About Lifefabs Institute

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Lifefabs Institute was founded in June 2024 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, we provide researchers an opportunity to further their projects in an interdisciplinary lab. While making sure researchers’ learning can be shared across local communities and schools to empower the next generation of scientists, engineers and makers.



Our MissionCommunities can lead cutting-edge innovation research, leveraging their unique contextual knowledge to produce impactful and inclusive life-science projects.


Lifefabs Institute is uniquely positioned as an Inclusive Innovation Institute. We are committed to activating impactful research projects that directly engage local communities, offering accessible science education, and equipping both novices and experienced researchers with the skills to work safely and effectively at the bench.



Our approach ensures that collaboration brings together academic expertise, industry know-how, and the lived experience of community members. Instead of competing directly with universities in traditional inquiry-led research, Lifefabs focuses on the dynamic design and application of new biological systems, practical innovations, and opportunities for entrepreneurial growth. Education remains at our core: we empower the public to not just observe but participate, from structured courses for novices to the support of independent investigations for passionate members.

Lifefabs Institute also hosts MIT Media Lab Lab’s Synthetic Biology Course.
HTGAA (How to Grow Almost Anything)  

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Our Purpose & Vision

Provide a hub for researchers to invent, build and translate projects into impactful real-world applications.


Support and build a global networked community of residents and researchers that contribute to life science research.

What we’re working towards

Our Strategic Plan



Lifefabs Institute’s 2025-2027 Strategic Plan enables and advances Inclusive & Impactful life science research through 3 main objectives:


1.
Impactful Innovation
Support impactful bioscience research discovery across all levels of researcher focused on global and local challenges relevant to residents.

2.
Inclusive Innovation
Integrate local knowledge and support local-led project development.

3.
Collaborative Learning Foster sustainable cutting-edge solutions through 
industry-project collaborations.

At Lifefabs Institute, we contribute to building more resilient, distributed bio-manufacturing networks. Moreover, our inclusive innovation supports the cultivation of new talent and leadership in biodesign, driving innovation that is ethically grounded, contextually and culturally relevant and commercially viable.

Everyday, our team, operational management, and researchers live out Lifefabs purpose. 

Read our Strategic Plan 2025-2027 ->

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Since 2024, Lifefabs Institute has existed to democratise biodesign and biofabrication by providing an open-access, collaborative space where creatives, scientists, and communities can invent, learn, and translate cutting-edge biological research into real-world solutions that advance health, sustainability, and social impact.

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