Irvine Scientific expands R&D capabilities with new centre of excellence

Irvine Scientific has expanded its facilities in Southern California with the addition of a 40,000 square foot research and development (R&D) centre. This expansion is in response to the increase in customer demand for the company’s cell culture and media reagents.

“This addition allows us to continue our expansion of R&D, which supports our longer-term strategy of maintaining a leadership position of innovation in cell culture media and reagents,” said Tim Mullane, chief operating officer. “Additional capacity will allow us to expand our space and staff dedicated to advancing cell culture technology important to our customers. Along with this growth we will continue to advance our analytical capabilities and services to our customers.”

The expansion will also house other company departments that are currently based in the southern California headquarters, enabling expansion of other capabilities, such as media customisation for customers. Moreover, Irvine Scientific plans to expand the laboratories and staff currently located in the headquarters which are dedicated to providing customer assistance in the modification and optimisation of cell culture conditions during development.

“While R&D capability expands, the space dedicated to our Express Media Services within our corporate HQ location will expand,” Mullane added. “This group currently supports our biopharmaceutical and cell therapy customers and has experienced dramatic growth in the last several years.”