Lab Awards finalists announced for 2026

Nearly 70 finalists have been announced for this year’s Lab Awards lineup, with winners to be announced at the first day of the Lab innovations Show, on Wednesday, 4 November.

There are 13 awards on offer, with one – Special Achievement – decided by the expert judging panel without a finalists’ list. The other 12, with finalists are:

Best Automation & Data Innovation

Best Automation & Data Innovation – Danu Insights
Automating Microbial Identification Results – AstraZeneca
One Thread – Lab Thread
LabOS
Tecan Duo Digital Dispenser – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Cerillo Rayo Automated Microplate Reader – Scientific Laboratory Supplies

Best Consumables Innovation

Clara 6-Well 50 mL Cell Culture Plate – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Ready to Use 3D Full-Thickness Human Skin Model – Labskin Limited

Best Sustainable Innovation

Meridian – Ambient temperature stable qPCR Master Mixes – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Merck Bio-Based HPLC Solvents – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Wasteless Bio
Cytiva Bio-based Syringe Filters – Cytiva in partnership with Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Vigilant Lab Solutions – Biomedical Data Solutions

Best Technology Innovation

Contactless acoustic manipulation technology – AcoustoFab
Lab Design Tool – Kaon Interactive
Automating EM agar plate reading – AstraZeneca
The 3D Tissue Analytics Platform – Histomography
Squid Full Volume Pipette (1-1000µL)-/ DeNovix
Orbitr Tribrid Apex Mass Spectrometer – Thermo Fisher Scientific
Full-Thickness Human Skin Model Supporting a Functional Microbiome – Labskin Limited
Purelab Chorus 1 Xe – Veolia
SafeMate Q – Aegis – Tecnilabo

Commitment to Skills & Training

Synergy
Continuous learning with Anthias
Empowering Learning at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Crawford Scientific and CHROMacademy
Dr Farheen Fatima Khan/Imperial College London

Innovator Award

Arnold William – Beavertown Brewery
Dr Hazem Sawaf – 7 HOPES LTD 
Cindy Harricharan – Laboratory Management Assistant & Institute LEAF Coordinator, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Edward Charles Lant – Elemental Resolve Ltd
Asdaq Hussain – Fluid Science

Lab of the Year

AstraZeneca Mexico QC Lab
RASID AI: Transforming Laboratory Science into National Intelligence
Pride Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 
Central Testing Laboratory, Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council
Preventx
Womens Health Labs in London
DeepSeq (UoN), University of Nottingham
Oxford Diagnostic Laboratories
Sussex Pathology

Lab Technician of the Year

Dr Stuart Elliott – Imperial College London
Neil Rigby – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Andy Leung – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Michael Bhatt – Revvity
Lesley Milnes – Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Nehal Tamang – Life Science Group

Best Research Project 

Development and Proteomic Characterisation of a Full-Thickness Atopic Dermatitis Skin Model for Therapeutic Discovery – Labskin Limited and the University of Leicester Proteomics Facility
Bia Analytical REIMS research
Closed-Loop Solution – Envetec Sustainable Technologies & Becton Dickinson
Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council
DMU-212: Advancing Next-Generation Anticancer Research Through Industry–Academic Collaboration – Fluid Science X De Montfort University

Rising Star

Nathan Kindred – Westgate Labs
Abdulla Yousuf Al Marzooqi – Abu Dhabi Quality & Conformity Council
Arum Mann – Nexus Bio Link
Asdaq Hussain – Fluid Science
Ali Abdulla Sultan Almarzooqi – Abu Dhabi Quality and conformity council

Supplier Excellence

Total Clean Air
Operational Excellence at Starlab UK
Anthias
Crawford Scientific
R&L Slaughter

Sustainability Best Practice

Xampla's Energy Reduction in the Labs & Offices
AstraZeneca Brazil Repeat Batch Testing Elimination
Less Waste, Better Care: Optimising HbA1c Testing Protocols at Leeds Teaching Hospitals via Aptio Automation
The Sustainable Lab Quest – University of York
Laboratory Sustainability best practice – GSK
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Jazan Laboratory – Aramco 
Vigilant Lab Solutions – Biomedical Data Solutions

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