Providing metrology to support the bioeconomy

Our work is supporting the competitiveness of the UK Life science and healthcare industry though:

• development of the measurement capabilities and standards that support the adoption of advanced manufacturing processes  
• providing measurements (biological, chemical and physical) which deliver insights into characterisation, formulation and quality of manufacturing bio-based materials
• application of the cellular-level metrology infrastructure required for standardisation and interoperability of biological parts and processes
• delivering industry standard QA/QC measurements and reference data to enable manufacturers to have control over all the design, test and manufacturing

• provision of QA/QC standards, reference materials and higher order methodologies and good practice guides to support industry
• development of a metrology materials ‘toolbox’  for standardisation and validation of synthetic/engineering biology approaches to manufacture
• the use of quality experimental data to feed into digital twins for predictive modelling

These programmes are underpinned by our work as the UK’s National metrology institute and the realisation and maintenance of SI units along with primary and secondary standards.

If you have a research collaboration where our expertise can help, please contact the team and discuss your project.