About Qkine

Qkine is committed to manufacturing bioactive proteins of the highest quality to enhance scientific outcomes and improve reproducibility.

Raising the standard in bioactive protein manufacturing and innovation

Based at Murdoch House in Cambridge, Qkine manufactures high-purity, animal-free growth factors, cytokines, and other complex proteins for life science applications including stem cell and organoid culture. Qkine combines proprietary production processes with protein engineering technology to tackle fundamental biological, quality, and scale-up challenges.

Our goal is to provide the highest purity, bioactive proteins for research and bio-manufacturing to best support our customers and maximize the impact of their science.

Qkine is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company with an established global distribution network. With a robust manufacturing process, we can support scale-up and commercial manufacturing by offering lot reservations, bulk orders, custom vialling, and custom QA.

Qkine Murdoch House

Empowering science to create the technologies of the future

As leaders in protein innovation, approximately 30% of our catalog is formed of unique products including a tag-free thermostable FGF-2 (FGF2-G3), the first animal-free TGF-β1 for chemically defined stem cell media, and animal-free HGF (NK1).

We have developed a portfolio of stable, tag-free growth factors for use in the most popular pluripotency media recipes, and we provide pioneering growth factor forms for scaling organoid cultures.

Our product range spans a wide range of applications including hepatocyte, cardiac, and neural differentiation, all aimed at increasing reproducibility in your research. We actively support and innovate for emerging fields such as cellular agriculture, regenerative medicine, synthetic hydrogels, organ-on-a-chip, and bioprinting.

Customer testimonials

“Our lab has been using FGF2 and activin A from Qkine in stem cell cultures for many months now. Our epiblast stem cells and trophoblast stem cells never looked better. Qkine has provided us with exceptional customer service and most importantly top-quality, affordable growth factors. We will be definitely using their products in the future.”

Prof Jan Zylicz, Novo Nordisk Foundation, University of Copenhagen

“We have used GDF15 from Qkine in cellular experiments and in vivo and it performs very well.

Qkine staff are communicative and efficient and delivery times are excellent.”

Prof Stephen O'Rahilly, University of Cambridge, UK

Global distribution network

We offer free worldwide shipping on all orders. You can buy growth factors direct from our website or through our knowledgeable distribution partners.

Company address and useful information

Headquarters:
Qkine Ltd
1 Murdoch House
Garlic Row
Cambridge
CB5 8HW

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Registered office:

c/o Mishcon de Reya,
Four Station Square
Cambridge
CB1 2GE

UK +44 (0)1223 491486
USA toll free 1 866 877 2185

Technical support: support@qkine.com
Orders: orders@qkine.com
Customer service: customerservice@qkine.com
Invoice queries: finance@qkine.com
General enquiries: info@qkine.com

Company registration no: 10470662
VAT No: GB265464484
EORI number: GB265464484000

Contact our team

Our dedicated team of stem cell specialists is available to answer any queries and to give expert support when required.

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Our dedicated team of stem cell specialists is here to help. Please contact us if you have any questions.