WET LAB AND STARTUP BUSINESS INCUBATOR

Join ABI APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR WET LAB & CLEAN ROOM

ACC Bioscience Incubator companies are centered in the life sciences. Even though ABI is part of Austin Community College, any company can apply.

ABI was born out of an approximately 9,500 SF renovation of the iconic Highland Mall in central Austin, TX. The facility features 4,000 SF of wet labs, two ISO 8 clean rooms, open workspace, and conference room. The space is designed to create a flexible environment that allows life science entrepreneurs to focus on innovation.

ABI Highland has a convenient central location at ACC Highland Campus, near the north junction of I-35 and Highway 290, providing easy rail and bus access to downtown Austin. Core Labs & Instrumentation: Member companies have access to ABI core laboratories, furthering expanding their scientific capabilities and greatly reducing costs to allow startups to focus on adding value to their ideas.

• BSLII Cell Culture Facility equipped with biosafety cabinets and CO2 incubators

• Instrumentation Room

• Cold Storage and Steam Sterilization

The facility is stocked with $1.2M of best-in-class instrumentation that will enable life science entrepreneurs to use cutting edge technologies to explore emerging science.

• Illumina MiSeq Next Generation Sequencer

• Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 UHPLC

• Thermo Scientific LTQ XL Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

• Shimazdu Gas Chromatograph w/ auto-sampler

• AKTA Pure 25 FPLC system

• Qiagen Roto 5Q qPCR

• GE-Amersham Gel Doc Imager 600 RGB

• Liquid nitrogen generator

• Fluorescence and light microscopy

• Branson Sonicator

• Spectrophotometers

• PURELAB Flex 3 water system

• Ultracentrifuge (Beckman Optima XPN80) with SW-32Ti and TY-50.2Ti rotors

• Large volume floor centrifuge (Beckman Avanti JE) with JLA16-250 and JLA9.1000 rotors with adaptors for additional volumes

• 2.5L Lyophilization system

• Microplate Washer and Reader

• Olympus fluorescence microscope w/ camera (IX73)

• Eppendorf Innova S44i Shakers

• Much more standard lab equipment

Clean Room for Lease

If you are in need of a

clean room

environment for your manufacturing, ABI has a 400sq ft ISO 8 room available for lease. This room has been used for an FDA regulated application and is ready for your project.

ABI Mission & Vision

The

ACC Bioscience Incubator

aims to provide a fully equipped and affordable lab space to the Austin life science community. Our vision is to be the model incubator for developing workforce-ready students and successful bioscience innovations. Our mission is to create success through real world opportunities and experiences for students, and access to tools and resources for bioscience innovators.

ABI Member Companies