Roche成为LabCentral新赞助商

  罗氏Roche将作为LabCentral新赞助商为其提供技术和经费支持。
  LabCentral是一个非盈利性组织成立于2012年9月。LabCentral服务包括设备维护和技术支持，安全性/合规培训，中央废物处理，生物安全许可证，以及继续教育的产品。LabCentral位于英国马萨诸塞州剑桥生物研发中心。作为一个共享实验室机构，该实验室设施齐全，其中包括多达100名科学家、企业家和40多间实验室。LabCentral提供了30名科学家在一个开放的，共享的实验室功能的实验室空间。同时提供多个可容纳6-8科学家完全独立的实验室套房。各种设备包括：定量PCR，流式细胞仪，化学罩，离心机，生物安全柜，高效液相色谱和平板阅读器。
  罗氏将为LabCenter提供罗氏相应的设备包括 MagNA Pure 96核酸纯化仪，LightCycler® 96 Real-Time PCR仪以及自动化试剂冰箱。这些设备有助于提高LabCentral的高通量DNA研究的容量和能力。
  LabCentral的创始人之一Johannes Fruehauf博士在声明中表示： LabCentral与世界最大的生物技术公司合作将大力推动人类健康事业更快更好的发展。罗氏也是继强生，诺华制药和辉瑞之后，又一与LabCentral合作的生物医药巨头。（转化医学网360zhyx.com）

  原文：Roche Furnishes Technology, Financial Support to LabCentral
  Roche will provide technology and an undisclosed amount of financial support as the newest “Gold” sponsor of the LabCentral incubator in Cambridge, MA.
  Roche will provide instruments intended to expand the capacity and capabilities of LabCentral’s resident companies performing high-throughput DNA studies. The instruments include a MagNA Pure 96 robotic workstation for automated purification of nucleic acids, LightCycler® 96 Real-Time PCR system, and automated reagent freezer.
  "Having the world's largest biotech company on our roster of supporters is a testament to LabCentral's model designed to spur science innovation and fast-track startups to be successful and improve human health," Johannes Fruehauf, M.D., Ph.D., LabCentral's co-founder and president, said in a statement.
  Roche joins three other biopharma giants—Johnson & Johnson (through its Johnson & Johnson Innovation), Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, and Pfizer—among numerous industry partners in LabCentral, which formally opened in April, five months after welcoming its first startups.
  LabCentral also generates revenue from its startups, which pay a monthly per-person membership fee of $400, and monthly rents ranging from $400 per month for a lab desk to $16,000 for the largest of eight private lab suites accommodating up to eight employees, according to its website.
  LabCentral offers fully-permitted laboratory and office space for 28 startups comprising approximately 100 scientists and entrepreneurs. The incubator’s facilities, services, amenities, and expert speaker series are designed to support early-stage companies needing to begin laboratory operations immediately.