Our vision is for the Babraham Research Campus to be one of the best places in the world for discovery bioscience research and innovation and a leading sustainable ecosystem to start, nurture, scale and grow bioscience business, capturing new opportunities.
Our mission is to deliver a growing and vibrant Campus. A Campus that enables world leading bioscience research and business to come together in a unique combination, with a focus that accelerates scientific discovery and helps to build and scale businesses. Delivering a highly connected, sustainable and dynamic ecosystem, that creates new discoveries, therapeutics, jobs and growth to support the UK economy.
Our vision is for the Babraham Research Campus to be one of the best places in the world for discovery bioscience research and innovation and a leading sustainable ecosystem to start, nurture, scale and grow bioscience business, capturing new opportunities.
Our mission is to deliver a growing and vibrant Campus. A Campus that enables world leading bioscience research and business to come together in a unique combination, with a focus that accelerates scientific discovery and helps to build and scale businesses. Delivering a highly connected, sustainable and dynamic ecosystem, that creates new discoveries, therapeutics, jobs and growth to support the UK economy.
“At Babraham Research Campus, we are committed to driving innovation, fostering growth, and creating a lasting impact within the life sciences sector. Our Campus provides a dynamic environment where cutting-edge academic and commercial research plus entrepreneurial spirit come together to advance discoveries that improve health outcomes, benefit society, and contribute to economic development in the UK.”
Derek Jones, CEO, Babraham Research Campus
This latest Impact Report showcases the transformative work across our Campus. From groundbreaking academic research and thriving start-ups to our community-driven approach, we are cultivating an ecosystem where world-class science and innovation can flourish.
The Campus plays a significant role in boosting the UK economy - through infrastructure development, accelerating scientific discovery, creating jobs, and enhancing the global competitiveness of UK life sciences. Our ability to attract international corporations for R&D collaborations further strengthens our economic contributions.
We are committed to developing adaptable spaces, led by our experts in lab/office building design, to support all stages of life science venture – from our flexible, co-working bench space - LiveLabs - to nurture and accelerate an idea - to fully fitted, high-tech lab and office space for scale-ups. The Campus provides over 350,000 sq ft of state-of-the-art facilities to meet the demands of life science start-ups and more established businesses which are developing technologies or products of relevance to human healthcare and the pharmaceutical sector.
We have multi-occupancy buildings, ideal for start-ups, which are designed to support the early stage needs of new life-science ventures by providing easy-access laboratory and office space – suitable for both chemistry and molecular biology - in units from approximately 600 sq ft on short-term flexible leases.
We have R&D buildings on Campus ranging from 8,000 sq ft to 50,000 sq ft, consisting of bespoke R&D laboratory and office space, which can be tailored to suit both chemistry and molecular biology set ups, while also providing the key collaborative spaces and facilities required for companies wishing to provide their growing workforces with the high quality experience they need to thrive.
Babraham Research Campus is a growing and vibrant destination that enables world leading bioscience research and business to come together. Seize the opportunity to join this leading, sustainable ecosystem community and benefit from our exceptional campus infrastructure and wider network. Start, nurture, scale and grow your bioscience business with us. To view the latest property availability on site click below...
Looking for hot-benching space for a few key experiments or to accommodate a growing team? LiveLabs provides fully serviced and equipped labs, ideal for molecular biology and cell culture work and write-up space on short-term memberships (as little as 3 months initial term). What's more you'll get all the support you need to help supercharge your discovery.
We provide a dynamic environment, with the Babraham Institute at its core, where discovery research and business come together with a shared scientific focus that accelerates innovation and strengthens links between academia and the commercial world.
The Babraham Institute undertakes world-class life sciences research to generate new knowledge of biological mechanisms underpinning ageing, development and the maintenance of health. This research focuses on cellular signalling, immunology and epigenetic regulation and their impact at different stages of life. By determining how the body reacts to dietary and environmental stimuli and manages microbial and viral interactions, the Babraham Institute aim to improve wellbeing and support healthier ageing.
The current success of the Campus is underpinned by a shared focus in the science and innovation themes undertaken by the companies and academic researchers on site. The Campus research community is delivering research and innovation with a focus on key questions in biology that resonate with the Campus’ commercial community, with global investors, and society more widely.
We provide a wide range of scientific and operational services including equipment and facilities hire, technology help and scientific expertise on a pay as you go basis, as and when required by our Campus companies to help them grow and further develop their science in the most efficient and cost-effective way.
The Babraham Institute maintains nine cutting-edge science facilities that are accessible to Campus companies – from Flow Cytometry and Gene Targeting to Mass Spectrometry and NGS Sequencing. Access to these facilities includes expert advice, support with experimental design, data analysis and trouble-shooting.
From maintenance and meeting rooms to IT and security, there is also a comprehensive range of services, provided by our expert Campus team to help Campus companies run smoothly, creating an environment within which they can flourish.
Flow Cytometry through the Babraham Institute offers high quality, world class instrumentation to help meet your research goals. Within the facility there are self-use analysers and cell sorters that are run as a service.
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Babraham Institute offers a team of experienced bioinformaticians and statisticians all with a biological background. They provide advice and assistance on using computational methods to extract biological information.
The NGS facility is equipped with an Illumina NextSeq, MiSeq and a HiSeq. Having a selection of sequencers allows researchers to select the read length and sequencing depth best suited for their projects.
The Cambridge building, at the heart of the Campus, was specifically designed to enable collaboration and facilitate connection. The restaurant and café seat over 200 people, and offers a high-quality full breakfast and lunch service through our catering partner BaxterStorey; and is an ideal space to meet, grab a coffee, or a bite to eat and share ideas. The first floor of the Cambridge Building holds our two state-of-the-art meeting rooms and The Petersfield Lecture Theatre, which can hold just over 200 people. Many internal lectures and external events are held here throughout the year, from investor conferences and networking functions to lunch and learn seminars.
Explore holding a meeting or event in the Cambridge Building
The Campus is recognised as an exciting and vibrant place to carry out world leading discovery research and start and grow bioscience companies. Exceptionally talented people are attracted to work in the organisations that comprise the Campus community and network. The Campus’ Accelerate@Babraham bioincubator programme and our involvement with Start Codon also help to support talent in the transition from research into business and encourage innovation. Furthermore, the dynamic and highly connected ecosystem on the Campus creates a low risk environment in which people can share knowledge and skills, develop, and take risks. This contributes to an enterprising, inclusive, and collaborative Campus culture that supports people and their development.
Olivia has enjoyed a varied career in life sciences spanning the past 20 years. She qualified as a medical doctor before switching into life sciences with GSK. From there, she spent ten years at McKinsey in various roles working with big pharma companies on many different topics - from drug and target discovery through to clinical operations and commercial activities. Then, as a partner at Quantum Black she focused on analytics and advanced analytics in pharmaceuticals, before moving into venture capital - spending a couple of years with SV Health Investors helping investors analyse deals and build companies. Olivia is really motivated by the scientific capabilities and tools that we have today combined with the data and analytics. She is excited by being part of the next generation of drug discovery with Alchemab and being at the cutting edge of the next innovation for patients that is going to be transformative.
Working at the interface between the technical and commercial worlds, with people looking to realise a common goal and build something special, is what drives Jolyon. He believes in the ability of scientific and technical research to bring about significant impact and change, and greatly enjoys seeing that through to fruition.
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The experienced Executive Team at the Babraham Research Campus are at the heart of the Babraham Ecosystem. They ensure that the ongoing development and management of the Campus provides the appropriate space, connectivity and opportunities for the Babraham Institute, commercial Campus companies and, research-led technology platforms and services to co-locate successfully.
The combined expertise and skill of the team enables the Babraham Research Campus to offer a unique combination of capability across research, science-led facilities, and business support (including entrepreneurship and attracting high quality investment). These capabilities enable world leading discovery bioscience research, generate new knowledge and concepts, support translation and company creation and help to accelerate company growth and scale-up.
The Board of Babraham Research Campus includes representation from our shareholders, BBSRC and the Babraham Institute, as well as leading life science entrepreneurs and international pharmaceutical organisations based within the Cambridge cluster.
Our dedicated Babraham Research Campus teams support every aspect of life on Campus, from the management of the grounds themselves to maintenance of all the buildings on the Campus. In addition, the Security Team manage our 24-hour security provision and act as the first point of contact for all visitors and our Helpdesk staff are available to offer occupiers support and advice when required.