3Rs Centre Utrecht

Utrecht University

The mission of the 3Rs Centre Utrecht (3RCU) is to reduce the use of laboratory animals in research and education. To do so, we follow the three Rs of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (in Dutch: 3Vs of Vervanging, Vermindering en Verfijning), with a primary focus on Replacement.

ARCADIA

Utrecht Science Park

ARCADIA, part of UMC Utrecht's Central Diagnostic Laboratory, bridges life science research and routine diagnostics. It offers an ISO9001 environment and advanced technologies to assist researchers in biomarker discovery and validation, delivering comprehensive analytical services in a leading academic hospital in the Netherlands.

Cellular Screening Technologies

Utrecht Science Park

The UMC Utrecht Cellular Screening Technologies platform helps translate pre-clinical cellular disease models into reliable clinical tools. It offers expert consultancy and advanced solutions for standardizing, automating, and scaling up general high-throughput cellular screening.

Find your Sustainability facilities

Explore facilities contributing to more sustainable life sciences research and healthcare innovation. These services support circularity, greener lab practices, sustainable materials, environmental impact reduction and responsible resource use.

Exposome-Scan

Utrecht University

A joint Leiden–Utrecht University infrastructure using high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS, GC-MS) to simultaneously measure thousands of chemicals — pesticides, pollutants, metabolites, pharmaceuticals — in blood, urine, and hair. It enables agnostic, hypothesis-free exposure profiling in large population cohorts, linking complex chemical mixtures to health outcomes and pharmaco-exposomics applications.

High throughput Screening Facility

Utrecht Science Park

The high-throughput screening facility is a large, advanced robotic system. Our goal is to enable laboratory automation of large-scale experiments, with a focus on drug screening. The research purpose is: Automation of laboratory experiments.

Ombion Centre for Animal-free Biomedical Translation

Utrecht Science Park

Ombion Centre for Animal-Free Biomedical Translation is a centre for valorisation and dissemination of animal-free innovations and expertise. We aim to improve and accelerate the translation of new biomedical innovations to patients and users, at lower costs, and without the use of animals. We offer a professional network, courses, and labs for automation, demonstration and education.

Find your ATMP development and production facilities

Discover facilities supporting the development, testing and production of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), including cell-based, gene-based and tissue-engineered therapies. These services help researchers translate innovative treatments from early-stage development towards clinical application.

Princess Máxima Imaging Center

Utrecht Science Park

The Princess Máxima Imaging Center offers an advanced imaging infrastructure, expert training, and dedicated experimental support. Our mission is to drive research forward by providing cutting-edge imaging technologies and equipment, enabling researchers to capture the dynamic spatial organization of biological processes using state-of-the-art imaging capabilities.

Single Cell Discoveries

Utrecht Science Park

We are the only transcriptomics service provider built to deliver high-quality data quickly and reliably. We are scientist-led and technology-agnostic. Our team identifies the right workflow for your research and runs single-cell, bulk, spatial RNA sequencing or bespoke projects from RNA sample to bioinformatic analysis. You receive your results within two to four weeks.

Single domain antibody services – QVQ

Utrecht Science Park

QVQ is a CRO offering services and reagents around single-domain antibodies (sdAbs, also called VHHs, or nanobodies), including discovery, computational design, production and labeling.

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Discover facilities supporting the development, testing and translation of medical technologies. These capabilities help researchers and innovators move from concept to prototype, validation and clinical application.

UMAB (Utrecht Monoclonal Antibody facility)

Utrecht Science Park

The Utrecht Monoclonal Antibody Facility (UMAB) is the antibody facility of UMC Utrecht, specializing in the generation of high-quality monoclonal antibodies targeting surface proteins using a unique cell-based immunization method. In addition UMAB is specialized in sequencing antibody variable regions, as well as the production and purification of newly generated monoclonal antibodies.

UMC Utrecht Core Flow Facility

Utrecht Science Park

The Core Flow Facility provides and maintains flow cytometry equipment for over 150 annual users within the UMC Utrecht and external organizations.

Utrecht Platform for Organoid Technology

Utrecht Science Park

Utrecht Platform for Organoid Technology (UPORT) is a central facility within the UMC Utrecht that supports the generation of ‘living biobanks’ of healthy and diseased human tissues. Such biobanks are typically generated using organoid and induced pluripotent stem cell culturing technologies. UPORT provides a logistical infrastructure for rapid and standardized acquisition of human tissues, based on approved protocols for patient inclusion.

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Find facilities supporting research into tissue repair, replacement and regeneration. These capabilities include stem cell technologies, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biofabrication and translational development.

3Rs Centre Utrecht

Utrecht University

The mission of the 3Rs Centre Utrecht (3RCU) is to reduce the use of laboratory animals in research and education. To do so, we follow the three Rs of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (in Dutch: 3Vs of Vervanging, Vermindering en Verfijning), with a primary focus on Replacement.

ARCADIA

Utrecht Science Park

ARCADIA, part of UMC Utrecht's Central Diagnostic Laboratory, bridges life science research and routine diagnostics. It offers an ISO9001 environment and advanced technologies to assist researchers in biomarker discovery and validation, delivering comprehensive analytical services in a leading academic hospital in the Netherlands.

Cellular Screening Technologies

Utrecht Science Park

The UMC Utrecht Cellular Screening Technologies platform helps translate pre-clinical cellular disease models into reliable clinical tools. It offers expert consultancy and advanced solutions for standardizing, automating, and scaling up general high-throughput cellular screening.

Find your Biomarkers facilities

Discover facilities focused on identifying, validating and applying biomarkers for health and disease. These services support early detection, patient stratification, treatment monitoring and translational research.

Exposome-Scan

Utrecht University

A joint Leiden–Utrecht University infrastructure using high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS, GC-MS) to simultaneously measure thousands of chemicals — pesticides, pollutants, metabolites, pharmaceuticals — in blood, urine, and hair. It enables agnostic, hypothesis-free exposure profiling in large population cohorts, linking complex chemical mixtures to health outcomes and pharmaco-exposomics applications.

High throughput Screening Facility

Utrecht Science Park

The high-throughput screening facility is a large, advanced robotic system. Our goal is to enable laboratory automation of large-scale experiments, with a focus on drug screening. The research purpose is: Automation of laboratory experiments.

Ombion Centre for Animal-free Biomedical Translation

Utrecht Science Park

Ombion Centre for Animal-Free Biomedical Translation is a centre for valorisation and dissemination of animal-free innovations and expertise. We aim to improve and accelerate the translation of new biomedical innovations to patients and users, at lower costs, and without the use of animals. We offer a professional network, courses, and labs for automation, demonstration and education.

Find your Antibodies facilities

Find facilities specialized in antibody development, production, validation and application. These capabilities support biomedical research, diagnostics, targeted therapies and functional studies.

Princess Máxima Imaging Center

Utrecht Science Park

The Princess Máxima Imaging Center offers an advanced imaging infrastructure, expert training, and dedicated experimental support. Our mission is to drive research forward by providing cutting-edge imaging technologies and equipment, enabling researchers to capture the dynamic spatial organization of biological processes using state-of-the-art imaging capabilities.

Single Cell Discoveries

Utrecht Science Park

We are the only transcriptomics service provider built to deliver high-quality data quickly and reliably. We are scientist-led and technology-agnostic. Our team identifies the right workflow for your research and runs single-cell, bulk, spatial RNA sequencing or bespoke projects from RNA sample to bioinformatic analysis. You receive your results within two to four weeks.

Single domain antibody services – QVQ

Utrecht Science Park

QVQ is a CRO offering services and reagents around single-domain antibodies (sdAbs, also called VHHs, or nanobodies), including discovery, computational design, production and labeling.

Find your ATMP development and production facilities

Discover facilities supporting the development, testing and production of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), including cell-based, gene-based and tissue-engineered therapies. These services help researchers translate innovative treatments from early-stage development towards clinical application.

UMAB (Utrecht Monoclonal Antibody facility)

Utrecht Science Park

The Utrecht Monoclonal Antibody Facility (UMAB) is the antibody facility of UMC Utrecht, specializing in the generation of high-quality monoclonal antibodies targeting surface proteins using a unique cell-based immunization method. In addition UMAB is specialized in sequencing antibody variable regions, as well as the production and purification of newly generated monoclonal antibodies.

UMC Utrecht Core Flow Facility

Utrecht Science Park

The Core Flow Facility provides and maintains flow cytometry equipment for over 150 annual users within the UMC Utrecht and external organizations.

Utrecht Platform for Organoid Technology

Utrecht Science Park

Utrecht Platform for Organoid Technology (UPORT) is a central facility within the UMC Utrecht that supports the generation of ‘living biobanks’ of healthy and diseased human tissues. Such biobanks are typically generated using organoid and induced pluripotent stem cell culturing technologies. UPORT provides a logistical infrastructure for rapid and standardized acquisition of human tissues, based on approved protocols for patient inclusion.

Find your Structural Biology & Chemistry facilities

Discover facilities that reveal the structure, function and interactions of molecules and biomolecular complexes. These technologies support drug discovery, protein research, molecular mechanisms and chemical biology.