Company Directory

Biodiversity-derived protein data and AI models for biological design

Basecamp Research is a London-based biotech company that collects biological samples from extreme environments across more than 26 countries, building a proprietary metagenomic database of over ten billion novel protein sequences from more than one million previously unrecorded species. This dataset trains large AI foundation models for designing novel proteins and genetic medicines. The company partners with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and industrial organisations under ethically-sourced biodiversity agreements.

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 expertise of the Quadram Institute on a fee-for-service basis. Services include applied microbiology, food safety testing, bioactive analysis, gut health research, and sequencing. Clients range from SMEs to large multinationals.

Clinical skin microbiome testing and multi-omic ingredient analysis platform

Sequential Skin is a biotechnology company providing non-invasive clinical microbiome testing and multi-omic analysis services to the personal care and pharmaceutical industries. Using patch-based sampling and next-generation sequencing, the company quantifies how ingredients and formulations affect the skin microbiome and host biomarkers. Its proprietary dataset of over 50,000 samples and 4,000 ingredients underpins an AI-powered discovery engine for identifying and optimising next-generation bioactive compounds.

Contract microbial whole genome sequencing and metagenomics service

MicrobesNG Ltd is a UK-based contract sequencing service provider specialising in microbial whole genome and metagenome sequencing. The company processes bacterial, fungal, and viral samples using Illumina short-read and Oxford Nanopore long-read platforms, with DNA extraction and bioinformatics analysis included as standard. Services are accessible to academic, public sector, and commercial customers across more than 40 countries.

Metagenomic diagnostics for disease prevention in aquaculture

Esox Biologics is a biotechnology company providing metagenomic sequencing services to the aquaculture industry. The company resolves the total microbiome of water and tissue samples from fish and shrimp farms, enabling detection of known and novel pathogens from a single sample. Esox also develops prebiotic feed additives designed to modulate aquatic microbiomes and inhibit pathogen growth, targeting a detect-predict-prevent model of fish health management.

Next-generation sequencing and genomic analysis services

Novogene (UK) is a genomic services provider operating as the European hub of Novogene Corporation, one of the world's largest sequencing organisations. Based at Cambridge Science Park, the company offers a comprehensive range of next-generation sequencing services including whole genome, exome, RNA, single-cell, amplicon and metagenomic sequencing, supported by in-house bioinformatics analysis. Platforms include Illumina, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore technologies. Novogene serves academic research institutions, pharmaceutical companies and agricultural enterprises globally.

AI-powered gut microbiome analysis for personalised clinical nutrition

Enbiosis is a biotechnology company combining whole-genome gut microbiome sequencing with artificial intelligence to generate personalised nutrition, dietary, and supplement recommendations for patients with gastrointestinal disorders. Its B2B platform is used by healthcare professionals including gastroenterologists and dietitians to guide microbiome-targeted interventions, with a primary focus on irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation. The company also develops AI-designed nutraceutical formulations for supplement manufacturers. Clinical outcomes are supported by publications in peer-reviewed gastroenterology journals.

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 fundamental and translational research across food safety, the gut microbiome, infectious disease, and healthy ageing. The institute also operates a clinical research facility and hosts one of Europe's largest gastrointestinal endoscopy centres.

Precision medicine platform matching cancer patients to optimal therapies

Pathway Bio is a precision oncology company developing a functional platform to predict treatment response in individual cancer patients. The platform combines multiomic tumour profiling, AI-driven modelling, and ex vivo microcancer technology to screen therapies against a biological avatar of the patient's own tumour within six to ten days, before treatment begins. Validation data covering 400 patients has been developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic.

Multi-omic sequencing and genomics services

Source Genomics is a contract genomics laboratory providing multi-omic sequencing and analytical services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic clients. Services span Sanger sequencing, next-generation sequencing, Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, optical genome mapping, Olink proteomics, epigenomics, and bioinformatics. The laboratory supports early-stage research, translational research, clinical trials, and clinical diagnostics, offering biomarker validation and assay development alongside standard sequencing workflows.

Bioinformatics CRO delivering omics data analysis and interpretation

Fios Genomics is an Edinburgh-based bioinformatics contract research organisation providing data analysis and interpretation services across genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic clients globally, the company specialises in translating complex omics datasets into actionable biological insights for drug discovery, development, and applied research. With over 1,500 completed projects and 300-plus clients, Fios Genomics has strategic partnerships with Charles River Laboratories and Concept Life Sciences.

Web-based bioinformatics platform for microbial genomics and bioprocessing

MORF-Bio is a company developing a web-based software platform that makes microbial bioinformatics and bioprocess data analysis accessible to researchers and industry without specialist coding skills. Its tools cover microbial genome assembly and comparison, metabolic modelling, fermentation data visualisation and digital twins for bioprocess optimisation. Spun out of the University of York in 2025, the company closed a pre-seed round led by Deeptech Seed Fund and has paying customers across both academic and industrial biotech.