Bringing making and biology together

Biological experimentation is intertwined with instrumentation and engineering - Biomakespace will provide a space for prototyping and exploring.
Training and skills sharing sessions

Biomakespace will provide training opportunities and experience for many types of people from students to those wanting skills to enter the bioeconomy workforce in Cambridge.
A home with some biological history

The old Laboratory of Molecular Biology building which will house Biomakespace has seen groundbreaking scientific discovery and led at the forefront of technological advances such as nucleic acid sequencing, protein and antibody engineering and the invention of the scanning confocal microscope. [more on Wikipedia]

Image credit: Jynto on Wikimedia Commons, released as Public Domain.
A creative space for prototyping and design

Design thinking and low-tech prototyping (like microfluidics with paper and sellotape!) can enrich experimental creativity.

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Latest News

Meet the Members! Arin Wongprommoon

Alex van der Wateren is interviewing Biomakespace members to showcase who you can find in our communal lab. Today, we meet Arin Wongprommoon!

Meet the Members! Khadija Ouadi

Alex van der Wateren is interviewing Biomakespace members so you can get to know who uses the space. In the fifth entry of the series, we meet Khadija Ouadi!

Meet the Members! Bill Zong Jia

Alex van der Wateren is leading a feature series to find out more about the Biomakespace members! In the fourth entry of the series, we learn more about Bill Zong Jia.