Bowie State University is a public historically black university in Prince George's County, Maryland, north of Bowie. It is part of the University System of Maryland. Founded in 1865, Bowie State is Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. Bowie State is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Bowie State University. BioLabShare, LLC is a for profit bioincubator that specializes developing innovative co-living/co-working bioresearch bioincubators with affordable wet lab spaces supporting biotech/life science/health tech firms and entrepreneurs while diversifying opportunities within the aforementioned industries.