Bio-Fabrication Space & Research Centre
working to invent the future of Biodesign, Healthcare + Biotechnology.
About
Lifefabs Institute is an interdisciplinary biofabrication lab & community research centre, bringing impactful research to life.
The Lifefabs BSL 1 co-lab space is an open-access collaborative playground, providing creatives, scientists and communities access to research facilities, while facilitating organic exchanges of knowledge and ideas.
We want everyone to be able to contribute to the field of scientific discovery and provide researchers access to state-of-the art facilities. Establishing alternative production models we support and provide a hub for researchers to invent, build and scale-up their projects across biodesign, healthcare, nature, science education and biotechnology.
Our mission is to provide an accessible research hub for all to bring high impact bioscience research to life.
Find out more about Who We Are and Our Story behind Lifefabs
Lifefabs Institute also hosts MIT Media Lab Lab’s Synthetic Biology Course.
HTGAA (How to Grow Almost Anything)
Lifefabs Institute is comprised of interdisciplinary research groups, themes and projects,
working collaboratively to
transform new ideas.
Our Institute is made up of a network of researchers, academics and residents from a wide range of disciplines, levels and backgrounds. By having our local-resident researchers work alongside academics our projects gain better understanding of their contexts, local contraints and translations, which helps build a community of ideas that solve real issue and become useful in their contexts.
To achieve our mission of supporting impactful research developed by all, we house four research clusters and working groups.
Click on the links below to learn more about our research groups.
Evolving future living materials that
can grow sense and adapt.
printing technologies.
Transforming Textiles to be
programmable & sustainable.
Designing and exploring life in
zero-gravity conditions.
Join us in the co-fabrication studio - and start a project!
Studio members receive access to Lifefabs facility, equipment and basic training from
our team. While wider community members can book a walk-in to come and develop a project or their biofabrication skills.
Discover our reasearch-grade equipment and facilities here.
Feel free to reach out if you have a research idea - or if you’d like to bring your expertise to an existing community research project. Open community research projects are designed to enable interdisciplinary collaboration, mutual learning and skill sharing between members. We are specificially interested in supporting projects oriented towards healthcare, biodesign, society + technology.
Applications for membership are reviewed on a rolling basis - after receiving your responses, one of our team will reach out to schedule a meeting and lab walk through.
Apply Here
Inclusive Innovation
Do you want to partner up?
Lifefabs Institute’s research groups collaborate and work with
industry partners on projects that are high impact and mutally beneficial.
Read more here.
Workshops & Events
At Lifefabs Institute our mission is to foster a safe and inclusive community where all people can learn, create and meaningfully fabricate with the life sciences. As Biodesign becomes the next innovation frontier, our goal is to ensure that all persons can explore and participate in this emerging field.
We believe that it is our responsibility to ensure the broadest community possible has access to the creative arts and STEAM opportunities - and run a range of creative and engaging events across schools, community centres and festivals in and around London.
Find out more about our workshops and events for schools and familes here.
Check out our Eventbrite to book onto our next event.
Learn more about some of our past workshops and events here.
Visit Us
Lifefabs Institute provides access to advanced lab equipment, digital fabrication tools and knowledge to wider communities, biocreatives and local residents.
As a community-based Institute you can visit us during our open-access hours.
Open Access Visiting Hours:
Thursday 10:00 am - 13:00 pm
Friday 14:00 am - 18:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 14:00 pm
Drop-in to say hello by booking here.
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