Resources
Resources
At Bakar Labs, we connect you to a wide range of sophisticated resources tailored to early-stage bio-entrepreneurs.
Berkeley campus core facilities
Berkeley campus core facilities
Staff scientists operate these major facilities, available for commercial use on an hourly basis. Contact individual cores for details.
Visit the VCR Research facility listings at UC BerkeleyQB3 Genomics
QC & sequencing services, library prep, infrastructure & consulting for bioinformatics
QB3 Central California 900 MHz NMR
Analyze structures and dynamics of natural products, potential therapeutics, proteins, and nucleic acids at the atomic level
Flow Cytometry
Cutting-edge High-Dimensional Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (Hi-D FACS) and analysis
Cal-Cryo
Cryo-EM & TEM facility
College of Chemistry Microanalytical
Sample analysis for chemical composition
Electron Microscope Laboratory
Education & training, user facility, full service microscopy
QB3 Cell and Tissue Analysis
Cell culture equipment and high-end instrumentation needed to grow and assess mammalian cells, tissues, proteins, and more
QB3 High Throughput Screening
Cell culturing space, automated liquid handling, automated plate reader and high-throughput, high-content microscopy instrumentation for screening experiments
Executive mentors
Executive mentors
Bakar Labs tenants are eligible for our executive mentorship program.
The program pairs company founders with executives who have proven track records. Program director Mimi Hancock has years of experience and an extensive network in the world of corporate biopharma. Mimi meets with founders and listens to their needs; then she identifies C-level executives who are good matches for early-stage companies, based on expertise and specific industry experience.
If there is mutual agreement on a match, a template Executive Mentorship agreement is provided to establish the relationship. The entrepreneur must agree to grant the mentor equity.
The executive provides mentorship for up to six months, an average of two hours per week, or more by mutual agreement. During this time, the relationship is confidential. If the six-month “get to know you” engagement is successful, the parties move to a non-confidential, more permanent relationship, with the mentor becoming a board member or other formal advisor.
Mimi Hancock, PhD
Managing Director, Executive Mentorship

As a scientist with training in genetics and cellular biology, 10+ years experience in the biotech industry as well as over 20 years experience in executive search, Mimi has helped build and advise multiple organizations ranging from venture-backed start-ups to multi-national biopharmaceutical companies. Initially focused in oncology, Mimi joined Triton Biosciences where she conducted early research targeting HER-2 positive breast cancers with a combination of monoclonal antibodies and chemotherapy drugs. Upon the sale of the company, Mimi joined Hana Biologics as Director of Cell Biology and helped transition it into gene therapy through the acquisition of Somatix Therapy Corporation. In 1992, she co-founded Avigen, which was the first to use AAV vectors for gene delivery. Mimi entered the executive search field in 1994 to focus on top leadership in global Biotechnology and R&D organizations and helped numerous organizations with Boards of Directors, VP and C-level roles.
She currently serves as an Honorary Member of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer.
Mimi graduated with a BA with Honors in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, PhD in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, and Post-doctoral Fellow at Stanford University where she was the recipient of a Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Fellowship Award.
Interns
Interns
Bakar Labs tenants have inside access to QWEST, a fully-funded workforce development program.
In the competitive QB3 Workforce Education for bioScience and bioTechnology (QWEST) program, undergraduate UC Berkeley students are selected for training and work experience over the summer months at participating Bakar Labs tenants. Many students choose to continue work-study through the fall and into the spring. The internship, which can last for six months, is fully paid by QB3. The goal is to generate high-value employees who will be assets to fast-growing companies in the Bay Area and wider California life science sector.
There’s also the opportunity to select motivated, skilled students from QB3-Berkeley’s separate undergrad internship program.

Corporate affiliates
Corporate affiliates
Tenants benefit from connecting with our many corporate affiliates, who share our enthusiasm for supporting entrepreneurs innovating new technologies.
- We’re partnered with Industry leaders who want to help early-stage innovators access large-scale scientific and business resources to advance technologies in their areas of interest. Take advantage of office hours, technology training, and concierge introductions from Bakar Labs leadership.
- We’re partnered with the life science team at Wilson Sonsini. Their seasoned legal professionals can support you with your patent portfolio; corporate matters; business advisory; commercial & technology transactions; privacy & data protection; regulatory affairs; and litigation.
- Our banking partners can help you with business banking; foreign exchange; and advice on a range of funding and investment issues.
- Our resource partners provide support in specific technical and operational areas.