Precision Biosciences Innovation Hub

Research areas

Find out how we can help your organisation make informed decisions on some of today's most pressing global challenges.

Our data can help your organisation make informed decisions on some of the world’s most challenging issues.

Reasons to work with us include:

  • direct access to specialists, bringing cost reductions and bespoke solutions 
  • reduced time in bringing different parties together and recruiting the right researchers and companies to a project
  • accurate translation of research into implementation

Learn more about our main research areas and further benefits of working with us:

Bioscience for healthy ageing

We aim to improve the understanding of ageing within different environments and contexts, from birth to death, bringing new insights towards the discovery of diagnostics, therapeutic targets, and innovative medical technologies that tackle the causes of disease.

Benefits of working with us on healthy ageing include:

  • access to innovative technologies that revolutionise the way we approach age-related health issues
  • with our in-depth expertise in cell reprogramming, you can model disease progression, get insights into the mechanisms of age-related disease, and develop targeted interventions and regeneration strategies
  • accelerate compound identification through efficient tissue models for drug screening and discovery

Sustainable agriculture and food security

We use our research to address the future needs of the food and farming industry, improving crops and the soil they grow in, promoting nutrition and healthy eating, and addressing food safety to ensure sustainability.

Benefits of working with us on sustainable agriculture and food security include:

  • access to cutting-edge technology, which leads to better understanding of eco-systems in terms of their microbial communities, pests, pathogens, soil health and productivity
  • reductions in research and development costs

Anti-microbial resistance

Combating one of the top 10 global health threats facing humanity, our development of novel diagnostics leads to rapid identification of anti-microbial resistance organisms and the development of alternative strategies for reducing resistance in humans, plants and soils.

Benefits of working with us on anti-microbial resistance include:

  • efficiencies in accelerating implementation, improved production techniques or accessing regulatory expertise
  • novel approaches to the surveillance and control of anti-microbial resistance and pathogens within the environment
  • innovative precision approaches for engineering microbial communities for improved nutrient recovery or improving wastewater processing
  • holistic approaches to surveillance, intervention and impact
  • improved production with the use of phages in biotechnology and medicine

Pharmaceutical and precision medicine

Personalised medicine – the right drug for the right patient at the right time – relies on large scale data. Our approach stratifies patient populations, improves diagnosis and defines therapeutics.

Benefits of working with us on pharmaceutical and precision medicine include:

  • improved therapeutic interventions and patient satisfaction
  • understanding and control of complex polymicrobial and biofilm infections, and their associated antimicrobial resistance
  • reductions in research and development costs
  • support for patient interventions using predictive models