2026 Partners

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a National Laboratory spanning Science, Innovation and Technology. NPL is ideally positioned to support delivery of the multi-disciplinary potential of Engineering Biology (EngBio) through the development of traceable measurement science tools and solutions, necessary for the successful characterisation and exploitation of biological systems.  

Advances in EngBio enabled solutions will be driven through collaboration built on a foundation of reliable, repeatable and comparable measurement systems which are easily transferred between manufacturers in the same way that metrology is critical in other advanced manufacturing disciplines from aircraft to semiconductors. Today, NPL is supporting UK companies to accelerate innovation and enable scale-up of EngBio driven technologies through the development of physical reference materials, standardised analytical methodologies, internationally recognised standards and the development of best practice guidance documents.  

NPL is also collaborating across the EngBio ecosystem both in the UK and internationally to understand and support the next generation of engineering biology solutions, including the requirements for the application of AI and machine learning, the development of process control and modelling systems, alongside support for standards and regulatory requirements working with our partners across the International Measurement System laboratories to ensure UK leadership and alignment on standards and standardisation to support growth and trade.

At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of customers who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as medicine, agriculture and industrial chemicals, by using our synthetic DNA tools, our customers are developing ways to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet. The faster our customers succeed, the better for all of us, and Twist Bioscience is uniquely positioned to help accelerate their efforts.

Our innovative silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers. Our platform technologies overcome inefficiencies and enable cost-effective, rapid, precise, high-throughput synthesis, sequencing and therapeutics discovery, providing both the quality and quantity of the tools they need to most rapidly realize the opportunity ahead. For more information about our products and services, please visit www.twistbioscience.com.

For more than 35 years, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (IDT) has been empowering genomics laboratories with an oligonucleotide manufacturing process unlike anyone else in the industry, with the most advanced synthesis, modification, purification, and quality control capabilities available. Since its founding in 1987, IDT has progressed from a leading oligo manufacturer to a genomics solutions provider supporting key application areas such as next generation sequencing, CRISPR genome editing, synthetic biology, digital PCR, and RNA interference. Through its GMP* services, IDT manufactures products used by scientists researching many forms of cancer and most inherited and infectious diseases. As the company seeks to fulfil its mission of accelerating the pace of genomics, the important acquisition of Archer™ NGS Research Assays was completed in Dec. 2022. When combined with its existing solutions, the expanded portfolio helps realize the shared vision of enabling researchers to rapidly move from the lab to life-changing advances.

New England Biolabs® (NEB®) is renowned for service excellence and exceptional product quality. NEB manufactures molecular biology reagents and is an industry leader in the supply of restriction enzymes, polymerases, modifying enzymes and sample preparation for next generation sequencing. The NEB offering includes E.coli expression systems, competent cells, reagents for PCR, qPCR, nucleic acid purification, synthetic biology, glycobiology, epigenetics, in vitro transcription (IVT), RNA analysis and DNA ladders.

Additionally, NEB is focused on strengthening alliances that enable our innovations in enzymology to be used in new technologies for today’s biotechnology discovery and development processes, including molecular diagnostics development

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