-art lab and office space the region’s premier biotech hub,

✔ Unmatched access to funding, mentorship and industry connections,

✔ A thriving community of biotech entrepreneurs, investors and experts,

✔ Proven track record of accelerating biotech success.

These spaces are first-come, first-served and won’t last long!

Interested? Contact Loretta Molle at Loretta.molle@pabiocenter.org today to learn more.

Amenities

Amenities in the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center are state-of-the-art and designed for use by nonprofit research organizations and commercial biotech start up companies. This list provides a general overview of available amenities.

Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center Strategic Partners

Business & Entrepreneurial Services

  • Promotion with venture capital/angels
  • Special events to promote companies
  • Weekly scientific and business seminars
  • Rooms for small team meetings
  • Space for up to 100 seated attendees
  • Professional conference affiliation (PACT, NBIA, Life Sciences Pennsylvania, etc.)
  • Grant assistance
  • Legal consultation on site
  • Consultants
IT_technology

Services Provided

  • Initial Online Safety Training
  • Routine Safety Inspections
  • Minor Equipment Repair
  • IT Support
  • Package Support
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Lab Amenities Provided

  • CO2 (PABC will deliver and install)
  • N2 Nitrogen (PABC will deliver and install)
  • Other Gases on contract
  • BioSafety Cabinets (as available)
  • Chemical Fume Hood
  • Acid/Flammable Storage under CFH
  • DI Water
  • Eyewash
  • Onsite lab supplies for purchase
PABC centrifuge

Common Equipment

  • Benchtop centrifuge
  • Benchtop Incubator shakers (3)
  • Biosafety cabinet (if available)
  • Cellcounter
  • Chest freezer -86
  • CO2 incubator (2) (if available)
  • Cold room
  • Film processor/dark room
  • Glasswasher (3)
  • Ice Machine (2)
  • Kuhner incubator shaker cabinet (3)
  • Lab scale
  • Liquid Scintillation Counter (2)
  • Myspin mini centrifuge
  • Nanodrop
  • Ph reader
  • Plate reader (absorbance only)
  • Plate reader (in teaching lab)
  • Plate shaker
  • Precision incubator
  • Refrigerator
  • Rotating mixer
  • Super Speed Centrifuge
  • Top load incubator shaker
  • Under-the-counter freezer
  • Video conferencing endpoint
  • Vortex mixer
  • Water Bath (2) 
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Equipment/Services (Fee)

  • Biowaste & Chemical waste disposal
  • Flow Cytometer (3)
  • Freezer -80
  • Freezer Room -20
  • Liquid Nitrogen freezer (2)
  • Lyopilzer
  • Mass Spectrometer
  • Multiplexer
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonator
  • Olympus Microscope (Requires training)
BU-R300-2

Common Equipment (use by request)

  • Automated PCR
  • freezer Dryer
  • Lightcycler 480 II
  • Liquid Chromatographs
  • Liquid Handling Robot
  • Realtime PCR
  • Rotavap
  • Tecan plate reader (trainingrequired)
Evos-microscope

Common Equipment (training required)

  • Autoclave
  • Evos microscope
  • Ibright imaging system
  • qPCR
  • UltraCentrfige X2
Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center Scientists

General Amenities Provided

  • Wet Ice & Dry Ice
  • Natural Gas
  • Vacuum
  • Emergency Power
  • Lab Coats
Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center Strategic Partners

Business & Entrepreneurial Services

  • Promotion with venture capital/angels
  • Special events to promote companies
  • Weekly scientific and business seminars
  • Rooms for small team meetings
  • Space for up to 100 seated attendees
  • Professional conference affiliation (PACT, NBIA, Life Sciences Pennsylvania, etc.)
  • Grant assistance
  • Legal consultation on site
  • Consultants
IT_technology

Services Provided

  • Initial Online Safety Training
  • Routine Safety Inspections
  • Minor Equipment Repair
  • IT Support
  • Package Support
Evos-microscope

Common Equipment (training required)

  • Autoclave
  • Evos microscope
  • Ibright imaging system
  • qPCR
  • UltraCentrfige X2
Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center Scientists

General Amenities Provided

  • Wet Ice & Dry Ice
  • Natural Gas
  • Vacuum
  • Emergency Power
  • Lab Coats
pennsylvania-biotechnology-center-gas-cylinders

Lab Amenities Provided

  • CO2 (PABC will deliver and install)
  • N2 Nitrogen (PABC will deliver and install)
  • Other Gases on contract
  • BioSafety Cabinets (as available)
  • Chemical Fume Hood
  • Acid/Flammable Storage under CFH
  • DI Water
  • Eyewash
  • Onsite lab supplies for purchase
PABC centrifuge

Common Equipment

  • Benchtop centrifuge
  • Benchtop Incubator shakers (3)
  • Biosafety cabinet (if available)
  • Cellcounter
  • Chest freezer -86
  • CO2 incubator (2) (if available)
  • Cold room
  • Film processor/dark room
  • Glasswasher (3)
  • Ice Machine (2)
  • Kuhner incubator shaker cabinet (3)
  • Lab scale
  • Liquid Scintillation Counter (2)
  • Myspin mini centrifuge
  • Nanodrop
  • Ph reader
  • Plate reader (absorbance only)
  • Plate reader (in teaching lab)
  • Plate shaker
  • Precision incubator
  • Refrigerator
  • Rotating mixer
  • Super Speed Centrifuge
  • Top load incubator shaker
  • Under-the-counter freezer
  • Video conferencing endpoint
  • Vortex mixer
  • Water Bath (2) 
BU-R300-2

Common Equipment (use by request)

  • Automated PCR
  • freezer Dryer
  • Lightcycler 480 II
  • Liquid Chromatographs
  • Liquid Handling Robot
  • Realtime PCR
  • Rotavap
  • Tecan plate reader (trainingrequired)
MS-LTQ-XL-Linear_Ion_Trap-0487-900x600

Equipment/Services (Fee)

  • Biowaste & Chemical waste disposal
  • Flow Cytometer (3)
  • Freezer -80
  • Freezer Room -20
  • Liquid Nitrogen freezer (2)
  • Lyopilzer
  • Mass Spectrometer
  • Multiplexer
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonator
  • Olympus Microscope (Requires training)

Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ)

The PABC is a designated Keystone Innovation Zone of the Pennsylvania Department of Community Development. KIZ is an incentive program that provides tax credits to for-profit companies less than eight years old operating within specific targeted industries of life science research & development within the boundaries of a KIZ.

See if your company qualifies here, and if you are interested in participating, contact Judith.Marchand@bblumberg.org for more information.