Darrin Disley

The BioIndustry Association is a UK-based organization that represents the life sciences and biotech industry. The British company's mission is to facilitate and connect the ecosystem to help businesses start, grow, and deliver world-changing innovation. The non-profit company was founded by Cormac G. Kilty and Simon Geoffrey Best, and Steve Bates has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Cell Therapy Ltd. produces regenerative medicines using adult stem cells to treat heart failure. Its product HeartCel, a stem cell therapy that offers improved outcomes for heart failure patients by reducing the size of heart scar, improving heart function, quality of life and reducing mortality. The firm develops therapies based on the adult mesenchymal stromal cells technology platform. The firm’s regenerative therapies will focus on curing the cause of the disease, rather than only treating the symptoms. The company was founded in 2009 by Martin John Evans and Ajan Trevor Reginald and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

GeoSpock Ltd. provides data software products. It offers illumin, extrapol and cogn8 products. The company was founded by Steven Marsh and Darrin Mathew Disley in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Desktop Genetics Ltd. develops software tools to enable literal desktop genetics. It offers technologies at the intersection of biotechnology, software and laboratory automation. The firm specializes in synthetic biology, genome engineering, genome editing, functional genomics, bioinformatics, and screening. The company was founded by Victor Dillard, Riley Doyle and Edward Perello in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Horizon Discovery Group Ltd. is a cell engineering company, which engages in the design and engineering of genetically-modified cells. The firm operates through the following business segments: Products, Services, and Leveraged Research & Development. The Products segment sells cell lines and other products. The Services segment offers cell line manufacturing services. The Leveraged Research & Development segment business unit is operated on a portfolio basis. It serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostic companies. The company was founded by Christopher John Torrance, Adam John Collier, and Alberto Bardelli in July 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Celixir Plc discovers and develops regenerative medicines to treat life threatening and life altering diseases. It offers heartcel-immunomodulatory progenitor imp cells, tendoncel-platelet lysate based therapy, myocardion-progenitor cells of mesodermal lineage. The company was founded by Martin Evans and Ajan Reginald in 2009 and is headquartered in Stratford-upon-Avon, the United Kingdom.

Mogrify Ltd. engages in the development of direct cellular conversion technology. It applies its technology to generate internet protocol and cell types that will power the development and manufacture of new cell therapies in any therapeutic area. The company was founded by Julian Gough, Owen John Llewellyn Rackham, and Jose Polo in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of Roquefort Therapeutics Plc, Oncogeni Ltd. operates as a British biotechnology company. The private company is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. The company was founded in 2019 by Nobel Laureate, Martin John Evans, Trevor Ajan Reginald. Oncogeni was acquired by Roquefort Therapeutics Plc on September 16, 2022 for $4.61 million.