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Infrastructure / December 11, 2025

Concordia expands sustainable biomanufacturing capacity with $5M investment

New investment supports upgrades to the Genome Foundry and Bioprocessing facilities, expanding research capacity from early biological design through process development.

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Updates and perspectives from across our community.

Illuminated DNA display in the Foundry laboratory
People & perspectives / June 22, 2026

Design. Build. Test. Repeat. A conversation with Angela Quach

Angela discusses the role of lab automation, interdisciplinary teams and iterative experimentation in synthetic biology.

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Illustrative cellular engineering structures
Research / April 20, 2026

Shaping the future of cell and gene therapy in Canada

How the NRC and Concordia Genome Foundry are developing automated genome-engineering platforms to support advanced cell research.

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Robotic laboratory instrumentation at Concordia From the archive
Facilities / August 14, 2018

Concordia unveils Canada's first genome lab where 'robots do biology'

CBC News reports on the launch of the automated Genome Foundry at the Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, highlighting how robotic platforms accelerate experimental workflows and precision research.

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