Less than a year after opening its doors, the University of Connecticut’s Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington has filled its 4,500 square feet of incubator space.
With about eight companies now operating in the 117,000 square foot state-of-the-art research facility — and more knocking on the door — it’s a sign, school officials say, that the region can become a hub for bioscience, luring tech startups and entrepreneurs who want to collaborate with researchers at the UConn Health Center.
And, in conjunction with the recent passage of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $864 million Bioscience Connecticut initiative, which will renovate and add hundreds of thousands of square feet of research and incubator space in Farmington, the future possibilities are stoking optimism.
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Author: Greg Bordonaro
