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Penn State officially named the Sartorius Cell Culture Facility – a new facility to study the normal physiology and biochemistry of cells, the fundamental molecule of life – in a ceremony held April 8 on the University Park campus. A leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry and the research sector, Sartorius committed $1.5 million to launch the Sartorius Cell Culture Facility at Penn State, in January.
A new era begins
The new era of Penn State’s industrial biotechnology ecosystem officially began in March 2017, when CSL Behring gave $4.92 million establishing the Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology (CoEIB) and the CSL Behring Fermentation Facility. Supplementing this gift was a $435,000 equipment donation from Sartorius to set-up the Sartorius Fermentation Gallery.