Bakar Labs Named a Finalist for 2024 Pantheon Awards

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CLS Pantheon Awards cast your vote by October 15

We’re excited to announce that California Life Sciences has selected us as a finalist for the 2024 Pantheon Awards! Bakar Labs, the premier incubator for life sciences at UC Berkeley, is dedicated to advancing innovation in the sector. We provide essential resources—lab space, facilities, and support—to bio-entrepreneurs, helping them develop their technologies and connect with investors. Our efforts not only drive job creation, particularly for talented UC students, but also bolster California’s economy. Want to support our mission? Vote for Bakar Labs in the academic/non-profit category (the deadline is October 15).

Looking Forward to 2025 from Our Top Five Stories of 2024

Happy new year! At Bakar Labs we’re looking forward to a great 2025, starting of course with the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in SF. Other highlights in the near future: the return of our JETRO entrepreneurs from Japan; the rollout of the Bakar Climate Labs pilot program (look for our web story on Futurebio, our first climate tech tenant); if you’re at the BIO International Convention in Boston, look for our team, we’ll be there. You can count on our September Showcase and our November anniversary party to be bangers. Community is our #1 asset. Thank you for being part of it!

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In a First, UC Berkeley Showcasing Startups Around J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Two events in particular spotlight UC Berkeley's mindset: The on-campus Bakar Labs incubator and law firm Wilson Sonsini are sponsoring a reception Monday night at the foot of Market Street, and the university's Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center has organized a Tuesday event in a temporarily converted South of Market art gallery to showcase 24 biotech drug, medical device, diagnostics and research tools startups. The events represent a sea change led by Rich Lyons, the former dean of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and now chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer, and Dave Schaffer, the director of the UC system's QB3 program, UC's Bakar Labs incubator and the labs' home, Bakar BioEnginuity Hub.

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Bakar Labs a Finalist for East Bay Innovation Award in Life Sciences

Often referred to as the “Academy Awards of the East Bay,” the East Bay Innovation Awards is the premier program of its kind that celebrates and honors the extraordinary companies and organizations that contribute to the East Bay’s legacy of innovation. For over a decade, the annual awards ceremony has showcased outstanding companies and organizations from Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

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Investment Update: Bakar Labs Elevates UC Berkeley as Top Hub for Startups

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Bakar Labs Named a Finalist for 2024 Pantheon Awards

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Looking Forward to 2025 from Our Top Five Stories of 2024

Bakar Labs/BBH/QB3-Central Team Wins Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award

Bakar Labs Wins East Bay Innovation Award

In a First, UC Berkeley Showcasing Startups Around J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Bakar Labs a Finalist for East Bay Innovation Award in Life Sciences

Investment Update: Bakar Labs Elevates UC Berkeley as Top Hub for Startups