Bench on Demand
SmartLabs’ Bench on Demand program offers early-stage life science companies and entrepreneurs a turnkey solution with access to best-in-class lab space, premium amenities, and a community of like-minded scientists. Rent a bench today and access all of SmartLabs’ top tier resources — just like in our private labs. This affordable and flexible setup is a perfect and capitally effective approach to support the critical proof-of-concept stage, allowing you to easily scale your operations as you progress through R&D.
The BSL-2 laboratory space and its adjacent dedicated tissue culture room are equipped with the following equipment:
- Benches and caseworks
- Benchtop equipment (microscope, tabletop centrifuge, micro centrifuge, water bath, and cell counter)
- Biosafety cabinet
- Cold storage: refrigerator (4C), freezer (-20C), ultra cold storage (-80C) and cryostorage
- Tissue culture incubator (dual stack)
Innovation Suites
SmartLabs offers private, customized labs for teams of five to ten, ideal for emerging companies seeking both private lab and office spaces. The option of dedicated desks in a co-working environment is available. Your scientists have access to shared equipment rooms, as well as reception services, conference rooms, a lecture hall, cafés, and wellness rooms. In addition to enhancing company culture, our Innovation Suites also equip your team with the tools and resources typically reserved for larger firms, allowing them to fast-track their science without requiring heavy capital investment.
Equipment provided includes:
- Benches and caseworks
- Benchtop equipment (microscope, tabletop centrifuge, micro centrifuge, water bath, and cell counter)
- Biosafety cabinet
- Cold storage: freezer (-20C) and a refrigerator
- Tissue culture incubator (dual stack)
Corporate R&D Suites
SmartLabs’ most popular program is our Corporate R&D Suites, designed for companies of 10 to 200 employees. This next-stage solution offers high-growth firms — both established and startups — the flexibility to expand at their own pace and reconfigure their space as they reach new milestones. Access to communal areas, shared amenities, and equipment rooms allows you to use a smaller, more efficient footprint than in traditional real estate, while maintaining your privacy and safeguarding your intellectual property.
Equipment provided includes:
- Benches and caseworks
- Fume Hood
Process Development Suites
As your team develops analytical workflows for preclinical and clinical-phase testing, having configurable lab space that effectively supports your process development work is essential. This includes optimizing your manufacturing methodologies, enhancing QC/QA testing workflows, and ensuring the operational scalability of your processes. SmartLabs Process Development Suites are meticulously designed to facilitate all technology transfers between scientific teams. By co-locating your discovery and process development teams within a single facility, our solution eliminates missteps and accelerates the advancement of your scientific breakthroughs toward manufacturing.
Pilot Scale Manufacturing Suite
SmartLabs offers customized pilot-scale manufacturing environments strategically integrated with your critical discovery and process development workflows, driving your teams toward greater efficiency and speed. Whether you are producing biologic therapeutic molecules, engineering cell therapies, or developing small-scale APIs, SmartLabs can support your small-scale manufacturing needs.
Depending on your needs, SmartLabs can provide:
- BSL2 tissue culture labs
- BSL2 biology labs
- BSL2 diagnostics labs
- BSL2 manufacturing labs
- Chemistry labs
- Engineering labs
- Food technology labs
Members have access to the following shared equipment:
- Floor-standing centrifuge
- Microvolume spectrophotometer
- Plate reader
- PCR machines
- Balances
- Fluorescent microscope (filter cubes for GFP, DAPI, and RFP)
- Flow cytometer
- Shaking incubator
- Gel imaging system
- Stirrers and shakers
- Quantitative PCR machine
- Water purification system (point of use)
- Cold storage: Ultra cold freezer (-80C) and liquid nitrogen (common shared area) plus emergency back-up cold storage freezers
- Fume hoods
- Specialty equipment: Sequencer, sonicator, and others
