Browse life science companies in Norwich, including organisations based at Norwich Research Park and the wider regional ecosystem.
Contract research and analytical services for food and health industries
QIB Extra is a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of Quadram Institute Bioscience, providing contract research, analytical services, and consultancy to companies in the food, nutrition, and health sectors. Operating from Norwich Research Park, it gives commercial clients access to the facilities and scientific…
Gene editing platform for disease-resistant, climate-resilient tropical crops
Tropic Biosciences is an agricultural biotechnology company developing gene-edited varieties of tropical crops, including banana, coffee, and rice, with a focus on disease resistance, climate resilience, and yield improvement. Its proprietary platform combines gene editing with RNA interference to redirect a plant's…
AI-guided plant biosynthesis platform for novel therapeutic compounds
HotHouse Therapeutics is a drug discovery platform company that engineers plants as sustainable biofactories for pharmaceutical compound production. Using AI to design and optimise biosynthetic pathways, it produces both natural and new-to-nature molecules via transient and stable plant expression systems capable of…
Omics interpretation and mechanism-of-action analysis for agricultural biotechnology
TraitSeq is an agricultural bioinformatics company analysing transcriptomic and other omics datasets to explain biological responses to crop inputs. Its platform combines statistical analysis with species-specific knowledge graphs, published literature and AI-assisted interpretation to identify molecular pathways,…
Synthetic biology platform for sustainable biological textile dyeing
Colorifix is a UK biotechnology company applying synthetic biology to develop a biological dyeing process for the textile industry. The company engineers microorganisms to produce, deposit and fix pigments directly onto fabric, eliminating the need for toxic chemicals and reducing water and energy consumption compared…
Connecting UK bioinformatics data services, standards and training
ELIXIR-UK is the United Kingdom's national node of ELIXIR, a distributed European infrastructure supporting biological data research. Coordinated from the Earlham Institute, it connects universities and research organisations that develop and maintain bioinformatics tools, datasets, standards and training. The network…
Dual-pathway AAV gene therapies for retinal degeneration
Ikarovec is a biotechnology company developing dual-pathway adeno-associated virus gene therapies for retinal diseases. Its lead candidate combines complementary mechanisms targeting complement activity, inflammation and retinal cell protection in geographic atrophy. Additional programmes target wet and intermediate…
Food and gut health bioscience research on Norwich Research Park
Quadram Institute Bioscience is a BBSRC-funded independent research organisation focused on the interactions between food, gut microbiota, and human health. Operating within the Quadram Institute, a partnership with the University of East Anglia, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, and BBSRC, it conducts…
DNA topoisomerase enzymes and substrates for drug discovery
Inspiralis is a John Innes Centre spinout supplying DNA-modifying enzymes, substrates and assay kits to pharmaceutical and academic researchers. Its product range centres on topoisomerases, enzymes that regulate DNA topology and represent validated targets for antibiotic and anticancer drug development. Alongside its…
International centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology
The John Innes Centre is a research institute conducting fundamental, strategic and applied research in plant science and microbiology. The centre studies plant and microbial genetics, genomics and cell biology, applying techniques including CRISPR gene editing to improve crop resilience and food security. It trains…
UK life sciences research campus and innovation cluster
Norwich Research Park is a leading UK life science research park, home to the Earlham Institute, Quadram Institute, John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory, alongside the University of East Anglia. Norwich Research Park is the only site in the UK to host three BBSRC-funded research institutes, making it a…
Institute researching molecular plant microbe interactions and disease resistance
The Sainsbury Laboratory is a research institute studying molecular plant microbe interactions to improve plant health and reduce crop losses. The Laboratory investigates innate immune recognition in plants and the engineering of novel immune receptors in crops. Its work includes developing genome editing tools to…
Gene-edited crop traits for yield under climate stress
ALORA is an agricultural biotechnology company developing gene-edited crop traits that redirect plant energy from stress defence to yield. Using multiplex gene editing, the company targets regulatory pathways controlling how plants respond to heat, salinity, and drought, aiming to increase productivity across growing…
Microbial bioinsecticides developed through insect behavioural screening
BugBiome is an agricultural biotechnology company developing microbially derived pest control products as alternatives to synthetic pesticides. The company uses high-throughput behavioural screening to identify naturally occurring microbes that deter feeding, inhibit egg-laying or are directly toxic to crop pests. Its…
BBSRC-funded genomics and bioinformatics research institute
The Earlham Institute is a BBSRC-funded life science research institute based at Norwich Research Park, specialising in genomics, bioinformatics, single-cell research and engineering biology. Its research applies computational science and biotechnology to decode living systems across plant science, microbiology,…
Infant gut bacteria-derived therapeutic compounds
Bioscopic is a UK biotech developing therapeutic compounds derived from infant gut bacteria to treat cancer and chronic disease. It holds what it describes as the world's largest collection of infant gut bacterial strains, which it uses as a screening platform to identify biologically active compounds. Its lead…