Scotland’s top academic innovators were celebrated recently at the Converge Awards ceremony in Edinburgh, with life sciences innovations dominating alongside start-ups in various technology, product design and net zero-related fields.
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Roslin Tech, an Edinburgh-based food & ag tech company, is pleased to announce the closing of its series A capital raise led by Novo Holdings, a leading international life sciences investor. This £11 million funding round will fuel the company’s next wave of growth in its mission to become the leading provider of animal cell lines to the emerging cultivated meat sector.
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On 4 October 2022, Absolute Biotech launched as a unified company joining together leading antibody-centric brands from around the world.
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The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) is part of two new Hydrogen BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) Innovation Programme projects which has been funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) that have been awarded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
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Dr Edward Green has joined NCIMB as Chief Executive Officer. He takes over from Dr Carol Phillips who is retiring after 12 years in the post.
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Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, has announced the near doubling of its manufacturing facility in northeast England. The increased laboratory space includes a major investment in new automation for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), expression and purification (HPLC) to enhance recombinant antibody production workflows.
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CPI has received £2 million investment from the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority to create a new food grade capability at the Wilton Centre based in Redcar, Tees Valley, that will help companies to develop new and improved food ingredients.
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A start-up business which can produce and carry out PCR tests at a fraction of the current cost has won £60,000 of funding through the BioAccelerate programme.
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This year’s Scottish EDGE IBioIC award has gone to Edinburgh-based Lentitek Ltd, a provider of next-generation cancer therapy treatment CAR-T. The firm, founded by Adam Inche, received a total of £100,000 at the award ceremony last night.
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Scotland’s industrial biotechnology community is exceeding growth expectations and is on track to achieve annual turnover of £1.2bn by 2025, according to a refreshed strategy being launched at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference today (June 6th).
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Leading developer and operator of environmental technology solutions, SEM, headquartered in Aberdeen, has announced the appointment of Adrian Morley as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as the business is poised for significant global growth.
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With six-figure funding support from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Eco Clean is aiming to develop a more sustainable alternative to traditionally petrochemical-based surfactants, which can be produced at scale.
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Cambridge-based agritech startup Better Origin will supply 10 insect farming containers to Morrisons’ free range egg farms to reduce the use of soya. The rollout is a big step in helping Morrisons achieve their Net Zero targets and becoming the first supermarket to launch carbon neutral eggs.
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The Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst fund has been launched by Interface and Scottish Government to support Scotland as a leading destination for inward investment aligned with our values as a nation.
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BioAccelerate, AberInnovation’s investment-readiness accelerator programme for early-stage businesses and startups, is back for a fourth time and seeking ambitious innovations to join its 2022 cohort.
Read MoreIn August, the National Horizons Centre, in partnership with CPI, announced the launch of a new RNA National Training Academy in Darlington to help protect the world against future pandemics and infectious diseases.
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Nominations and applications are invited for the role of Chairperson, Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group.
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Quotient Sciences, the drug development and manufacturing accelerator, has announced a £6.3 million-pound investment in its recently acquired manufacturing facility in Alnwick, U.K.
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Edinburgh based Firefinch Software is delighted to announce that its Head of Marketing Sophie Read was the winner of a special recognition award for outstanding contribution to STEM education in the North East STEM Awards held virtually on the 15th July.
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The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) are thrilled to announce that the first ever awareness week dedicated to celebrating all things biofilm will take place from 16-22 August 2021.
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