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Ingenza

Ingenza is a life sciences company based in Midlothian, incorporated in Scotland in 2002 (SC237393).

What they do

“Ingenza is a biotechnology company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of diverse high-value industrial and therapeutic protein products. We exploit synergies between synthetic and evolutionary biology, providing next generation microbial and mammalian manufacturing platforms.”

In its own words, on ingenza.com

In plain speak

They design, develop and make high-value proteins for industry and medicine using synthetic and evolutionary biology.

In the news

Ingenza partners with Ab Biotechnology

Midlothian Science Zone · 16 Apr 2026

Ingenza celebrates 20 years of innovation

Midlothian Science Zone · 20 Apr 2023

Grants

Awarded a £134k Innovate UK grant for "SMARTY: Sustainable Methacrylate Advanced Research Technology for Yeast"

1 Sep 2025 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £99.9k Innovate UK grant for "codABLE: Data-driven optimised protein production using Pichia pastoris"

1 Apr 2024 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £134k Innovate UK grant for "Topical bacteriocin therapy with epidermicin NI01 for dermatological infections (TOBRADERM)"

1 Jan 2024 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £511k Innovate UK grant for "BIOS: The bio-intelligent DBTL cycle, a key enabler catalysing the industrial transformation towards sustainable biomanufacturing"

1 Oct 2022 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £455k Innovate UK grant for "Unleashing Putida: Biobased Methacrylates for a Sustainable Future"

1 Mar 2021 · Innovate UK

Partner in an Innovate UK-funded project, "Investigating the mechanistic pathways of augmented volatile organic compounds related to the oesophagogastric cancer microbiome"

1 Oct 2020 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £173k Innovate UK grant for "High-performance yeast for sustainable liquid fuel"

1 Oct 2020 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £59.8k Innovate UK grant for "HydroGreen Biofuel: Reducing the carbon footprint of highly efficient bioethanol production"

1 Oct 2020 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £34.3k Innovate UK grant for "A novel bio-manufacturing platform to accelerate and to increase industrial use of cold-active enzymes"

1 Jun 2020 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £72.4k Innovate UK grant for "Recombinant yeast production of COVID-19 antigen to support clinical testing"

1 May 2020 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £109k Innovate UK grant for "Enzyme-enhanced safe placement of paediatric nasogastric feeding tubes"

1 Jul 2019 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £350k Innovate UK grant for "A novel biomanufacturing platform to accelerate and to increase industrial use of cold-active enzymes"

1 Apr 2018 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £380k Innovate UK grant for "Sweet Perspex"

1 Jan 2018 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £104k Innovate UK grant for "Viable biotechnological production of industrial methacrylate polymers"

1 Jul 2016 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £148k Innovate UK grant for "HydroBioChem: An innovative industrial biotechnology-drive route to commodity chemicals exploiting affordable but otherwise stranded hydrocarbon feedstocks."

1 Apr 2016 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £196k Innovate UK grant for "Enhanced interpretation of metabolomics data to accelerate microbial engineering."

1 Mar 2016 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £25k Innovate UK grant for "Point-of-care testing for nasogastric tube placement verification in neonates and children"

1 Mar 2016 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £397k Innovate UK grant for "i-Bacillus: Adapting Bacillus licheniformis for 21st century IB applications"

1 Jan 2016 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £485k Innovate UK grant for "Enhanced productivity and functionality of Modified Ribosomally Produced Peptides (M-RIPPs)"

1 Aug 2015 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £200k Innovate UK grant for "Efficient production of first in class antimicrobial therapeutics from an integrated synthetic biology approach."

1 May 2015 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £314k Innovate UK grant for "A novel enzymatic means to confirm correct and safe nasogastric tube placement"

1 May 2015 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £226k Innovate UK grant for "A naturally inspired industrial biotechnology route to the manufacture of a novel biopolymer with unique properties"

1 Apr 2015 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £258k Innovate UK grant for "ERANET IB IPCRES"

1 Dec 2014 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £122k Innovate UK grant for "P2P: Pentoses to products: a new tool for synthetic biology"

1 Oct 2014 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £139k Innovate UK grant for "Adaptable Synthetic Promoters to Optimise Industrial Competitiveness of Engineered Yeast"

1 Jun 2014 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £135k Innovate UK grant for "ERAIB CELLULECT"

1 Nov 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £183k Innovate UK grant for "Enhanced discovery and scalable synthesis of therapeutic cyclic peptides"

1 Oct 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £231k Innovate UK grant for "Predictive optimisation of biocatalyst production for high-value chemical manufacturing"

1 Sep 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £182k Innovate UK grant for "Genome-scale metabolic modelling to optimise high value biomanufacturing"

1 Aug 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £179k Innovate UK grant for "Ligniflex: A synthetic biology platform to optimise the process and products of enzymatic lignin disruption"

1 Aug 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £104k Innovate UK grant for "Feasibility study for a new industrial biotech bioprocess for the manufacture of a novel biopolymer with unique properties"

1 May 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £172k Innovate UK grant for "Production of Pharmaceutical Intermediates using fermentation of genetically engineered microorganisms"

1 Jan 2013 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £145k Innovate UK grant for "Integron and omics based acceleratation of industrial strain development"

1 Nov 2012 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £212k Innovate UK grant for "Accelerated development of industrial microbes using GSA"

1 Sep 2012 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £219k Innovate UK grant for "Novel engineered microbial strains for platform chemical manufacture"

1 May 2012 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £45.4k Innovate UK grant for "High Pressure Production of High Value Products from Biotransformations"

1 Mar 2012 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £268k Innovate UK grant for "Adapted yeast for superior carbon conversion"

1 Aug 2011 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £128k Innovate UK grant for "Mining new enzymes in the rumen for biomass processing and chiral synthesis"

1 Aug 2011 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £69.3k Innovate UK grant for "Novel engineered fungal strains for platform chemical manufacture"

1 Aug 2011 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £24.3k Innovate UK grant for "Accelerated development of industrial microbes using GSA"

1 May 2011 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £145k Innovate UK grant for "Development of ultra-low cost novel biocatalyst manufactruing process using yeast"

1 Apr 2010 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £125k Innovate UK grant for "Engineering of enzymes and chemistry for improved transaminase processes"

1 Apr 2010 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £187k Innovate UK grant for "Biocatalysis and Chemical Engineering for Manufacturing Intensification and Sustainabiliy(BIOCHEMIST)"

1 Sep 2009 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £64k Innovate UK grant for "A small-footprint reactor for biosynthesis and separation of industrial chemicals."

1 Mar 2007 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £109k Innovate UK grant for "SeaScreen: Expanding a Bioprocess Repertoire by Smart Marine Microbe Screening foNovel Oxidases."

1 Mar 2007 · Innovate UK

Awarded a £170k Innovate UK grant for "Improved industrial bioprocesses to prepare chiral beta-amino acids"

1 Dec 2005 · Innovate UK

People in the news

Nick Challoner · CEO

Led Ingenza's expansion

Ingenza · 26 Oct

Latest from Ingenza

Ingenza Welcomes Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

26 Oct 2026, from ingenza.com, posted by the company

Scaling Our Capabilities

22 Oct 2026, from ingenza.com, posted by the company

Festival of Biologics

8 Oct 2026, from ingenza.com, posted by the company

ClearXpress — Ingenza’s ARM-Free Strain Development Platform

4 Aug 2026, from ingenza.com, posted by the company

Timeline

  1. 26 Oct 2026from the companyIngenza Welcomes Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
  2. 22 Oct 2026from the companyScaling Our Capabilities
  3. 8 Oct 2026from the companyFestival of Biologics
  4. 8 Sep 2026from the companyIngenza Launches UNVAIL: an AI-Powered Platform Unlocking Next-Generation Proteins
  5. 1 Sep 2026newsFirst Minister John Swinney visits Ingenza to highlight Scotland’s economic growth
  6. 4 Aug 2026from the companyClearXpress — Ingenza’s ARM-Free Strain Development Platform
  7. 16 Apr 2026newsIngenza partners with Ab Biotechnology
  8. 22 Oct 2025directorNicholas Ian Challenor appointed Director
  9. 3 Jul 2025newsNick Challoner appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Ingenza
  10. 2 Dec 2024newsIngenza partners with HydRegen to advance sustainable biomanufacturing
  11. 19 Feb 2024directorSteven Paul Jones appointed Director
  12. 1 Nov 2022directorIan Dermot, Doctor Shott appointed Director

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