Roslin Innovation Centre
The location of the Roslin Innovation Centre, at the heart of the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush Campus, allows for the natural development of business collaborators with laboratory and office space situated close to the science and clinical livestock expertise.
Roslin Innovation Centre provides a thriving ecosystem for innovation and is focussed on supporting entrepreneurship, growth and commercialisation opportunities.
‘Roslin Innovation Centre provides flexible laboratory and office space for companies undertaking strategic, commercial and collaborative research within Animal Bioscience, Aquaculture and Agri-tech (the 3A’s) and One Health sectors.
Roslin Innovation Centre has also the home for the Agri-tech Hub for Data-Driven Innovation (DDI), part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. Roslin Innovation Centre is also a partner of Midlothian Science Zone, and together with other partners ‘in the zone’ we have the largest concentration of 3A activity in Europe.
Open for business’ since August 2017, Roslin Innovation Centre was visited by HRH The Princess Royal in May 2018 to view the new facilities and unveil the distinctive 'Canter' sculpture designed by Andy Scott, creator of The Kelpies, which is outside the main entrance.
Facilities and Services
Roslin Innovation Centre offers flexible occupancy terms in office and laboratory space with accommodation for over 285 laboratory workstations and office space for up to 380 scientists.
Each of the laboratory spaces have been carefully designed so that they can be subdivided into any configuration, whilst still maintaining shared access to the support areas and changing facilities. Like the laboratory space, the office areas can also be subdivided into any configuration, whilst maintaining access to break out areas and meeting rooms.
There is a staffed reception on the ground floor, a variety of meeting rooms and pods and access is available to a Central Support Unit (CSU) - providing a range of laboratory services including autoclave, glass-washing, slide and reagent preparation and a lab consumable service.
Campus Hub
The development of Roslin Innovation Centre was a key component of the overall Master Plan for Easter Bush, produced in 2008, and it forms an integral part of the significant investment being made by the University of Edinburgh on the Campus.
Tenant companies and staff have access to Campus facilities such as catering, cafes, gym and car parking.
Business Support
Roslin Innovation Centre offers facilitated access to:
Bio Imaging/Cell Sorting and Flow Cytometry Facility
Biological Research Facility
The Centre for Comparative Pathology
Edinburgh Genomics
The Wellcome Trust Critical Care Laboratory for Large Animals
There is also access to other scientific facilities on the Campus including:
Bio-Imaging and Flow Cytometry
Edinburgh Genomics
Easter Bush Pathology
National Avian Research Facility (NARF)
Location
Roslin Innovation Centre is in Midlothian, on the south side of the City of Edinburgh and located on the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush Campus, just off the Edinburgh City Bypass. There are excellent local, national and international transport links.
The Campus is in a unique, semi rural location adjacent to the Pentland Hills with its very own microclimate and close to the historic village of Roslin, home to the famous Rosslyn Chapel.
Park Summary
Roslin Innovation Centre opened for business at the end of August 2017 and now has occupancy of over 75%.
Size: 41,000 sq ft /3,809 sq m
Companies: 23
Airport: 11.2 miles/25 minutes
Rail (nearest): 7.5 miles/30 minutes
City Centre: 8 miles/35 minutes
Meet the Tenants
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Please take a look at the services and expertise offered by our tenant companies.
For further information, please contact:
Roslin Innovation Centre
The University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Director of Innovation: Val Hughes-White
T: +44 (0)131 651 9000
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