King’s partners with life sciences estate firm to build new lab space

JAMES SILVER

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON, home to the discovery of DNA, has announced a partnership with life sciences developer and funding firm Pioneer Group to create lab space on the south bank.

It is the latest sizable investment in life sciences in the capital, with a new lab coming online in Canary Wharf.

King’s and Pioneer will revitalise two sites on the south bank which currently sit empty, with the lab space designed from university enterprises and early-stage companies.

The university’s Entrepreneurship Institute, which looks to create spinouts from academic research, has already produced results including the firm C the Signs, an online diagnostic tool used by GPs to identify early-stage cancer warnings. Glenn Crocker, Executive Director at Pioneer Group said “King’s is recognised internationally for the impact of its research.”

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