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About us

The Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces is a dynamic multi-disciplinary initiative to develop new processes and technologies to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

Proud to be a core partner of the National Biofilms Innovation Centre. We gratefully acknowledge funding from:

https://www.biofilms.ac.uk/research-partners/ https://www.infectioninnovation.com/

The National Biofilm Innovation Centre

The University of Liverpool is one of NBIC’s four lead research institutions and its involvement is through the Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces, which is led by Professor Rasmita Raval. The hub combines interdisciplinary surface and materials science expertise with advanced imaging techniques across the physical and life sciences.

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Director

Professor Rasmita Raval is the Director of the Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Sciences.

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Meet our team

The Open Innovation Hub team is made up of experts with a range of backgrounds in life and physical sciences. Here you can find out more about our researchers and their fields of expertise.

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Partners

We work with companies of all sizes from SMEs to multinationals. We can offer surface, materials and microbiological analysis on a contract basis as well as partnering on grant funded projects.

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About us

The Hub is focused on designing and engineering a new generation of intelligent surfaces and materials that are capable of inhibiting bacterial, viral, and fungal attachment and proliferation.

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News

Find out the latest developments at the Open Innovation Hub for Microbial Sciences. 

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Contact us

We work with companies of all sizes from SMEs to multinationals. We can offer surface, materials and biological analysis on a contract basis as well as partnering on grant funded projects.