The Centre brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers with commercial specialists so as to provide a center of excellence in applied research, capable of exploiting opportunities in science, engineering, and technology to the benefit of the Regional and National economy.  the Centre for Applied Bioscience Research welcomes confidential collaboration with industry, academia, research centers, and researchers based nationally and internationally.

The key aim of the Centre for Applied Bioscience Research is to assist in the continued prosperity of industry by offering access to wide ranging expertise and know how, state of the art equipment and facilities and access to a wide variety of national and international funding programs. As a Technology Gateway, the Centre for Applied Bioscience Research delivers close to market solutions for industry and acts as an access point to wider research resources and infrastructure. the Centre for Applied Bioscience Research has an ongoing programme to explore natural products for novel bioactive substances of value to the following areas: