Our tool is created in Google Maps enabling easy navigation across the UK to locate Universities, research Institutes, and commercial companies offering innovative alternatives to animals in medical research.

To explore what specific UK regions or institutions can offer, use our map by selecting the appropriate layer on the map above.

If you are interested in a specific subject or in vitro model, you can click on expertise in various in vitro models via body system, developmental biology and cancer models, Commercial organisations, Biobanks, PhD opportunities, networks and communities using the customised icons to ease your search.

To get more information, just click on the icon in the layer, or a pin on the map itself.

Disclaimer: This tool is designed solely to highlight UK expertise in human in vitro models and relevant technologies. Please note that third parties might use animal models, produce or sell animal-derived products and tissues. We are making every effort to keep this page up to date. If you’d like your details removed or updated, you can email hello@replacinganimalresearch.org.uk

Last updated July 2025.