LiveLabs - Babraham Research Campus

LiveLabs is a dedicated shared laboratory facility designed for early-stage life science companies to hit the ground running. Located here, at the heart of Babraham Research Campus - one of Europe’s most dynamic bioscience ecosystems - it offers a unique blend of flexibility, infrastructure and community to support the growth of high-potential start-ups.

Now located in a larger, enhanced facility LiveLabs is set to support even more companies on their growth journey. Lab space is available now.

Virtual tour

Get a sneak peak of LiveLabs in this virtual tour. Whether you’re generating early data, validating a concept, or preparing to scale, LiveLabs gives you the space and support to get there faster.

Want to find out more? Contact us to arrange a visit, meet the team and tour the facilities to experience everything LiveLabs at Babraham Research Campus has to offer.

What’s included?

Fully equipped laboratories:

Molecular biology & cell culture ready.
Class II safety cabinets, CO2 incubators, real-time PCR, plate readers, fluorescence microscope and more.
Cold storage, autoclave, purified water, glasswasher, dry ice.

Serviced lab support:

PPE & laundry.
H&S, waste management, training.
Equipment maintenance.

Office & meeting space:

Shared desk space.
Wi-Fi, breakout area, AV-equipped rooms.

Flexible memberships:

Start from as little as three months.
Scale up as your needs evolve.

Download the LiveLabs brochure here.

Book a tour to view LiveLabs in action.

Accessing the LiveLabs Difference

Access to the LiveLabs Community

Work alongside your peer group - share, learn and networkwith other co-founders and CEO's who are both 'doing it now' and 'been there, done it before'.

Access to experienced Lab Managers

Invaluable support when you need it most – our two dedicated Lab Managers will help you get the most out of the lab and all its equipment.

Access to tailored events and mentoring

Attend and participate in workshops, talks and mentoring activities, specifically devised to help you gain knowledge and confidence across all aspects of growing a successful life sciences company.

Access to state-of-the-art facilities...

at the Babraham Institute including flow cytometry, genomics and imaging.

Access to established Babraham Research Campus Member Networks

Be part of the wider conversation - for example, CEO roundtables, LiveLabs working group, Entrepreneurship network, Campus mentorship programme and more…

Access to Campus specific funding

Another advantage of locating on a Campus part-owned and funded by UKRI-BBSRC – access to grants that could help secure, amongst other things, reduced lab rental rates or collaborative research.

Access to Impact

Being located on Campus accelerates company fund-raising by an average of at least 6 months + by 20% more*

*Babraham Research Campus: The Value Creators. Impact Report, 2023/4

Membership

Short-term memberships for maximum flexibility.
Three-month initial membership with one month’s notice.
Rolling one-month membership after initial three-month period.
Membership provides access to one bench and one write-up desk for up to two people in our Cat 1 or Cat 2 labs (tissue culture, molecular biology and microbiology).
User training in communal facilities.
Services and access to equipment included.
Full and part-time lab access options available.

Download LiveLabs brochure

Meet Ruth Campbell, our Lab Operations Manager

Ruth Campbell joined Campus back in August 2022 as Lab Operations Manager, read the interview below to learn about her inspiring career and role on Campus.

Read the interview

Meet Rachel Williams, our Deputy LiveLabs Manager

Having first experienced life on Campus working at Mission Therapeutics, Rachel enjoyed the Campus environment and ethos so much she decided to pursue further opportunities here. We’re delighted to welcome her as our new Deputy LiveLabs Manager. Find out more about her career to date and what she’s looking forward to most in her new role.

Read the interview

Our Partners

Access to a range of shared equipment, including kit generously provided by our partners:

Nikon

Promega

Zeiss

Sartorius

Our Affiliate Members

As part of LiveLabs we offer our companies the opportunity to participate in one-to-one ‘Growth Office Hours’ (twice per year) with our affiliate members. This gives them access to free expert advice, on business-critical challenges, from three carefully selected professional service providers from legal, IP and regulatory sectors – support that would otherwise come at a considerable cost:

Find out more

Start-ups…
Are you a start-up looking to locate within one of the best life science ecosystems in Europe? To find out more about LiveLabs membership and how it could accelerate your research, get in touch below.

Partners and Investors…
If you would like to discuss a start-up venture you think would benefit from LiveLabs membership, or want to partner with us to offer LiveLabs space to individuals/companies you invest in, please contact us.

To Sponsors…
Do you have a new technology that could benefit from input from Campus companies? Are you interested in supporting start-ups get off the ground? Would you like to become part of the LiveLabs community? If you would like to discuss sponsorship options, including placing shared equipment in LiveLabs, please contact:

Louise Jopling, Chief Scientific & Innovation Officer
Telephone: +44 (0)7795 287 015