MADISON, Wis., April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced that the company is opening a facility in Novato, Calif, leasing space from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. This opening of a second CDI facility is in response to the company receiving a $ 16 million grant award from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to create and bank human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). CDI is a leading commercial producer of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines and tissue cells for drug discovery, safety, stem cell banking and cellular therapeutics.