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Why “It Worked in the Lab” Is the Biggest Lie in R&D
6th February, 2026
Impact Report
Impact Report
94% of participants are looking forward to the Scale-up Conference
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Workshop Interviews
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Updates
Travel: Due to construction, London-based attendants might prefer to take the OxfordTube to avoid Rail Replacement Busses.
Attendants: The workshop is at capacity and we will invite from a waitlist as seats become available.
Scaling up represents a crucial, yet often neglected, aspect of scientific innovation. Many researchers discover the limitations of “It worked in the lab” only years after leaving academia. Embedding scale-up considerations into early-stage research can greatly enhance the societal (sustainability, world health, etc.) and industrial impact of academic discoveries.
Scaling up represents a crucial, yet often neglected, aspect of scientific innovation. Many researchers discover the limitations of “It worked in the lab” only years after leaving academia. Embedding scale-up considerations into early-stage research can greatly enhance the societal (sustainability, world health, etc.) and industrial impact of academic discoveries.
This workshop will explore the scientific, technical, and economic challenges of translating laboratory-scale discoveries in chemistry, biology, materials science, pharmaceuticals, and energy systems into viable industrial-scale processes.
This workshop will explore the scientific, technical, and economic challenges of translating laboratory-scale discoveries in chemistry, biology, materials science, pharmaceuticals, and energy systems into viable industrial-scale processes.
Invited Speakers
Invited Speakers
Morten Bormann Nielsen
Morten Bormann Nielsen
Chemistry, PhD with a passion for DOE after transitioning from academia to industry seven years ago.
Avi Goldfarb
Avi Goldfarb
Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, and Professor of Marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Jordan Penn
Jordan Penn
PhD AI and Machine Learning, Experimentation algorithms at Novo Nordisk and Merck KGaA
Sonja Billerbeck
Sonja Billerbeck
Co-director of Sustainable Centre for AI-Leveraged Efficiency in Industrial Biotechnology (SCALE-IB) at Imperical College London
Jaspar Schuurmans
Jaspar Schuurmans
PhD UvA with Prof. Timothy Noël on luminescent solar concentrator photoreactors
Samuel East
Samuel East
Media Development, Cell Ag, DOE, Miniaturisarion, Automation & High-throughput Experimentation
Case Studies (TBC)
Case Studies (TBC)
Scale-down for Scale-up in cellular agriculture
Flow-chemistry for scale-up challenges
Haber-Bosch Process
Biomaterials for Plastics-free Food Packaging
PhD Opportunities
PhD Opportunities
Sustainable Centre for AI-Leveraged Efficiency in Industrial Biotechnology (SCALE-IB)
Sustainable Centre for AI-Leveraged Efficiency in Industrial Biotechnology (SCALE-IB)
Deadline: 30th January
Apply here.
Learn more via this Webinar recording.
Organisers
Organisers
Alfred Wingfield
Alfred Wingfield
DPhil Engineering Biology, University of Oxford
Jakob Zeitler
Jakob Zeitler
Pioneer Fellow,
University of Oxford
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