Promega opens new R&D facility in US to accelerate scientific exploration Promega opens new R&D facility in US to accelerate scientific exploration 07 April 2021 | News New 280,000-square-foot Kornberg Center accelerates scientific exploration and engages sustainability best practices Promega Corporation has announced the opening of Kornberg Center, the biotech company’s newly constructed research and development facility on its Fitchburg, WI campus in the US. The three-story, 280,000-square-foot building, named for Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Arthur Kornberg, will support core product and technology development in life science research, cellular and molecular biology, genetic identity, clinical diagnostic and scientific applications and training.