Oregon Bioscience Incubator: a bio-focused community for startups to grow and thrive
The Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OBI) is located at 4640 S Macadam Ave. in Portland, right along the Willamette River on the South Waterfront. We offer private wet lab and office space for bio-startups.
Some of the unique features of the OBI:
- Laboratory and Office Space: 29,000+ sq. ft. BSL-2 labs, offices – plus conference rooms and event space.
- Shared Scientific Equipment: Access to cost-prohibitive shared equipment (fume hood, tissue culture facilities, heavy equipment and meeting space) at no additional charge to our client companies.
- Specialized Mentoring: Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and unique BioMentoring Program to assess company needs, identify and reach milestones and accelerate companies’ growth. Entrepreneurial training via workshops, peer-mentoring, etc.
- Collaboration: Share resources, ideas, and community space with other biotech startups. Our client companies are encouraged to actively participate in Networking Events, Startup CEO Roundtables, Lunch & Learns, and Workshops.
- Event Space: New event space opened in September 2023 to host events and for use by our client companies.
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Amenities accessible to every OBI client include:
- Free access to OBI’s large BioMentoring network
- Kitchen, event, and networking space
- Full access to use OBI’s two large conference rooms (each seats up to 16-20 people) with A/V equipment
- Full access to use OBI’s small conference room (seats 6) with A/V equipment
- Full access to use common equipment labs, including:
- Fume hood
- Tissue culture hood
- Biosafety cabinet
- CO2 incubators
- Centrifuges
- Microscope
- Nanodrop
- Water bath
- Autoclaves
- Glassware sterilizer
- Rocker and vortex mixer
- Ice machine and purified water system
- Two -80 freezers, -20 freezer, lab refrigerator
- Safety showers and eyewash stations
- Startup in a Box: Discounted products and services available exclusively for OBI client companies
- MathWorks Accelerator & Incubator Program: Access to MathWorks Accelerator and Incubator Program benefits
- Free parking
- Janitorial services
- All utilities included
- Key code access to building and OBI 24-hours/day
More about the OBI
Entrepreneurial Educational Programs
OBI offers monthly Lunch & Learns on a wide variety of topics of interest to entrepreneurs. We have a BioMentoring program, Happy Hours for networking, Trivia Nights, and other events throughout the year.
Private Offices & Lab Space
The OBI is the first-and-only bioscience-focused incubator in Oregon, with private offices and lab space, including brand new spaces which opened in 2023 and 2024. If you are interested in learning more about our private offices or lab space, please fill out the form in the blue button below.
Shared Labs and Scientific Equipment
Access to cost-prohibitive common equipment labs such as fume hood, tissue culture hood, biosafety cabinet, CO2 incubators, centrifuges, microscope, Nanodrop, water bath, autoclaves, glassware sterilizer, rocker, vortex mixer, purified water, ice machine, -80 freezers, -20 freezer, lab refrigerator, safety showers, eyewashes, etc. These facilities are available to all OBI residential companies at no additional charge.
Currently available now: 1st floor office suite
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