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Labs and research facilitiesWhere can I do this experiment?
Physical laboratory space and specialist research environments open to external users.
15 evidenced records across 8 places, read from live records when this page was built.
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Specialisms in this family
- Cleanroom
- Wet lab
- Biological and genomics lab
- Materials characterisation
- Photonics, cryogenic and quantum labs
- Environmental and climatic chambers
15 evidenced records
Where: north east (4) · manchester (3) · oxford (2) · teesside humber (2) · cambridge (1) · liverpool (1) · birmingham (1) · edinburgh (1)
Labs and research facilities
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
Wet lab · Stevenage, East of England
Availability must be confirmed
Capability is recorded. Whether it is free is a conversation with the organisation.
“Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst provides incubator, accelerator and lab hotel space alongside equipped molecular biology and mammalian tissue culture facilities.”
Holds wet lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Recorded way in: Provider explicitly offers space and equipped labs to external early-stage companies.
Evidence: stevenagecatalyst.com · source stage-e-first-party · last checked 2026-08-19
Labs and research facilities
Alderley Park
Wet lab · Macclesfield, North West
Availability must be confirmed
Capability is recorded. Whether it is free is a conversation with the organisation.
“From coworking benches up to 15,000 sq ft floor plates of leased lab space.”
Holds wet lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Recorded way in: Provider publishes bench-level and floorplate-level availability to external companies.
Evidence: bruntwood.co.uk · source stage-e-first-party · last checked 2026-08-19
Labs and research facilities
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Wet lab · Oxford, South East
Planned · expected 2026
Announced but not yet open. It does not count as capability you can use now.
“Harwell offers a wide range of technical buildings and laboratory spaces, capable of accommodating specialist requirements such as CL2 labs.”
Holds wet lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Recorded way in: Provider publishes external availability and lease routes for start-up and scaling companies.
Evidence: harwellcampus.com · source stage-e-first-party · last checked 2026-08-19
Labs and research facilities
The University of Manchester
Materials characterisation · Manchester, North West
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Internationally leading researchers delivering novel materials chemistry spanning biomaterials through to catalysts and bioanalytical spectroscopy.”
Holds materials characterisation capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Centre for Process Innovation
Biological and genomics lab · Teesside & the Humber, North East / Yorkshire and the Humber
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Upstream process development and optimisation Our dedicated mammalian process development capabilities covers a wide range of commonly used cell lines and stem cells, including CHO , HEK 293 , MDCK , MSCs, iPSC etc and we have the ability to carry out adherent, microcarrier and suspension cell culture processes for the production of recombinant proteins, antibodies and exosomes.”
Holds biological and genomics lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: uk-cpi.com · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Newcastle University
Biological and genomics lab · Newcastle & the North East, North East
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Flow Cytometry Multiparametric analysis of cell populations.”
Holds biological and genomics lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: ncl.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Sciontec Developments
Wet lab · Liverpool, North West
Planned · expected 2028
Announced but not yet open. It does not count as capability you can use now.
“HEMISPHERE Opening 2028. This new building will be ready to occupy in 2028.”
Holds wet lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Recorded way in: Building is under development; occupation stated for 2028, so no space is accessible today.
Evidence: sciontec.co.uk · source stage-e-first-party · last checked 2026-08-19
Labs and research facilities
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Photonics, cryogenic and quantum labs · Harwell, Oxfordshire
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Experiment operations Running user experiments requires a diverse team of technical staff, including our Cryogenics, Sample Environment, Support Laboratories, Electrical Support groups and our Target and Instrument Operations teams.”
Holds photonics, cryogenic and quantum labs capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: isis.stfc.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Newcastle University
Materials characterisation · Newcastle & the North East, North East
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Electron Microscopy (biological) Nano-scopic and surface imaging solutions specialising in biological samples.”
Holds materials characterisation capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: ncl.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Materials characterisation · Newcastle & the North East, North East
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Our Materials Laboratory offers the full spectrum of non-electrical type testing, root-cause failure investigations as well as materials characterisation and research.”
Holds materials characterisation capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: ore.catapult.org.uk · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
The University of Manchester
Cleanroom · Manchester, North West
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Home to the largest academic cleanroom facilities in Europe, providing researchers with the capability to work with 150 different types of 2D materials.”
Holds cleanroom capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: manchester.ac.uk · source university-facilities · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Newcastle University
Wet lab · Newcastle & the North East, North East
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Infectious Diseases Specialist facility for containment level 3 pathogen research.”
Holds wet lab capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: ncl.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
University of Birmingham
Materials characterisation · Birmingham & the West Midlands, West Midlands
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“We are an integral part of a dynamic research and innovation ecosystem that is pushing boundaries locally and globally.”
Holds materials characterisation capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: birmingham.ac.uk · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
National Robotarium
Materials characterisation · Edinburgh, Scotland
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
“Building capacity across complementary areas of embedded intelligence and expert systems, we provide a link to other UK and international research.”
Holds materials characterisation capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: thenationalrobotarium.com · source ukri-infrastructure · last checked 2026-08-18
Labs and research facilities
Centre for Process Innovation
Materials characterisation · Teesside & the Humber, North East / Yorkshire and the Humber
Exists
UKIZ records that this capability exists. It holds nothing about who may use it.
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Holds materials characterisation capability, evidenced on the organisation's own site
Evidence: uk-cpi.com · source catapult-network · last checked 2026-08-18
Public profiles show durable capability, not live commercial availability. Where an organisation has privately confirmed capacity, scale or availability, UKIZ may use that to improve matching without publishing the confidential detail.