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Meet your 2025 winners
and finalists!
Deadline: Friday 19th July 2024
With more than 230 incredible entries, the competition for the Lab Awards 2025 was the toughest we’ve ever seen. The level of innovation on display was nothing short of exceptional.
This year’s winners have set a new benchmark for excellence. Their projects, products, and ideas are driving the industry forward and shaping the future of laboratory science.
A huge congratulations to all our Lab Awards 2025 winners and finalists – your achievements have inspired the entire community.
We’re proud to celebrate you.
Research Project Award
Winner:
AstraZeneca – NGS
Finalists:
- Bia Analytical Ltd – Portable Food Integrity Testing: From Lab Research to Real-World Impact
- 5-HT Chemistry – BrickSDLab
- Hurdle.bio – Hurdle’s Biomarker Discovery Engine
- Bia Analytical Ltd – Rapid identification of soya origin to aid EUDR compliance
Best Sustainable Innovation
Winner:
Eppendorf – Biobased Pipette Tips
Finalists:
- Starlab (UK) Ltd – Closed-loop recycling / TipOne pipette tip system
- Sartorius – Vivaflow® SU
- Trafalgar Scientific – Envetec – Generations
- Lampadina Scientific Ltd – Recycle Lab Recycling Boxes
Best Technology Innovation
Winner:
Sotax – Sotax JetX
Finalists:
- University of Bradford – Liberating Learning using the MaRILU® System to Accommodate Adjustments in the Laboratory Learning Environment
- Thermo Fisher Scientific – Orbitrap™ Excedion™ Pro Mass Spectrometer
- The Total Electronic Control Co Ltd – Multicellular Flow Cytometer for Mosquito Sex Selection
- Absci
- NIPPON Genetics EUROPE GmbH – Gel imaging system – FastGene FAS-X
Commitment to Skills & Training
Winner:
The Science Apprenticeship Forum
Finalists:
- Element Lab SolutionsBritish Glass – Element Lab Solutions & CHROMacademy
- AstraZeneca – Tulip Citizen Developer Training
- Shimadzu
- AstraZeneca – Supplier Partner AI Literacy
Laboratory of the Year
Winner:
AstraZeneca – Mount Vernon Quality Control Laboratory
Finalists:
- Sussex Pathology
- Pioneer Group – Victoria House’s Incubation Labs
- Macclesfield
- Cansford Laboratories Ltd
Lab Technician of the Year
Winner:
Natallia Makava – University of Leeds
Finalists:
- Eve Logan – Bia Analytical Ltd
- Orla Gallagher – Scientific Labratory Supplies
- Radhika – Bia Analytical Ltd
- Eve McCallion – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
- Lauryn Jewkes – SureScreen Scientifics
Outstanding Achievement
Winner:
Andrew King – AstraZeneca
Rising Star
Winner:
Dr. Stephanie Heaney – Bia Analytical
Finalists:
- Dr James Cosby – B&M Longworth
- Dr Shanom Ali – Environmental Research Laboratory – UCL Hospitals NHS Trust
- Dr Andrew manning – Clean Air Ltd
- Maggie Majerczuk – Revvity
Sustainable Best Practice
Winner:
CAMLAB – Nettle Meadow Nature Reserve
Finalists:
- AstraZeneca – LAL
- AstraZeneca – Water Sample Reduction
- University of Oxford – Dunn School Green Group
- University of Exeter – Making Clinical Education and Training Sustainable
- AstraZeneca
- AstraZeneca – AstraZeneca’s Green Labs Program
Supplier Excellence
Winner:
Shimadzu – Because Science Is Personal
Finalists:
- Interactive Software – Interactive Software & Tropic
- Anthias Consulting
- Element Lab Solutions
Best Automation & Data Innovation
Winner:
Bia Analytical – Biametric Portal & Risk Dashboard
Finalists:
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies – Azenta BioArc™ Ultra –80°C Automated Sample Storage System
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies – The Nestor System by Cellaven: Revolutionising Laboratory Automation for Cell Culture
- LabsCubed Inc – Automated Tensile Testing Machines
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies – Azenta IntelliXcap™ 96 Screw Cap Tube Decapper/Recapper
Best Consumables Innovation
Winner:
Merah Medical – Samplar Max Auto
Finalists:
- Lampadina Scientific Ltd – Eco Sharps Bin
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies – The Nestor System by Cellaven: Revolutionising Laboratory Automation for Cell Culture
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies – Clara™ 6-Well 50 mL Cell Culture Plate