laboratories founded september 20 2012 2012 09 20 1 founder johannes fruehauf peter parker tim rowe headquarters 700 main street cambridge massachusetts united states key people johannes fruehauf md phd executive director founder peter parker director founder margaret o toole vice president operations celina chang laboratory director thierry leclerc lab services specialist 2 website labcentral.org lab central inc. also known as labcentral is a non profit organization started in september 2012 . labcentral built a shared laboratory facility in kendall square cambridge massachusetts that offers fully permitted laboratory and office space for approximately 25 emerging biotech companies where controlled conditions in which scientific research experiments and measurement may be performed . as a non profit labcentral does not take equity in any of its companies . its main sources of funding are revenues from user fees as well as grants and sponsorship contributions . labcentral officially opened on november 1 2013 . 3 4 5 contents 1 history 2 facility 3 application and membership 4 residents sponsors partners and supporters 4.1 resident companies 4.2 sponsors partners and supporters 5 references 6 external links history edit co founders peter parker of bioinnovation llc and johannes fruehauf of cambridge biolabs first thought of flexible turnkey laboratory space for startups in 2006 while launching cequent pharmaceuticals with technology licensed from beth israel deaconess medical center . after selling cequent they each established new ventures as residents of the cambridge innovation center a shared office space for startups established by tim rowe . in late 2012 rowe joined parker and fruehauf as a co founder of labcentral and with the help of steven tregay of forma therapeutics and john harthorne of masschallenge created labcentral with the goal of allowing entrepreneurs with potentially game changing technology a move in ready space to allow them to focus immediately on research instead of spending their resources on leasing fit out and permitting lab space . 6 on february 7 2013 the massachusetts life sciences center announced that it awarded labcentral a 5 million capital grant to fund labcentral . 7 8 9 10 triumvirate environmental also became a founding sponsor with a donation of 2.5 million dollars . 11 other early sponsors include novartis institute for biomedical research cooley llp edwards wildman palmer llp 12 and johnson & johnson innovation . mit investment management company is labcentral s real estate partner . 6 13 on april 4 2013 labcentral hosted a groundbreaking event at its 700 main street location in kendall square cambridge . speakers included governor deval patrick senator mary l. landrieu chair of the u.s. senate committee on small business and entrepreneurship susan windham bannister phd president of the massachusetts life sciences center state senator sal didomenico and mit associate provost martin schmidt . 6 as of june 2013 labcentral was approaching 10 million in funding . 14 in august 2013 labcentral announced that vaxess technologies will be the first company that will move into the facility . 15 16 17 vaxess is a startup created by harvard graduates who are working to commercialize a tufts university technology that will stabilize vaccines so they can be shipped and stored without refrigeration . 18 19 in september 2013 labcentral announced that eppendorf north america became a gold sponsor . eppendorf north america is a subsidiary of eppendorf ag the world s market leader in the field of developing producing and selling products and services for laboratories . 20 in october 2013 labcentral announced that auxocell laboratories inc. had been admitted . auxocell has developed a new method to harvest wharton s jelly for use in various medical treatments . 21 conkwest was also admitted and is the first organization admitted to labcentral that s working on treatments for cancer . 22 in november 2013 life technologies corporation was announced as a major sponsor and american laboratory trading was announced as gold sponsors . 23 24 it was also been announced that other organizations such as bayesian ventures and 121 bio moved into labcentral . 25 in march 2014 boston business journal listed labcentral as one of johnson & johnson s six bets made in 2014 . 26 labcentral announced a sponsorship from pfizer . the sponsorship allows pfizer to nominate two startups per year to gain access to lab space at labcentral . 27 it was also announced that 11 companies currently reside at labcentral but that 14 would occupy labcentral by the end of april . 28 in april 2014 governor of massachusetts deval patrick helped celebrate the grand opening of labcentral and announced a capital funding of 5m for labcentral . 28 29 30 facility edit the 28 000 square foot facility is located in an historic mit owned building at 700 main street cambridge . 31 labcentral is designed to accommodate approximately 25 life science companies comprising up to 100 scientists and entrepreneurs . its entire architectural concept including kitchen conference rooms offices and communal spaces were designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration between startups . at its core labcentral offers functional lab space for 30 scientists in an open shared laboratory . there are also eight individual laboratory suites available that allow small companies to house 6 8 scientists in fully autonomous units . various equipment is available such as real time qpcr flow cytometry chemical hoods centrifuges biosafety cabinets and incubators bsl 2 rated suites high performance liquid chromatography and plate readers . 6 8 13 32 labcentral services include equipment maintenance and technical support safety compliance training central waste handling biosafety permits and a speaker series and continuing education offerings . on site cro support fte basis logistical support and group purchasing are also provided as are other programs where pooled access reduces costs . 33 with a 168 inch tv in their lobby labcentral has become a destination for big screen viewing parties . in the summer of 2014 labcentral hosted viewing parties for the 2014 fifa world cup with staff from the french and swiss consulate in boston and associates from cambridge consultants . 34 application and membership edit labcentral s non profit status helps reduce costs while potential tenants apply and undergo a competitive review process . applicants with the highest potential are able to purchase a membership and space . 35 tenants referred to as members pay a 400 per month fee for membership 3 600 per month for a bench spot and 400 per month for a lab desk . the eight private lab suites can be reserved for 14 000 16 000 per month . additional office space costs 900 2 450 per month . 35 labcentral believes it will have 10 members by the end of 2013 . it expects to be full in three years but may potential double its size . 35 residents sponsors partners and supporters edit 36 resident companies edit year organization notes 2013 121 bio 2013 advirna 2014 affinivax 2015 aldatu bio 2014 aquinnah pharmaceuticals 2013 arsia therapeutics 2013 audion therapeutics 2013 auxocell laboratories 2013 conkwest 2013 constellation diagnostics 2014 cyteir therapeutics 2014 enbiotix 2014 entrega 2014 extend biosciences 2014 heprotech inc. 2014 hifibio 2014 kairos biologics 2014 phenomyx 2015 pinteon therapeutics 2014 riparian pharmaceuticals 2015 torque 2014 unum therapeutics 2013 vaxess technologies 2015 vedanta biosciences 2014 wntrx 2014 xtuit pharmaceuticals 2013 ymir genomics 2015 yumanity 37 sponsors partners and supporters edit year organization level notes 2013 johnson & johnson innovation founding sponsor 2013 massachusetts life science center founding sponsor 2013 triumvirate environmental founding sponsor 2013 edwards wildman palmer llp platinum sponsor 2013 life technologies corporation platinum sponsor 2014 pfizer platinum sponsor 2013 american laboratory trading gold sponsor 2013 cooley llp gold sponsor 2013 cushman & wakefield gold sponsor 2013 eppendorf gold sponsor 2013 foley & lardner gold sponsor 2013 novartis gold sponsor 2013 novartis gold sponsor 2013 vwr international gold sponsor 2013 ambit creative group silver sponsor 2013 biotek silver sponsor 2013 kendall press silver sponsor 2013 labcloud silver sponsor 2013 li cor biosciences silver sponsor 2013 silicon valley bank silver sponsor 2013 steady vision silver sponsor 2013 union office interiors silver sponsor 2013 mit investment management company silver sponsor 2013 bioinnovation founding partner 2013 cambridge biolabs founding partner 2013 cambridge innovation center founding partner 2013 the massachusetts biotechnology council affiliate institutions 2013 masschallenge affiliate institutions 2013 qb3 affiliate institutions 38 39 references edit galvin william francis . business entity summary . massachusetts 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