{{Short description|Technology company}} {{Infobox company | name = STEMCELL Technologies | logo = STEMCELL Technologies logo.jpg | type = Private | traded_as = | genre = | foundation = {{start date and age|1993}} | founder = Allen Eaves | location_city = Vancouver, British Columbia | location_country = Canada | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Allen Eaves, Chairman & CEO | industry = Biotechnology | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = > 2000 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{url|stemcell.com}} | footnotes = }} '''StemCell Technologies Canada Inc. (formerly known as StemCell Technologies Inc.)''' is a Canadian biotechnology company that develops and manufactures cell culture media and cell separation technologies for use in stem cell, immunology, and cancer research.<ref name="SPOTLIGHT: STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES">{{cite web |title=Spotlight: STEMCELL Technologies |url=https://cme-mec.ca/spotlight-stemcell-technologies/ |website=CME |access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Improving the efficiency and accuracy of cell research">{{cite web |title=Improving the efficiency and accuracy of cell research |url=https://nrc.canada.ca/index.php/en/stories/improving-efficiency-accuracy-cell-research |website=nrc.canada.ca |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=10 December 2021}}</ref>
The company has offices in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia with the headquarter being in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.<ref name="SPOTLIGHT: STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES" /><ref name="B.C.’s ‘world-class’ biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines">{{cite news |title=B.C.'s 'world-class' biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/b-c-s-world-class-biotech-sector-plays-key-role-in-developing-covid-19-treatments-and-vaccines |access-date=1 March 2022 |publisher=Vancouver Sun |language=en-CA}}</ref> Allen Eaves, the founder, currently serves as the President and CEO.
== History ==
Allen Eaves, a hematologist and cancer researcher, co-founded the Terry Fox Laboratory (TFL) in Vancouver with his wife, hematologist and cancer researcher Connie Eaves, in 1981. Allen Eaves’ research group at the TFL made their own standardized cell culture medium for growing hematopoietic stem cells in the lab. To help fund his blood cancer research program at the TFL, Eaves started selling this medium—named MethoCult—to other research groups around the world. Eaves purchased the business from TFL and launched Stemcell Technologies Inc. in 1993.<ref name="Meet Allen Eaves: Academic Biologist turned CEO {{!}} Eurostemcell">{{cite web |title=Meet Allen Eaves: Academic Biologist turned CEO {{!}} Eurostemcell |url=https://www.eurostemcell.org/meet-allen-eaves-academic-biologist-turned-ceo |website=www.eurostemcell.org |access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref>
In 2018, Stemcell received a $45 million grant from the Canadian and British Columbian governments toward building an advanced biologicals manufacturing facility in Burnaby, British Columbia.<ref name="Federal and provincial governments support creation of biotech manufacturing facility in the Lower Mainland">{{cite web |title=Federal and provincial governments support creation of biotech manufacturing facility in the Lower Mainland |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2018/04/federal-and-provincial-governments-support-creation-of-biotech-manufacturing-facility-in-the-lower-mainland.html |website=www.canada.ca |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Hundreds of new jobs expected as B.C. biotech firm plans new facility">{{cite web |title=Hundreds of new jobs expected as B.C. biotech firm plans new facility |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hundreds-of-new-jobs-expected-as-b-c-biotech-firm-plans-new-facility-1.4635904 |website=cbc.ca |access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Burnaby tech company gets $45 million">{{cite web |title=Burnaby tech company gets $45 million |url=https://www.burnabynow.com/local-business/burnaby-tech-company-gets-45-million-3076571 |website=Burnaby Now |access-date=2 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Stemcell launched "The Immunology Podcast" about current scientific advances in the field of immunology with interviews of immunologists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Story |url=https://www.immunologypodcast.com/about |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=The Immunology Podcast |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.stemcell.com}}
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Category:Biotechnology companies of Canada