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These objects form one of the world’s only systematic collections of biotechnology, preserving the technologies and outputs associated with uses of living organisms, including fermentation and the production of penicillin, DNA sequencing and bioengineering involving animals.

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Hen-feathered male Sebright bantam

Biotechnology

1914-1924

Plaster-cast of Breasts, 2009

Biotechnology

2009

Cock-feathered male Sebright Bantam

Biotechnology

1914-1924

Home cloning kit, United States, 1993

Biotechnology

1993

Seven white ceramic fermentation vessel from apparatus used in experimental work with penicillin

Biotechnology

1939-1949

DNA Gel Electrophoresis kit, Europe, 1993

Biotechnology

1993

Penicillin fermentation vessel, England, 1940-1945

Biotechnology

1940-1945

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

Biotechnology

1943

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Replica apparatus for the extraction and purification of penicillin

Biotechnology

1986

Two freeze-dried Genetically Engineered Mice

Biotechnology

1988

Vessel for growing mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1940-1944

Tracy, a transgenic sheep

Biotechnology

1990-1997

Wool jumper, knitted from 'Dolly': the first cloned cell animal

Biotechnology

1998

Samples of alpha-1-antitrypsin, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998

Biotechnology

1998

Bioengineered obese mouse, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1998

Biotechnology

1998

Penicillin powder in bottle

Biotechnology

1942

Wooden chest for transporting penicillin during WWII

Biotechnology

1942-1945

Penicillin surface fermentation vessel in glass

Biotechnology

1955-1975

Tube of 'Penicillin Snuff', Liverpool, England, 1942-1943

Biotechnology

1942-1943
Prototype of the Attomarker device, a multi-biomarker blood analysis tool based on nanophotonic array technology using a single pin-prick of blood, marketed as the world’s first pocket laboratory with cloud based monitoring via a smartphone app, consisting of single-use test cartridge, dummy iPhone and sticker display screen, developed by Attomarker Ltd with parts made by thinXXS, Scienion and assembled by Esterline, 2019

Attomarker, a point of care diagnostic test

Biotechnology

2019

Blood sample card, United States, 1991-2000

Biotechnology

1991-2000

Glass ampoule of penicillin powder, United States, 1942-1943

Biotechnology

1942-1943

Genetically modified freeze dried pig heart, United Kingdom, 1999

Biotechnology

1999

Cardboard box for 'Driset' dried penicillin salt, United States, 1945-1984

Biotechnology

1945-1984

Dewar used to preserve body parts after death

Biotechnology

1976-1999

Hydra-96 Microdispenser, United States, 1993-1995

Biotechnology

1993-1995

SnP Dr prototype

Biotechnology

2005-2010

Bottle of beer made from genetically modified yeast, England, 1995

Biotechnology

1995
Prototype of the beta lactamase detector of the NG DetecTool, a diagnostic tool used to detect Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase, enzymes that confer resistance to most beta-lactam antibiotics, developed by Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) in collaboration with Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Barcelona Institute for Global health, IESE Business School, NG Biotech, Semmelweiss University (Hungary), and the University of Barcelona, manufactured by NG Biotech, France, 2019

NG DetecTool, a rapid diagnostic test

Biotechnology

2019

Cardboard carton, for Penicillin sodium salt vial and instruction leaflet

Biotechnology

1944

Penicillin powder, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1942

Pruteen sample

Biotechnology

1979-1985

Paternity DNA testing kit, Utah, United States, 2000

Biotechnology

2000

Pharmaceutical fermenter used in the development of semisynthetic penicillins

Biotechnology

1957

Model, one of two

Biotechnology

1967

Two volumes of transcripts from a hearing on the uses of genetic engineering, Massachusetts, United States, 1976

Biotechnology

1976

Culture plate of penicillium mould, London, England, 1963

Biotechnology

1963

Petri dish showing the effect of Penicillin on bacteria, United Kingdom, 1944

Biotechnology

1944

Laboratory notes written during the preparation of an autoradiograph of the first genetic fingerprint, Leicester England, 1984

Biotechnology

1984

Isolation chip or iChip

Biotechnology

2017

Unit for the PTC-225 Tetrad thermal cycler, United States, 1995

Biotechnology

1995

Bracelet: indication of wish to be cryogenically frozen after death

Biotechnology

1999

Freeze dried sex-determined mouse

Biotechnology

1992

Experimental continuous feed stirred tank reactor, London, England, 1973

Biotechnology

1973

Vial for Penicillin sodium salt

Biotechnology

1944

Personal Information Carrier (PIC) Smart Card from the Department of the Navy, United States, 1999

Biotechnology

1999

Electrofusion apparatus used to create Dolly the sheep, Scotland, 1996

Biotechnology

1996-1998

Autoradiograph of the first genetic fingerprint, Leicester, England, 1984

Biotechnology

1984
Prototype of the FebriDx® diagnostic tool, using a fingerstick blood sample to detect and differentiate between viral and bacterial acute respiratory infections in 10 minutes, assembled by Rapid Pathogen Screening Inc., a subsidiary of Lumos Diagnostics, including computer print out to demonstrate FebriDx results, 2019

FebriDx® , a finger prick blood test to detect and differentiate between viral and bacterial acute respiratory infections

Biotechnology

2019