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UKIZ Funding & Regulation

UKIZ managed account · 1 Sep 2026

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The Wolfson Foundation invests £1.6m in innovative plant growth systems

The John Innes Centre (JIC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) are delighted to announce a £1.6 million investment from the Wolfson Foundation, supporting a next-generation glasshouse, insectary, and horticultural research facility

Source: John Innes Centre

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UKIZ Engineering Biology Campus

UKIZ managed account · 1 Sep 2026

Engineering Biology & BiomanufacturingAnnouncementUKIZ sourced

Manchester partners in new centre for mitochondrial genome therapeutics

Scientists at The University of Manchester will contribute specialist expertise in enzyme engineering and therapeutic oligonucleotides to a new £50 million research centre aiming to improve understanding and treatment of mitochondrial diseases.

Source: University of Manchester news

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Engineering Biology & Biomanufacturing

Biology, but with a build spec.

Make Britain a place where engineered biology is manufactured, not only invented

The answer

Make Britain a place where engineered biology is manufactured, not only invented.

  • Biology is becoming a manufacturing technology with cross-sector reach.
  • Britain has research leadership but limited biomanufacturing capacity.
  • Without scale-up capability, British companies scale abroad.

Why BritainStrong synthetic and engineering biology research base.Existing industrial biotechnology and fermentation know-how.Adjacent chemicals and process industry sites with usable infrastructure.

Three biomanufacturing specialists reviewing samples beside pilot-scale processing equipment.
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The Engineering Biology & Biomanufacturing campus

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Illustrative aerial view of the UKIZ Engineering Biology and Biomanufacturing digital campus, showing glasshouses, biology laboratories and pilot-scale fermentation and biomanufacturing halls.Illustrative UKIZ campus. Not a proposed site.

What Britain already has

Research base

  • Earlham Institute
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Manchester

Infrastructure recorded

  • Fermentation and scale-up capacity
  • Pilot plants
  • Bioprocess and downstream processing
  • Biofoundries

What Britain is genuinely good at

  • Earlham Institute and the Norwich Research Park
  • Cambridge engineering biology research
  • Industrial biotechnology capability in the North West and Teesside

What we’re less certain about

  • Scarce pilot and commercial fermentation capacity
  • Capital intensity of first-of-a-kind plant
  • Regulatory routes for novel bio-based products

These are open questions UKIZ holds against this campus, not weaknesses we have proven.

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What UKIZ holds on UK engineering biology and biomanufacturing

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Engineering Biology & Biomanufacturing in Britain, as it stands today.

Engineering biology reaches into medicine, materials, food, chemicals and energy. The constraint is rarely the science. It is fermentation, scale-up and manufacturing capacity.

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