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    A space with flexibility to scale

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    Science Creates OMX | St Philips Rd, Bristol, BS2 0JZ

    OMX offers the much-needed lab space in Bristol that scaling Deep Tech companies often struggle to find — and it does so within the supportive, well-connected ecosystem built by Science Creates.

    Join our community of scientific entrepreneurs developing technologies that include groundbreaking cancer treatments, enhanced battery technologies and seaweed-based biomaterials.

    Details

    Located in the heart of Bristol and connected to our Old Market incubator, OMX is designed with the specialised services and features that Deep Tech R&D demands, plus the flexibility that growing ventures need.

    With 30,000 sq ft of lab, office and meeting space, OMX offers a range of modular options depending on the size of your company — so you can upsize or downsize according to your company's requirements.

    Membership includes access to our platform of support, providing opportunities to attend workshops and events, connect with other founders, and find a mentor.

    Labs

    • 370 - 3,000+ sq ft
    • 2.6 - 3m ceiling heights
    • Designed for Containment Level 2 activities
    • Community-owned equipment available to all members
    • Large or basic office-lab suites depending on lab space needs
    • On-site liquid nitrogen

    Offices

    • Furnished offices
    • Private offices for up to 12 desks
    • Hot-desking space available
    • High-speed internet (6Gig fibre connection)
    • Natural light
    • Air conditioning
    • Modern design

    Extras

    • On-site parking
    • Bicycle storage
    • Showers & drying room
    • Easy access to Bristol-Bath cycle path and Temple Meads train station
    • Access to event space & bar at Science Creates Old Market
    • Meeting rooms with AV for video conferencing
    • Large breakout spaces
    • Grassy outdoor amenity area
    • Free tea & bean-to-cup coffee
    • Fridge stocked with fresh lunches

    Support

    • Advice from our network of experts and partners
    • Access to key business events and workshops
    • Access to a vibrant community of Deep Tech startups
    • Founder meetups to learn from other entrepreneurs
    • Discounted rates from suppliers

    Flexible lab space for scaling science companies

    Find your new home at Science Creates

    Discover the lab space that's available to rent in our newest Bristol incubator and discuss your scaling startup needs with our team today.

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    Lab amenities

    • Designed for Containment Level 2 activities
    • On-site liquid nitrogen
    • External dewar storage
    • Gas cylinder storage
    • Ice machine
    • Hazardous waste disposal
    • 5 air changes per hour
    • Recycling schemes
    • 1 tonne capacity goods lift

    Services

    • Maintenance & lab support
    • GM biosafety committee
    • Peer support groups
    • Partner and supplier discounts
    • Hazardous waste disposal
    • Waste & recycling disposal
    • Shared stores
    • Mail & printing
    • Dedicated VLAN

    Building amenities

    • Reception
    • On-site parking
    • Secure bicycle storage
    • Showers & drying room
    • Easy access to Bristol-Bath cycle path and Temple Meads train station
    • Access to event space & bar at Science Creates Old Market
    • Meeting rooms with AV for video conferencing
    • Large breakout spaces
    • Grassy outdoor amenity area
    • Free tea & bean-to-cup coffee
    • Fridge stocked with fresh lunches

    Key locations

    Travel between locations is measured in walking distance

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      OMX & Old Market Incubators

      St Philips Rd & Midland Rd

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      Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station

      0.5 miles / 11 min

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      St Philips Incubator

      0.7 miles / 15 min

    Who's in our incubators

    Meet the startups changing the future ofhealthcare and sustainability

    Who’s here

    Meet the startups changing the future ofhealthcare and sustainability

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    Carbometrics

    Carbometrics is striving to improve diabetes patient care by enhancing technology for continuous glucose monitoring. The team aims to pave the way for a new class of highly-accurate sensors with its groundbreaking synthetic molecule that is both chemically stable and able to bind to glucose in the blood. This follows on from the work of exited startup Ziylo Ltd, which was Science Creates’ very first resident and acquired by Novo Nordisk in 2018.

    Epinal

    Epinal is revolutionising the detection and prevention of narcotic-impaired behaviour for safer roads, flights and workplaces. Utilising AI and novel biotechnology that mimics natural sensory mechanisms, it’s developing a handheld breathalyser that generates rapid results with extreme sensitivity and selectivity.

    Zentraxa

    Zentraxa is precision engineering biomaterials, pushing the boundaries of biopolymer synthesis to develop sustainable, performance-enhancing ingredients for everyday products. Its proprietary technological platform (Zentide) overcomes the biodesign limits of existing, conventional peptide synthesis by designing, producing and testing complex, novel peptides with one universal process. Zentraxa creates bespoke solutions for a range of industries by combining key features from different naturally-occurring proteins, such as stiffness, adhesion or thermal stability.

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    EnsiliTech

    EnsiliTech is improving the shelf-life and global accessibility of vaccines and other biological therapeutics by combatting cold chain transport and storage issues. Its novel ensilication technology, designed for both existing and new biopharmaceutical formulations, encases thermally unstable biomolecules within silica nanoshells to prevent environmental degradation. This eliminates the need for cold chain requirements that are expensive, prone to failure and generate significant carbon dioxide emissions.

    NuNano

    NuNano is advancing the field of atomic force microscopy with high-precision probes for nanometer-scale imaging. Its proprietary microfabrication processes produce reliable, high-quality probes with market-leading dimensional tolerances. It also provides dedicated support to its customers, from probe selection to storage, for a seamless user experience.

    Argonaute RNA

    Argonaute RNA is developing safe, reliable and targeted methods of temporarily silencing genes in different tissue cells. It does this via the proprietary modification of small interfering RNA (siRNA), using a novel stabilisation method to overcome previous obstacles to developing siRNA drugs for healthcare.

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    GenomeKey

    GenomeKey is transforming how healthcare clinicians diagnose and treat infections like sepsis to improve patient outcomes. Using cutting-edge machine learning and DNA sequencing, the company is developing a next-generation diagnostic device to identify bacterial genomes and determine their antimicrobial susceptibility directly from patient blood in just a few hours, rather than days. This enables clinicians to prescribe the right antibiotics for patients with much more efficiency and accuracy, reducing costs, minimising unnecessary antibiotic use and ultimately saving millions of lives from the world’s leading cause of death.

    Hone Bio

    Hone Bio is revolutionising drug delivery using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) and exploring their potential across multiple therapeutics, including cell and gene therapies, vaccines and autoimmune diseases. Its NanoPilot platform technology engineers LNPs to target specific cell types with extreme precision to optimise drug effectiveness by minimising off-target effects that tend to accumulate in the liver. This unlocks new possibilities for using LNPs to safely treat diseases in other parts of the body that require maximum target specificity in their drug delivery.

    STL

    STL is leveraging its deep sector expertise as a venture builder to unlock the true value of innovation. Working alongside a network of investors and service providers, its strategic commercialisation process helps its customers build IP-led businesses that are viable and sustainable. It does this by applying streamlined entrepreneurial capabilities, in-house engineering and end-to-end due diligence for ventures bringing new technologies to life from basic concept to prototype demonstration, enhancing their growth and scalability.

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