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California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences

UCSF, QB3 Team Pairs Picoinjection with Droplet-based PCR; Founds Single-Cell PCR Firm Torrent Bio
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Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco, and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, or QB3, have published a study demonstrating how picoinjection can be used to precisely and efficiently add reagents to individual digital PCR reaction volumes

QB3 Teams with Deloitte on Strategic Planning

The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences will collaborate with Deloitte's life sciences consulting branch to develop its strategic plans for working with investors, companies, universities, and government.

Expansion of Incubator Network, Seed Fund Among QB3 Priorities for 2011

QB3 plans to expand most likely at its East Bay space at UC Berkely. It also hopes to increase the number of firms receiving funding from its Mission Bay Capital seed venture fund.

QB3 Opens New Incubator at UC Berkeley

The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences hopes the Berkeley facility will enjoy the success of its QB3 Garage@UCSF incubator, which has nurtured some 28 biotech startups in two sites since opening in 2006.

QB3 Expands its Roster of Incubator Tenants, Adds LP to Fund

QB3 now has 18 tenants at its incubators within San Francisco's Mission Bay campus. It also said that an affiliate of Italian drug firm Zambon has invested in its first venture fund.