New Genome Lab to Occupy 40,000-SF Space

ROCKVILLE, MD-Three non-profit science organizations make plans to develop a new high-throughput DNA sequencing facility to be housed in 40,000 sf of space. The Institute for Genomic Research, Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives, and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics will decide on one of two undisclosed Rockville buildings to lease for the lab’s location, where large numbers of genomes will be rapidly sequenced in a more economical manner.

“We will spend anywhere from $20 million to $100 million on the new facility, and a lot of it will depend on what we think it will take to get the facility and its equipment together,” TCAG’s Heather Kowalski tells GlobeSt.com. The building will house equipment for DNA sequencing, supercomputing, networking, and high performance storage technologies, as well as a research and development lab. Upon completion of the new structure, the current sequencing space at TIGR will be redeveloped into a state-of-the-art genome closure and more advanced sequencing facility.