Through partnerships and affiliations, the Ignite Institute is forming a transformational health care enterprise unlike any other. The Institute is currently formalizing research affiliations with a range of organizations in the research, commercialization and clinical care areas. Check back here for information on new partners.
Life Technologies
Life Technologies Corporation and the Ignite Institute for Individualized Health are partnering to create the largest next generation genomic sequencing facility in North America. Ignite will acquire 100 of the Applied Biosystems SOLiD™ 4 Systems, the most advanced next generation DNA sequencing platform on the market. The SOLiD 4 System will enable Ignite’s scientists to sequence entire genomes quicker, more accurately and more cost effectively than previously possible. The instruments will provide the throughput to fuel research that could yield countless diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic advances.
The Commonwealth of Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia has pledged $25 million in support to the Ignite Institute. In November of 2009, Governor Kaine approved a $3 million grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund to assist with the project. Ignite Institute will be eligible to receive an incentive grant totaling $22 million, subject to General Assembly approval, in increments of $5.5 million per year to be paid out to the Institute over a four-year period. The performance grant is tied to job creation, commitments of additional outside capital, and research collaborations of significant value with Virginia universities. Support from the Commonwealth also includes the use of new facilities in the state-owned Center for Innovative Technology building along the Dulles Toll Road near Washington, D.C.