Global bio lab announces Piscataway headquarters expansion
PISCATAWAY – Sampled, a next-generation laboratory that unlocks the valuable data in any biological sample, is reinvesting to the township.
Headquartered at 30 Knightsbridge Road, Sampled is expanding its Sampled SMART Labs facility into a state-of-the-art, 140,000-square-foot laboratory and biorepository in the township, the company said.
The biorepository will be one of the largest of its kind in the world and construction is expected to be completed by early 2023, according to Sampled.
The current 35,000-square-foot main lab is based at Rutgers where the company was founded in 1996 as "Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository," or RUCDR. Sampled also maintains a few other small commercial lab spaces that will all be consolidated into the 30 Knightsbridge Road facility when construction is completed, the company said.
The multi-million-dollar investment will dramatically increase Sampled’s worldwide biorepository capabilities and enable it to store, manage, analyze, research and transport up to 20 million bio-samples. The expansion will also expand Sampled’s laboratory capabilities, enabling clients to conduct research or launch new health products faster and easier, according to the company.
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“We are thrilled that Sampled SMART Labs is expanding its industry and deepening its investment in Piscataway,” said Mayor Brian Wahler. “With our proximity to world-class health care facilities and dynamic medical education at Rutgers University, this new growth in local business is a win for everyone, especially with the availability of more good paying jobs for hard-working residents.”
Sampled has labs across the United States and Europe and partner labs in the Netherlands, China and Australia.
The company was previously known as Infinity Biologics, but in 2021 it acquired Roylance Pharma and was renamed as Sampled.
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