U of T Partners with BioLabs to Launch the City’s Largest Wet-Lab Incubator and Co-Working Space

The University of Toronto has joined forces with BioLabs to launch Toronto’s largest shared lab incubator, bringing the world-leading shared lab platform to Canada’s life sciences ecosystem for the first time.

Based in Cambridge, Mass., BioLabs is a global innovation infrastructure company that operates a growing network of shared labs and co-working spaces. The facilities offer access to state-of-the-art research facilities, a proprietary procurement platform and entrepreneurial programming – with industry and investor networks spanning 19 international locations.

The collaboration with U of T will see BioLabs operate an existing 40,000-square-foot shared lab and office space in the MaRS Discovery District.

The launch of BioLabs University of Toronto – open to startups from U of T’s extensive talent pool and innovators globally – ensures continuity for the more than 30 early-stage life-science startups that currently rely on the facility’s specialized equipment and laboratory infrastructure, while expanding their access to global networks of sponsors and investors.