News Filed Tue, Nov 10 8:11 PM
AgStart in Woodland offers free one-year lab program for two startups
Two early-stage biotech companies will get free lab space, a bioreactor and consulting for a year at AgStart's downtown Woodland facility.
- AgStart in downtown Woodland is taking applications for a free, one-year lab residency for two startups.
- Selected companies get a dedicated lab bench, a bench-scale bioreactor and professional consulting at no cost.
- Applicants need a working fermentation process at shaker-flask scale that is ready to move to a 2-liter bioreactor.
- Applications are judged on technical readiness and potential to scale up toward commercial production. (Release)
Free lab space and support for two fermentation startups
- Program
- CAP-BIO Acceleration Program
- Cost
- No cost to selected companies; non-dilutive
- Slots
- Two startups
- Length
- One-year residency
- Location
- Lab@AgStart, downtown Woodland
- Source
- City of Woodland news release
AgStart is offering a no-cost, one-year residency at its Woodland lab to two startup companies working on bio-fermentation. The program is meant to help them move from flask experiments to bench-scale bioreactor production.
Selected companies get a dedicated lab bench, exclusive use of a bench-scale bioreactor, and support with upstream and downstream equipment. They also get one-on-one consulting on bioreactor transition, strain optimization, fermentation process development and scale-up planning.
Startups must have a working flask-scale fermentation process
- Process
- Reproducible fermentation at shaker-flask scale
- Next step
- Ready to move to a 2-liter bench-scale bioreactor
- Safety
- Work must be BSL-1 compliant
- Team
- A team member must be available to run experiments
- Source
- City of Woodland news release
Applicants need a defined biological production system with demonstrated activity in shaker-flask experiments and data showing consistent results across runs.
They should know key process parameters such as temperature, pH, agitation, aeration, culture duration or media composition, and have a clear target product and measurable goals.
The proposed work must be BSL-1 compliant and able to run in AgStart's facilities. Priority goes to startups that have finished early proof-of-concept work at flask scale and want help validating their process in a controlled bioreactor.
Apply through AgStart's online form
- How
- Apply through the program application form linked in the release
- Selection
- Competitive process based on technical readiness
- Program backers
- CAP-BIO, anchored by Valley Vision, UCANR and Sierra College
- More info
- www.agstart.org
- Source
- City of Woodland news release
Companies apply through AgStart's online application form. Selection is competitive and based on technical readiness and the chance of a successful move to bench-scale production.
The program is part of CAP-BIO, the Capital Biomanufacturing Alliance, a coordinated effort to grow biomanufacturing in the Capital Region. It is anchored by Valley Vision, UCANR and Sierra College, with support from the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, AgStart, UC Davis and others.
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