Pasadena Bio Collaborative has recently acquired a new Bio-Rad CFX96 with C1000 RT-PCR Detection System. Continually updating our equipment is important to meeting current tenant needs, attracting new tenants, & providing training opportunities. "Poseidon is a pre-clinical stage start-up biotechnology company with a patented platform-technology to develop new biological therapeutics using an alternative protein modality. The latest addition to Pasadena Bio communal equipment is the BioRad RT- PCR machine. This machine will help us to validate our lead candidates for IND enabling studies with a well-defined assay. The assay has the capability to define the candidates with development potential, drastically shortening the candidate selection time and cost."- Rajika Perera, CEO This project was funded in part by a grant from ...
Serving as the only nonprofit biotechnology research lab in the greater Pasadena area, Pasadena BioScience Collaborative is a non-profit organization focused on educational and training opportunities for potential future employees in the sector. Its incubator facilities feature shared equipment and office space designed to support small start-up companies and develop a highly skilled workforce in the sciences. Even local high school students benefit from Pasadena Bio’s educational outreach and work force development programs thanks to its partnership with the Amgen Biotech Experience.  Bud Bishop, Pasadena Bio’s President, is grateful that PCF’s support will allow his facility to upgrade shared-use genetic sequencing equipment, which will benefit current and future researchers/tenants in developing cutting-edge biotech opportunities for the local community: “We are ...
Campbell Neurosciences Division Aims to Combat Suicide-Causing Brain Inflammation using Stromal Vascular Fraction Immunotherapy OCEANSIDE, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Therapeutics Solution International, Inc., (OTC Markets: TSOI), announced today signing a letter of intent with Synova Life Sciences aimed at developing a "First in Class" cellular therapy for suicide and suicidal ideation. Under the proposed collaboration, Therapeutic Solutions International will contribute its existing expertise and intellectual property regarding adipose stem cell treatment of neuroinflammatory disorders, whereas Synova Life Sciences will provide access to its non-enzymatic stromal vascular fraction isolation device. The two parties aim to file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA for initiating a clinical trial in patients at high risk of suicide. "Numerous publications ...
On October 28th, 2020, Pasadena Bio Collaborative hosted a virtual Lunch & Learn presented by Dr. Marie Csete. The participants learned the A-B-Cs of Institutional Review Board (IRB). Dr. Marie Csete, a PBC Board member, is the former President and Chief Scientific Officer of HMRI. She is on the editorial boards of “Stem Cells Translational Medicine,” “Anesthesia and Analgesia,” and the “Encyclopedia of Human Biology,” and is the holder of three U.S. patents. She serves on several national grant review committees and chairs the CIRM Grant Review Committee ...
Pasadena Bio has subscribed to the CITI program training resources available at citiprogram.org. CITI is used by many larger academic institutions. We hope this serves as a useful safety and laboratory skills training resource for the PBC community. Courses available to PBC tenant companies at no cost: Biosafety and Biosecurity Series: (includes a wide range of topics, including OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens)Laboratory Chemical SafetyGood Laboratory PracticeEssentials of Statistical AnalysisEssentials of Grant Proposal Development ...