Wareham Development and its tenants at EmeryStation East — the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Amyris Biotechnologies and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals — invite Gene Acres to tour their newly completed facilities.

• What: Gene Acres Tour of EmeryStation East
  
• When: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30p.m., Thursday, April 24, 2008
  
• Where: 1st floor spec laboratory spaces of EmeryStation East, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA Directions
• Parking: Paid parking is available in the Amtrak lot on Horton Street. The cost is $2.50 per hour.
  
• Lunch: Brown bag lunch will be provided, courtesy of Wareham Development
  

EmeryStation East is a glass-clad 245,000-sq.ft. laboratory building with a 22,000 square-foot central landscaped plaza with fountains and sculptures, pedestrian walkways, and terraces. Conceived as a distinguished building for noble and Nobel scientists, EmeryStation East has become the acknowledged center of clean energy and anchors the EmeryStation campus to the East while providing much-needed life, physical and nano science space for the East Bay Biotech Corridor.

The Joint BioEnergy Institute, or JBEI, is a scientific partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and including the Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of California (UC) campuses of Berkeley and Davis, and the Carnegie Institution for Science, located at Stanford University. JBEI at EmeryStation East serves as one of three new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs).

Amyris Biotechnologies is dedicated to improving the world by leveraging breakthroughs in synthetic biology. Amyris' technology is able to provide a consistent, cost-effective supply of biofuels and other high-value natural compounds, including pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and nutraceuticals.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceutical's goal is to discover products that will improve human health worldwide by diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases. As a specialty pharmaceutical company, we focus our efforts where we can have the most impact. For more than 100 years, Bayer has been dedicated to developing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceuticals.

Registrations:
No on-site registration will be available for this event. Space is limited to 75 people. Registration will close April 21.

Reservation for BayBio members: CLICK HERE
On-line reservations for Non-Members: CLICK HERE

Questions? Contact Darryl Flick at 650-871-7101 x200.