Sid Martin Biotech is located in Alachua, Florida – a 204-acre research park 20 minutes north of UF’s Gainesville campus. We offer flexible, one-year leasing terms to resident clients, and access to equipment/expertise for our affiliate clients. Our complex includes a wet lab/office building, small animal facility, large animal facility, and two climate-controlled greenhouses. We have small and large labs which are all equipped with chemical fume hoods and BSL-2 bio-safety cabinets. Most of the labs have internal offices and exterior windows. We provide over $1.5 million of shared scientific equipment.
Facility Basics
- 40,000 sq. ft. Biosafety Level II lab/office facility
- After-hours card access with electronic monitoring for resident clients
- Private, secured labs from 470 – 1,000 sq. ft.; individual office space available
- Labs have fume hoods, bio-safety cabinets or clean benches, DI water, vacuum, gas
- Ultra-low temperature freezer room (generator back-up with separate HVAC)
- 8,000 sq. ft. small animal facility
- 21,000 sq. ft. large animal facility
- 2 climate-controlled greenhouses with mudroom, seedling growth chamber & hotroom
Scientific Support Includes
- Access to University of Florida Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) and animal care services
- Access to advanced instrumentation, scientific expertise, and services at reduced rates through UF’s campus-based Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR), Nanoscale Research Facility (NRF), and Major Analytical Instrumentation Center (MAIC).
- Hazardous waste pickup management
- Lab reviews and safety classes through the University’s Environmental Health and Safety unit
Building Specifications
- Construction type: roof construction/wall construction – floors are concrete with tile; walls are engineered metal with insulated siding (composite metal); roof is steel with foam insulation and roll fiberglass asphalt roofing; steel support throughout the building; inside walls are sheetrock
- Loading dock, sprinkler system, keycard security with cameras
- Negative pressure “wet” labs with 12’ ceilings
- Chemical fume hood in all labs, certified annually
- BSL-2 Bio-safety cabinets in all labs, certified annually
- Single-pass air in lab areas with 12x per hour air exchange
- 110v to 480v 3-phase electrical service
- 270 kW natural gas generator backup for dedicated circuits
- In-house air, vacuum, gas to labs
- In-house DI water to all labs, monitored daily
- Ultra pure water in central location
- Autoclaves (3) – installed large wall unit, floor model, bench top
- Radiation work accommodated
- 73 parking spaces, 4 of these handicapped
- Conference room (seats 12-15) & Training Room (seats up to 30)