Growing a biotechnology company among the first to engage in a new building of Discovery Discovery – Siouxfalls.business

February 13, 2025

This paid piece was sponsored by Biotech of South Dakota.

The history of the success of home biotechnological success will be among the first to move to the first building of Discovery USD.

The Discovery area opened a two-storey facility with an area of ​​50,000 square meters earlier this year, offering a specialized space for innovators in biotechnology and life science.

This is the type of environment that Ciul -based Omegaquant Analytics appealed, President Jason Potus said.

“In fact, it is their vision for the future, as a biotechnology center, so that they can connect and cooperate with other organizations and companies that we hope to be there,” he said. “We are excited to be around like -minded people, which we hope to provide innovation not only for our company but also for others.”

Omegaquant launched in a room at 5009 W. 12th St. In 2015, after graduating from Zel’s Entrepreneurship Center, Sioux Falls now launched.

“We have been in our present space for about seven years and we were just looking for a little more, more efficient space,” Potus said. “And since we grew up, we expanded into additional apartments that we really didn’t expect.”

The 20-person team offers the Omega-3 test of the company, which is based on the study that Dr. Bill Harris started more than 30 years ago. In 2009, he began to commercialize his Omega-3 index test, which measures the amount of EPA and DHA of Omega-3 in the blood.

Omegaquant offers tests directly to users, but above all provides tests to healthcare providers. In addition, the company has received numerous grants for small business innovation that has allowed it to further explore how fatty acids contribute to the risk of developing everything from diabetes to dementia.

“With diabetes, for example, through our Sbir Grant, we develop an index of fingerprints of fatty acids that could identify people with a higher risk of developing diabetes,” Poire said. “Through our initial research, we found that we are able to predict five years earlier than the current biomarkers used, so we have positioned this as a prediabetes test.”

In the Discovery District building, Omegaquant will rent 5300 square feet for a combination of office, laboratory and production space. The plan is to move this May.

“This is exactly the vision that many have had in the development of a state -dollar district,” says Johnny Extur, CEO of South Dakota Biotech. “We think this is perfect for a company like Omegaquant, which positions them for the future and shows future tenants a caliber of the business we are already attracting.”

The Discovery District Construction and Research Costume is designed to offer an avant -garde laboratory space necessary to meet the strict requirements for research and commercialization. Located at 4600 W. Nobel St. In the Northwest Siu Falls, west of USD – Sioux Falls Classroom Building and Gear Center.

In addition, the building offers shared resources such as conference rooms and common parts to promote cooperation. Tenants also have access to university services such as prototypes, CGMP facilities and developmental equipment.

In addition to Omegaquant, tenants include the South Dakota Small Business Development Center and the Prairie Family Business Association, which are well positioned to provide resources to those in and outside the building.

“We did a lot of work behind the scenes to hire additional tenants for the building and take an approach managed by data that turned out to be really good,” said Ryan Ains, temporarily acting president of Discovery USD USD.

“We are able to go out and reach specific companies for the life of the life of biotechnology that may be most appropriate.”

The Discovery USD area held an event to work last week in Minneapolis to contact future tenants in person, together with the medical alley summit.

“We had a really good answer,” Oins said. “We have reached many twin cities companies, including some with representatives who have already had a USD relationship.”

In addition, a medical device is currently in the design phase to determine its space requirements in the building.

The building includes a cooperation space that can support a handful of consultants or contract researchers who may not need an entire apartment, but see value in the work outside the building, Oines said.

“We can see a number of people who will support other tenants in the building and the wider area using this space,” he said.

About 3000 square feet remain to rent the first floor of the building and 19,000 square feet on the second floor, assuming that the transactions are collected.

“Supported by the experience and expert experience of Brian Limogs, AVP of the facilities in the USD, we were deliberately how we built the infrastructure of the building,” Oines said. “We have the capacity to bring more HVK and other equipment as necessary, and the purpose is that really any specific open space can be used as a laboratory space.”

This first building is just the beginning. The area will grow to fill 80 acres, with plans for 26 privately built buildings. While the research area focuses on stimulating the potential for economic growth as a center for research on biotechnology and life sciences, it will have businesses that cover numerous industries – from start -up technologies to cafes.

It is estimated that the USD opening area will provide employment opportunities to nearly 2800 persons through companies located in the area.

“This is the species that biotechnology companies are looking for,” Extrum said. “Capacity is here to support them at every stage of growth and to surround them with live work amenities that help support the workforce they need. It is exciting to see a vision for so long in the creation they begin to gather. “