TO SERVE AS A RESEARCH ACCELERATOR FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING OFFICE AND LABORATORY SPACE AND ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT, RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE HORMEL INSTITUE, A PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, AND STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF OF RIVERLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A MEMBER OF MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
