ATH1, the First Operating Loop
The life sciences research facilities of UNIC Evolve, on the laboratory floors of the UNIC Athens Phase 1 building at Elliniko. They run as one pipeline: a sample enters at the EvoTwin Data Suite, passes through deep biology and food chemistry, and leaves as data the next turn of the loop is built on.
One Building, One Loop
ATH1 is the working platform of UNIC Evolve. It brings together, in one place, what the loop of measure, model, test and improve requires: deep biology, food and exposure chemistry, personalised supplement manufacturing, and the environmental data of the building and the district around it.
The facilities are connected in sequence rather than run as separate laboratories. Clean and amplified material are kept physically apart, every sample is traceable from the moment it arrives, and everything the pipeline measures reaches the Research Data Centre, where it can be modelled. Taking part is strictly opt-in and GDPR-aligned.
From Sample to Data
In the order a sample travels through the building. Each facility has a page of its own: what it does, how it is equipped, and where its work goes next.
Collection
Where a participant gives a sample and the health data that goes with it, in a suite designed for comfort and privacy rather than a clinic.
G10EvoTwin Data SuiteThe EvoTwin Data Suite has been thoughtfully designed to transform the experience of biological sample collection.
Deep Biology
Human samples are received and prepared under biosafety, taken through extraction, library preparation and amplification, kept physically apart, then sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq X Plus, measured in immunoassay and multiplex biomarker panels, and held in cold storage.
L105Evolve Human Sample PreparationEvolve Human Sample Preparation is the controlled intake and staging environment for human-derived samples and materials entering the UNIC Evolve research pipeline.
L102Evolve Library PreparationEvolve Library Preparation is the clean molecular gateway for genomic and transcriptomic research within UNIC Evolve.
L103Evolve Molecular TestingEvolve Molecular Testing provides UNIC Evolve with a dedicated post-amplification environment for sensitive molecular detection and quantification.
L101Evolve Biomarker LabThe Evolve Biomarker Lab is a translational measurement platform for converting biological samples into clinically interpretable signals.
L110, L111Evolve BiobankThe Evolve Biobank provides the controlled cold-chain foundation for UNIC Evolve’s biological, molecular, and translational research programmes.
Food and Exposure Chemistry
Real food becomes measured chemistry: prepared, milled and stabilised, characterised for moisture, water activity and spectra, then read by a mass spectrometry stack of triple-quadrupole LC-MS/MS and high-resolution Q-TOF, with ICP-QQQ elemental analysis and X-ray diffraction.
L128Evolve Food PreparationEvolve Food Preparation is a controlled scientific preparation environment for food-derived materials before analytical or nutritional investigation.
L131Evolve Food Sample PreparationEvolve Food Sample Preparation is the first scientific processing point for complex food materials entering UNIC Evolve’s analytical pipeline.
L129Evolve Food MetrologyEvolve Food Metrology provides the measurement and quality-characterisation layer for food-derived samples within UNIC Evolve.
L106Evolve Analytical Chemistry PreparationEvolve Analytical Chemistry Preparation is the chemical front-end for high-resolution molecular, elemental, proteomic, and structural analysis.
L107Evolve Molecular AnalysisEvolve Molecular Analysis is one of UNIC Evolve’s central high-end analytical environments, designed to identify, quantify, and structurally characterise molecules, materials, and formulations.
Personalised Supplements
Being commissioned. Where a formulation set by a participant’s biology will become a dose form, on a pharmaceutical 3D-printing platform with the full pharmacopoeial quality-control stack. Once in operation, to our knowledge, the only academic facility in Greece combining personalised supplement manufacturing, full pharmacopoeial QC and tier-one analytical chemistry under one roof.
- B118Evolve Formulation
Evolve Formulation is a small-scale advanced manufacturing and quality-control platform for precision nutraceutical and supplement development.
Environment and the City
The rooftop observatory gives the environmental layer one room: a weather station above the solar array, a drone station with daily flight cycles over south Athens, and a city-data wall showing air quality, weather, marine and air-traffic data and the south Athens digital twin.
R001ObservatoryThe rooftop observatory of the Phase 1 building gives the UNIC Evolve environmental data layer a single physical home.
Data
Everything the pipeline measures arrives here, from sequencing, molecular testing, analytical chemistry, laboratory automation and instrument management, to be stored, integrated and made ready to model.
The First Stage of a District-Scale Loop
The next phases of UNIC Athens, with targets of 2028 and 2031, are planned to house the next generation of Evolve laboratories, with The Ellinikon around them as the long-term reference environment.