UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center

Puerto Montt, Thursday, January 21, 2016. - Leonardo de la Prida, Governor of the Los Lagos region; Adolfo Alvial, Director of Corfo Lakes region; Eduardo Zavala, CEO of Patagonia LabSpace; Dr. Alan Bennett, Executive Director of the University of California Davis-Chile and Felipe Jara, Deputy of Corfo´s Ecosystem Entrepreneurship, inagurated Patagonia LabSpace, the first center for scientific co-work and product scaling in Chile. Patagonia LabSpace will focus on  projects in areas relevant to the south, such as aquaculture, livestock and agriculture.

The University of California, Davis in Chile ( UC Davis Chile) and STGO LabSpace joined forces to create "Research to Business Catalyst" ( R2B Catalyst ), the first Hub that aims to support the development of scientific and technological products that are "Made in Chile " and its effective position in the market. The company will have a number of centers in Santiago and the south of the country. Its headquarters, UC Davis LabSpace, will begin operations in early 2016 .

The University of California, Davis in Chile ( UC Davis Chile) and STGO LabSpace joined forces to create "Research to Business Catalyst" ( R2B Catalyst ), the first Hub that aims to support the development of scientific and technological products that are "Made in Chile " and its effective position in the market. The company will have a number of centers in Santiago and the south of the country. Its headquarters, UC Davis LabSpace, will begin operations in early 2016 .

On Wednesday, August 19th, Dr. Alan Bennett, Executive Director of University of California Davis in Chile (UC Davis Chile) -a program from UC Davis (USA) currently in Chile-, met with Federico Valdés, the Chancellor of Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), to begin defining areas where the two institutions will work together. One of the main topics will be human capital training in intellectual property and technology transfer, areas in which both institutions have a long tradition and prestige.

On Wednesday, August 19th, Dr. Alan Bennett, Executive Director of University of California Davis in Chile (UC Davis Chile) -a program from UC Davis (USA) currently in Chile-, met with Federico Valdés, the Chancellor of Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), to begin defining areas where the two institutions will work together. One of the main topics will be human capital training in intellectual property and technology transfer, areas in which both institutions have a long tradition and prestige.