Mission

The Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative (PBC) is a non-profit biotech incubator created to support the growing number of life science start-ups in the Los Angeles area. It promotes and supports new company formation by providing low-cost, high quality wet lab space and access to shared-used equipment to early stage start-ups. The PBC also provides specialized education and training for the biotechnology workforce, as well as access to experts in business fields such as intellectual property, law and financial planning.

History

Since opening its doors in 2004, the PBC has rapidly expanded from a humble 500 square foot operation to housing 18 companies across 3 facilities in early 2014. With a wide range of shared use equipment and support services, the PBC has allowed entrepreneurs to develop proof-of-principle for their particular applications while retaining 100% of their Intellectual Property.

Responding to the growing need for wet lab space PBC has opened a third facility in 2012, creating space for 8 more companies. Strategically located within walking distance of each other, the three labs further strengthen Pasadena’s burgeoning reputation as a welcoming community for biotechnology, chemistry and life science research.

The PBC is a result of planning by individuals from many different sectors – government, education, non-profits, and private industry. California State Senator Jack Scott and Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard spearheaded the initiative, resulting in a collaboration that includes the following key organizational partnerships:

Caltech
California State University Chancellor’s Office
California State University, Los Angeles
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State University Program for Education and Research Biotechnology (CSUPERB)

City of Pasadena
Foothill Workforce Investment Board
Huntington Medical Research Institutes
Pasadena City College
Southern California Biomedical Council

About the Incubator

As a nonprofit organization, the PBC has access to donated equipment and is, therefore, able to provide early start-up companies with high quality facilities and equipment at low cost. The WetLab currently offers shared use of hoods, incubators, autoclave, freezers, coolers, ice machine, DI water, chemical storage and standard laboratory benchtop equipment. (View Equipment List)

Trained interns are available from the Biology Technology Program at Pasadena City College as well as from California State University, Los Angeles and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Proximity to Oak Crest Institute of Science allows collaboration with scientists and research projects in environmental sciences. The scientists of Oak Crest have visiting faculty status at Caltech.

PBC Incubator Benefits
  • 100% ownership of your intellectual property
  • Dedicated company work space
  • Shared-use laboratory facilities and equipment
  • High speed internet access and basic office equipment
  • Collaboration with other PBC tenant companies
  • Access to scientific, technical, legal, financial and business advisors
  • Availability of training resources and lab technicians
  • Introductions to local bioscience associations and investors
  • Access to discounted supplies and services through membership in the Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio)

The PBC welcomes emerging companies that need an affordable, collaborative and supportive environment. We invite you to contact us directly at or , so that we can more fully describe the benefits of locating your venture at the PBC and arrange a site visit to our facility.

Get Your Company Started with the Help of the PBC’s WetLab Incubator

Get Started!

The Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative (PBC) invites life science entrepreneurs to consider our Incubator as the next home for their business. The PBC is a non-profit facility that provides a shared-use WetLab at a reasonable cost.

As you move your venture from the invention of a new scientific concept to proof-of-principle, the PBC will provide the tools you need in a collaborative scientific environment. Each PBC tenant has access to scientific equipment and appliances on a shared-use basis, along with a dedicated work station that is your business home. We also provide access to laboratory technicians and training resources from local universities and colleges.

Being housed with a variety of other bioscience companies allows you the opportunity to collaborate with other tenants. The PBC also provides you with access to a host of outside collaborators from a broad range of scientific and business disciplines to provide additional guidance on the path to commercialization.

Because you are your own business within the incubator, you maintain complete ownership of all intellectual property you create. Furthermore, the PBC provides wireless high-speed internet access and basic office equipment in order to better support your business.

If you are ready to move from an academic laboratory, your home, or another business, the PBC may be the best place for the start of your new company. Below is a summary of the benefits we provide.