Celebrating our 2024 highlights
As 2024 draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to celebrate an exciting and transformative year at York Biotech Campus (YBC). From welcoming new occupiers and expanding our team to hosting milestone events and investing in the campus, this year has been packed with progress and achievements.
Here are some of the highlights that have shaped YBC in 2024.
Welcoming leading bioscience organisations
This year, we welcomed both Microsaic Systems and Labskin Limited to the campus as they set up new homes here at YBC. Microsaic Systems supplies the industry leading, comprehensive solution for water purity monitoring, protection and control, and took 1,350 sq ft of laboratory space, with Labksin Limited, a leading skin science company, securing 1,800 sq ft across three laboratories.
We’ve also had the pleasure of supporting BioGrad, which provides immersive...
Meet the Occupier: Microsaic Systems
Next in our meet the occupier series is Microsaic Systems, water toxicity experts who supply the industry leading, comprehensive solution for water purity monitoring, protection and control. Microsaic joined the campus in 2024 after it acquired and integrated the assets of Modern...
Campus Community: Chris Potter
The concept of the workplace is constantly evolving. At York Biotech Campus, we’re more than bricks and mortar, more than a series of science blocks and laboratories. We’re a community, working alongside each other, collaborating and supporting each other. We have a bustling community on...
Meet the Occupier: Labskin
We recently welcomed Labskin Limited to our campus! Labskin is a specialist in human skin micro-biology and produces a lab-grown human skin equivalent which mimics the real thing. The lab-grown skin is the same thickness as human skin and is used to test skincare, cosmetics, personal...
Get to Know: Our Head of Campus
You may have seen the recent news about the appointment of our new Head of Campus, Victoria de Kock. Victoria has joined YBC to strengthen our campus management team and support us as we prepare to introduce a new sustainability strategy. We caught up with our new Head of Campus to learn...
Welcoming two new occupiers on campus!
We're excited to announce that Microsaic Systems and Labskin Limited have secured lab space on campus! Microsaic Systems supplies the industry leading, comprehensive solution for water purity monitoring, protection and control, working with water authorities globally to ensure water...
Get to Know: Our Facilities Manager
At York Biotech Campus (YBC), we’re home to lots of leading science organisations and our busy Lakeside Conference Centre. This means, we have a diverse mix of guests and employees arriving daily. It’s therefore incredibly important we keep the campus looking clean, tidy, welcoming, and running...
Meet our new Head of Campus
We have announced the appointment of Victoria de Kock as our Head of Campus as we strengthen our campus management team and prepare to introduce a new sustainability strategy. Victoria brings nearly 20 years’ experience in facilities and estates management to the role. She began her...
Celebrating the best in bioscience this Yorkshire Day
Yorkshire has always been a place that inspires innovation, from the invention of cat’s eyes to the filming of the first ever moving picture, and even the accidental formulation of jelly tots. Today, Yorkshire’s legacy lives on, in large part due to its thriving reputation as a...
Campus Community: Holly Steel
York Biotech Campus (YBC) is a bustling science park nestled in the rural heart of Yorkshire. With over twenty years of scientific heritage, YBC is a proven facility for discovery, innovation and success within the bioscience sector and this is in no small part due to our fantastic...
Accommodating APHA’s Plant Health Annual Technical Meeting
We’re proud of our conferencing facilities at York Biotech Campus (YBC), and over the years we’ve held a variety of events for occupiers and external organisations at our Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC). Earlier this year we hosted the Plant Health Annual Technical Meeting (PHATM) for our...
Get to Know: YBC Facilities Manager
Science parks are complex communities made up of multiple organisations and York Biotech Campus (YBC) is no exception, with a range of bioscience occupiers and over 1,100 employees onsite. We therefore need a top-tier facilities team to keep things running smoothly. The person...
How to care for the NHS: Facilitating healthcare conferences
York Biotech Campus (YBC) is not only home to brilliant bioscience organisations but also to our Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC). Several of our occupiers onsite, including Abingdon Health and the UK Health Security Agency, work in the field of science related to preventing the spread...
Celebrating Women in STEM this International Women’s Day
We're celebrating women in STEM this International Women’s Day (IWD) (8th March). With the theme of ‘Inspire Inclusion’ for this year’s IWD, we're promoting some of the incredible, and successful women, that work onsite at the science park to inspire other women to explore...
Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science
This Sunday (11th February 2024) marks the ninth International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Despite women having made significant global contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) across history to the present day, gender-inequality...
Campus Diaries: Looking to the future of bioscience property
In our latest instalment of Campus Diaries, our Innovation Campus Manager, Liz Cashon reflects on the year just past, the prospects for York Biotech Campus and trends in the property industry which we can expect to see in the year ahead. A year in review Our success in 2023 has...
Abingdon Health announces exciting new partnership with Morrama!
It’s been a major period of growth for Abingdon Health as it has strengthened its capabilities over the past couple of years. First in its pivotal role in the COVID-19 pandemic which saw the rapid scale-up of Abingdon’s capabilities in developing and manufacturing lateral flow tests....
Innovation, conferences and networking: campus update
Home to industry leading bioscience organisations and a thriving conference centre there’s always lots happening at York Biotech Campus. It’s been a busy year, so we’ve rounded up some of our fantastic conferences, events and occupier news so far… York & North Yorkshire...
Business is booming: campus update
It's been a busy year at YBC, from new bioscience organisations joining our campus to long-standing occupiers expanding their space onsite here's what we've been up to... Earlier this year University of York joined tour campus, taking on 2,750 sq ft of space to conduct research that...
Get to Know: Our Receptionist
Science parks are home to world-leading scientific organisations and institutions, as a biotech hub, we have organisations onsite that span the entire sector from agri-tech to healthcare. Nestled in an 80-acre parkland setting, York Biotech Campus (YBC) has plenty of space for our vibrant...
Celebrating bioscience this Yorkshire Day
From wily, windy moors to rolling dales, Yorkshire is known for its stunning scenery, diverse culture, and rich heritage. Our beloved county is known for many things, but adding to its list of accolades, is its reputation as a thriving hub for bioscience. With a variety of global...
Caring for the fostering community: North Yorkshire Council’s Fostering conference returns
In April, we hosted a one-day event for the North Yorkshire Council at our Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC). The Fostering North Yorkshire (FNY) 2023 Conference is an annual conference which invites the North Yorkshire fostering community to catch up, network and, most importantly, for...
Get Active at York Biotech Campus
One of the many perks of being based at a science park is the access to facilities onsite. It can be a challenge finding time to exercise around your schedule, but at York Biotech Campus (YBC), we make it easy to stay active, whether you’re trying to get in shape, boost your mental wellbeing or...
Occupier update: FPCR expands!
It’s been an eventful few years for leading design and environmental practice, FPCR, since they came to York Biotech Campus (YBC) back in 2017. Since we last spoke with them in 2022 the team at York has hired new team members, expanded its services and has been working on some varied...
A hive of innovation: welcoming the ICPPR to campus
Our Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC) was recently selected as the hosting venue for the International Commission for Plant-Pollinator Relationships (ICPPR) Bee Protection Group’s 15th symposium. This international event brought 129 delegates from global organisations across 17...
Get to Know: Our M&E Team Leader
Having diverse occupiers on campus means that we are also home to a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities, from the first fully-flow through field scale mesocosm facility in Europe to one of the largest mass spectrometry suites in the UK. In order to keep everything running...
British Science Week: celebrating success!
We’re home to a range of science organisations that are at the forefront of the industry. From making world-first discoveries in medicine and agri-tech, to launching new products that will help make our world a better place, their achievements are instrumental in helping to improve our...
Top five benefits of being based at a science park
In 1970, the UK’s first science park was opened in Cambridge by university academics and local consultancy firms to better facilitate the sharing of knowledge between industry, academia, and government. Fast forward to today, and these clusters of scientific organisations are now...
Celebrating Women in Science
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th Feb 2023) aims to address the gender gap that throughout the years has persisted in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines of all levels. By profiling the amazing work of women and girls in STEM all...
Creating space for Cargill
We have adapted over 10,000 sq ft of space onsite, including the modification of 3,000 sq ft of laboratory space, in order to welcome an international organisation to the campus. Cargill Bioindustrial, which is part of Cargill, a provider of food, agricultural, financial and industrial...
Forward thinking: Forward Institute’s responsible leadership event triumph
Earlier this year, our Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC) hosted two, two-day events for the Forward Institute, a non-profit organisation dedicated to championing responsible leadership. The event was for participants of its 18-month Fellowship Programme, which brings together...
University of York join our campus!
We're excited to announce that the University of York has joined our campus to conduct research that aims to control mosquito-borne disease. The University of York has taken 2,750 sq ft of space for this research project, which includes two controlled-environment rooms and ancillary...
A Year in Review: 2022, a year to celebrate!
After a couple of what can only be described as uncertain years, it was great to finally return to a sense of normality in 2022. We saw our Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC) once again operate at full capacity, occupier expansions (including a first of its kind lab!) and plenty of...
Campus Diaries: Prospects for property in Yorkshire
Innovation Campus Manager, Liz Cashon takes the wheel again for the next instalment of our Campus Diaries series. Liz discusses the opportunities for the property sector both in Yorkshire and bioscience following the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as her favourite past projects and sources of...
Meet the Occupier: UK Health Security Agency
Next in our meet the occupier series is the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), an official government agency that is responsible for protecting England’s public from a range of health threats, including diseases associated with the consumption of food and water. UKHSA provides food,...
Occupier update: Welcome to Abingdon Simply Test!
Abingdon Health has had a busy couple of years in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, playing a vital role in developing and manufacturing lateral flow tests. They even transformed an under-utilised grain store on campus into a leading rapid test manufacturing and research...
Yorkshire Day: why our region is best for bioscience
Home to stunning natural scenery, vibrant and historic cities and towns, and the birthplace of national treasures such as Marks and Spencer, Yorkshire Tea and Yorkshire puddings – the list can certainly go on as to why – in our opinion - Yorkshire is the best region! And adding to...
Our biggest event in two years!
At the end of March, we welcomed 130 delegates to our conference space, Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC), for The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology’s (SOFHT) Innovation Day, held in partnership with onsite occupier Fera Science. It was our largest event since before the pandemic...
Fera Science to launch £1m Insect Laboratory on campus
Fera Science has invested £1m into creating a UK ‘first of its kind’ insect research laboratory here at York Biotech Campus (YBC). The expansion involves converting a former storage unit on site into a purpose-built insect research unit and will see the business’s presence at...
What are the benefits of co-working space?
The concept of co-working space – which involves different companies working from a shared office space - was largely unknown 10 years ago or so, but it’s a way of working that many businesses, especially the likes of start-ups, SMEs and solo-workers, are beginning to take up more...
International Women’s Day: celebrating women on campus
International Women’s Day (March 8th) is a globally recognised day that celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. To mark the occasion, we’re profiling some of the many accomplished women based at York Biotech Campus (YBC) and finding out about...
Discover our Lakeside Conference Centre
What a lot of people might not know is that York Biotech Campus is home to a brilliant multipurpose event space called Lakeside Conference Centre (LCC). We haven’t been operating at full capacity since the pandemic hit, but we’re pleased to now be planning more events in person and...
Meet the Occupier: FPCR
Last year, we started shining spotlights on our occupiers at York Biotech Campus (YBC). Next to take the stage is our occupier FPCR, a leading design and environmental practice. Since FPCR was established back in 1957, it’s expanded its services to offer everything from environmental...
What’s coming up in 2022
We’re now well into the new year and gearing up for what’s set to be an exciting year for both the campus and the businesses onsite. Here's what's coming up in 2022... We don’t need to point out that the world has changed immensely over the past two years, and we’re making sure...
Occupier update: Labskin expands again!
It’s an exciting time for our occupier Labskin, who earlier this year doubled its lab and office space on campus so that it could expand its current services, as well as offer new ones. And they didn’t stop there. More recently, Labskin has undergone another expansion so it can...
Award nomination for the campus and Abingdon Health!
This year has been a difficult one for many, however we have some exciting news to share! We are very pleased to announce that we have received an award nomination, alongside our occupier Abingdon Health, in Insider Media’s Yorkshire Property Industry Awards. We have an award nomination in the...
Welcoming Oxxie and AgriSound to campus
We’re delighted to announce that two new start-ups have joined the site, Oxxie and AgriSound. AgriSound specialises in ecosystem management and beekeeping technology, whilst Oxxie is a lighting company that designs and produces lighting used in food manufacturing and the...
Meet the Occupier: Labcorp Drug Development
We pride ourselves at York Biotech Campus on being a base for some of the world’s leading bioscience organisations across a variety of fields including agri-tech, biotechnology, environmental, medical, healthcare and diagnostics. One of which is Labcorp Drug Development (formerly known...
Celebrating innovation & collaboration between Labskin and leading universities
One major benefit of being based at a science park like York Biotech Campus is being around like-minded people who work in similar fields. The campus is an environment where there are many opportunities to share best practice and ideas, and ultimately drive forwards innovation and...
Plant & Bean join us on campus!
We’re pleased that Plant & Bean, a major plant-based food producer, has joined us as a new occupier onsite. Plant & Bean Ltd is a developer and manufacturer of high-quality, plant-based food products and has taken on a large space for industry-leading research and development...
Labskin doubles in size here onsite
Labskin UK – a leading skincare testing company – has doubled its office space and lab space facilities here at York Biotech Campus, to launch new services that will further strengthen the region’s reputation as a leading bioscience hub. The new space follows an increase in...
A Year in Review: why 2020 wasn’t all that bad
Despite an uncertain year, we still had lots to celebrate at York Biotech Campus in 2020. From an exciting rebrand, to welcoming new occupiers to the site, we’ve rounded up our top five successes. A fresh new look In June 2020, we revealed our new identity as we rebranded...
Campus Diaries: A new dawn for working in biotech
In the first instalment of our new blog series, Campus Diaries, our Innovation Campus Manager, Liz Cashon, shares how working in biotech has changed since the start of 2020 and her thoughts on the future ways of working for the industry, including why science parks are set to become an...
Meet the Occupier: Labskin
Enabling high quality, animal-free skin research and testing with Europe’s leading 3D skin model Here at York Biotech Campus, we are home to many fantastic bioscience organisations, all working to find solutions to issues that our world faces. One of which is Labskin, who offer...
Introducing York Biotech Campus
We are very excited to announce that we have rebranded to become ‘York Biotech Campus’ (previously the National Agri-Food Innovation Campus – NAFIC). The rebrand represents our evolution from an agri-tech site to all-encompassing biotech and includes a new name, visual marque, and...
Abingdon Health expands onsite following rapid year of growth
Following a successful 2019, Abingdon Health is expanding its presence here onsite at York Biotech Campus, giving them the space and capabilities necessary to continue to drive forward rapid diagnostic testing innovation and create new jobs in the region. Abingdon Health, which...
Labskin doubles in size to attract multi-national companies to the region
Leading skincare testing company Labskin UK has embarked on a large expansion plan here at York Biotech Campus, which will see it launch a dedicated research and training lab, attracting multi-national cosmetic and healthcare companies to the region. The company based onsite creates...
We celebrate our largest event ever!
Lakeside Conference Centre, based here at York Biotech Campus, held its largest event to date, hosting Coeliac UK’s Gluten Free Food Festival. The event welcomed a record-breaking 1,300 people to the site earlier this summer, combining the charity’s AGM, a gluten free food...
Exploring tomorrow’s farming technology: Farmers Weekly’s event success
Lakeside Conference Centre, based here at the York Biotech Campus, was the perfect venue for the Farmers Weekly’s Arable Horizons Spray Innovations event, providing the ideal, parkland setting to demonstrate innovation and new technology in action. The meeting, which welcomed 120...