Rosalind Franklin Institute opens with goal of connecting life and physical sciences

An image showing the new Rosalind Franklin institute

Source: © Sean Dillow/Rosalind Franklin Institute

New £43 million building at Harwell campus will be hub for work on the fundamental mechanisms going on in biology

Researchers from the Rosalind Franklin Institute hit the headlines last month when they announced that a unique type of antibody produced by llamas could provide a new treatment against Covid-19 as a simple nasal spray. The institute, which focuses on tackling the most pressing health challenges, now has a new £43 million home within the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at the Harwell campus near Oxford.