Northern Ireland’s First Dedicated Microbial Media Facility

Delivering high-quality, research-grade culture media with rapid turnaround, full customisation, and proprietary stabilisation technology.

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What We Do

Alay’s Bio-Innovations is Northern Ireland’s first dedicated microbial media production and stabilisation facility, delivering high-quality, research-grade culture media with rapid turnaround and full customisation. Based in Belfast, we combine manufacturing with applied microbiology R&D to provide consistent, ISO-aligned media that strengthens diagnostics, research, agri-food testing, and industrial microbiology.

Our proprietary water-activity modulation stabilisation technology dramatically extends microbial shelf life without refrigeration, reduces production costs, and enables robust, field-ready microbial products.

By replacing long import lead times with local 24–72 hour delivery, we support faster research cycles, improved reproducibility, and greater supply-chain resilience. We offer standard and selective media, custom formulations, stabilised microbial products, and contract research services.

Microbial Media Plates in Lab

About Us

We support universities, diagnostics labs, agri-food testing facilities, biotech start-ups, and industrial microbiology teams by building a resilient, innovation-driven ecosystem in Northern Ireland.

🎯 Our Goal

To build Northern Ireland’s first fully integrated microbial media production and stabilisation facility. By combining manufacturing with applied microbiology R&D, we aim to eliminate long import lead times, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation across all bioscience sectors.

  • Standard & selective microbial media
  • Custom & small-batch formulations
  • Pilot-scale optimisation

🚀 Our Mission

To deliver next-generation microbial media solutions that enhance reliability and sustainability. Our proprietary moisture-stabilisation technology extends microbial shelf life 2–4× longer than industry standards, reducing expiry-related waste.

We integrate media with optimised buffer systems, offering complete “Media + Buffer” performance kits that streamline workflows.

🌍 Our Vision

We envision a resilient biotechnology infrastructure that supports world-class research and fuels economic growth. Our long-term vision is to establish a scalable UK-based enterprise that leads in microbial stabilisation technologies.

We aim to become a cornerstone of the UK’s Life & Health Sciences future.

Leadership

Alay Bhatt

Alay Bhatt

Founder @ Alay’s Bio-Innovations

Assistant Scientific Officer afbi
MSc Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
iMSc Life Sciences

Get in Touch

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Address

76, French Park Street
BT12 6HZ, Northern Ireland
NI738143

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Phone

+44 7867047550

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Email

contact@alaysbioinnovations.com