Babraham Research Campus
Location Babraham Bioscience Technologies Limited Babraham Research Campus Cambridge CB22 3AT
Contact Details Contact : Derek Jones Tel : 01223 496004 Fax : 01223 496020 Email : info @ babraham . co . uk Website : www . babraham . com
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Introduction Acknowledged as a leading research and innovation campus for the UK , home to both world-class academic research and commercial lifescience companies , the Babraham Research Campus has established itself as a hub of bioscience innovation at the heart of the Cambridge cluster and is now home to over 60 biomedical companies .
Babraham offers an innovative community , a dynamic co-location of academic research from the world-class Babraham Institute , with commercial organisations on the campus developing bioscience therapies and technologies to treat human disease . The Campus ’ role is to support bio-enterprises , both for organisations located at the campus , but also with the wider Cambridge cluster , including our relationship with amongst others , AstraZeneca , Medimmune , Cambridge University , Cambridge Enterprise and One Nucleus .
The campus is home to the internationally-regarded Babraham Institute , which receives strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC ). The Institute ’ s research is focused on generating new knowledge of the biological mechanisms underlying ageing , development and the maintenance of health . The Institute also aims to promote knowledge exchange between academia and industry and to initiate partnerships to translate innovative science into viable ventures .
Babraham Bioscience Technologies ( BBT ) has successfully developed and managed the campus infrastructure over the last 18 years . Core to this are Babraham ’ s tenant buildings ( total offering is 160,000 sq . ft . of lettable area in 2016 planned to be over 200,000 sq . ft . by 2017 ), which offer serviced facilities , on attractive , flexible terms , to support bio-ventures and catalyze the commercial exploitation of biomedical research . Currently over 60 companies occupy these facilities as the Campus continues to expand and is attracting new and growing tenants including regional , national and also European and overseas companies .
Development to the north of the Campus continues with the completion of the Eddeva building in December 2015 which offers follow-on molecular biology laboratory and office space . The construction phase continues with a new R & D facility which will be open early in 2016 , including a building being constructed by Imperial College London on the campus to support companies which Imperial College have an interest , and a new facilities building with additional catering , lecture and meeting space .
Accelerating Innovation Another feature at the Campus is the Technology Development Laboratory ( TDL ), established by BBT to provide access to resources , equipment and space so that early-stage concepts can be developed to commercially-viable opportunities . The TDL ’ s scientific staff offer fee-for-service bespoke , state-of-the-art R & D services and scientific assistance across many fields including molecular biology , protein biochemistry , cell biology , and immunology .
The services of the TDL are available to campus companies , academic scientists and also external biomedical companies .
Many companies don ’ t need full time access to lab facilities but want to access it on an ‘ as needed ’ basis . The superb facilities at Babraham support a wider range of members from different sectors who require such specialist facilities . This includes a secure , fully fitted and managed CAT I and II laboratories containing scientific equipment for
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