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10 Lessons in 10 Years: The power of resilience and the necessity of planning

As we continue our 10th-anniversary article series, we’re excited to share a piece from our Head of Lab Development, Stewart McCulloch, on the most important...

10 Lessons in 10 Years: Quality isn't a task - it's a mindset

The next member of our Senior Management Team to share the key lessons she has learned over the past decade is our Quality Manager, Marianna Mikus. As a...

10 Lessons in 10 Years: Trust the data, not your gut

As we continue our series on the key lessons we've learned over the past decade, our Director of Informatics, Jim Stalker, shares what he considers the most...

10 Lessons in 10 Years: Embracing Flexibility and Team Collaboration

As we celebrate a decade of UK Biocentre, we reflect on the invaluable lessons we've learned along the way. Join our Senior Management Team as they share their...

UK Biocentre Partners With Azenta Life Sciences

At UK Biocentre, we are proud to announce an exciting development that reinforces our commitment to supporting cutting-edge biomedical research. In...

A Greener Future: Our Energy Efficiency and Waste Reduction Strategies

With over 25 million samples currently stored at UK Biocentre, maintaining our freezer operations requires significant energy resources. Across our two sites...

Meet the Machines - Liquid Handling

Liquid handling is fundamental to sample processing. All of the sample processing in our labs, regardless of sample type revolves around a process of liquid...

Preventing disasters in cold storage

What if your freezer system fails? What if your lab space loses electricity? What if your freezer room floods? In the current climate of uncertainty, disasters...

Meet the Machines - Sample Storage

Manual freezers have traditionally been the norm for sample storage in the past. While they are still a usable option for storing samples, we recognise the...

My experience at The Festival of Genomics 2024

I recently had the privilege of attending the Festival of Genomics 2024, and here is everything that I have to say about FoG2024. As the Head of Scientific...

Importance of Data Quality in the Age of AI/ML

When I signed up for the Multi-Omics workshop at the Festival of Genomics, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. As the Head of Scientific Development at UK...

Our Future Health and the Path to Personalised Medicine

Our Future Health is a groundbreaking and ambitious research programme. It aims to revolutionise the way to prevent, detect and treat diseases, paving the way...

From Laboratory Asset to Maintenance Liability

The -80.C freezer is such a ubiquitous and familiar item of equipment in most life science laboratories we often forget it is there. It’s an important, and...

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