Kunstwerk Gaubius-gebouw TNO Leiden - 1989

The Leiden Bio Science park (LBSP) is the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands and ranks in the top five of the most successful

science parks A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park”, "technopark", “technopole", or a "science and technology park" (STP)) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growt ...

in Europe. It is part of

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

and

Oegstgeest Oegstgeest () is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Its population was in . Etymology The portion ''geest'' in the name refers to the geest lands, which were excavated in the seventeenth cen ...

and focuses on companies and universities in the

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

sector. The park comprises 110 hectares (272 acres) with over 215 organisations, including 150 Life Sciences & Health companies.Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP) - where innovative organisations thrive
- LBSP website The park is located mostly in Leiden and lies between Wassenaarseweg on the north and the Plesmanlaan on the south. The park focuses mostly on the use of biotechnology for medical and biopharmaceutical applications.

History

The LBSP was founded in 1984 in the Leeuwenhoek area west of Leiden Central Station, between the Faculty of Science of the Leiden University and the former Academic Medical Hospital Leiden, now known as the

Leiden University Medical Center Leiden University Medical Center (Dutch: ''Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum'') or LUMC is the university hospital affiliated with Leiden University, of which it forms the medical faculty. It is located in Leiden, Netherlands. LUMC is a modern un ...

(LUMC). The municipality decided that this area should primarily be focused on biotechnology. In 2005 the foundation ''Leiden Life meets Science'' was founded by the Leiden University, the municipality

, the LUMC, the

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO; en, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) is an independent research organisation in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. The organisat ...

(TNO), the

Naturalis Biodiversity Center Naturalis Biodiversity Center ( nl, Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis) is a national museum of natural history and a research center on biodiversity in Leiden, Netherlands. It was named the European Museum of the Year 2021. ...

, Chamber of Commerce, the province South Holland, the University of Applied Sciences Leiden, and the ROC Leiden, with the purpose of growth the park in size and quality.

Research and Education

* Alrijne Ziekenhuis Leiden * Biotech Training Facility * Boerhaave Nascholing * Centre of Human Drug Research (CHDR) * Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) * Corpus museum * Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing (DICA) * Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) * Leiden instrumentmakers School (LiS) * Leiden University *

(LUMC) * MBO Rijnland, Laboratory studies *

(TNO) * University of Applied Sciences Leiden (UAS Leiden)

Companies

References

External links

Leiden Bio Science Park
- official website Science parks in the Netherlands Leiden University Economy of Leiden Life sciences industry 1984 establishments in the Netherlands {{Sci-org-stub