A team of Discovery Park scientists researching human neurological and psychiatric health conditions is expanding research opportunities for its Kent-based team in mainland Europe, by opening an additional laboratory in Poland.
The Transpharmation team only announced the move of its headquarters and main laboratory to Discovery Park itself in November 2020, and started working from its laboratories there this month (February 2021). The additional Poland expansion means newly-recruited scientists, students and research assistants at Discovery Park will be able to forge new relationships with…
The 2020 annual report for the Centre for Behaviour Change (CBC) is now available.2020 presented a unique set of challenges to individuals, communities and organisations alike. The science and practice of behaviour change has been at the forefront of the international response to, and recovery from, COVID-19. The CBC team, both its core staff and associates, have been at the heart of many national and international initiatives to apply behaviour change science to controlling infection rates and minimising harms associated with the pandemic. In addition, it has been able to continue to develop…
AMSBIO has introduced a collection of mutated SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins and recombinant antigens for the new virus variants - B.1.1.7 and B.1.351. These reagents can be used by researchers to evaluate the efficacy of the antibodies and identify targets for development of improved therapeutic drugs and vaccines.Emerging in the latter part of 2020, multiple new SARS-CoV-2 variants are now circulating globally. Most notably in the UK, a new variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 (known as B.1.1.7) emerged with an unusually large number of mutations. This variant has since been detected in numerous…
Business clusters in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc region have strongly welcomed the government’s announcement today that it will identify the needs to propel the Arc’s innovation-led economy.
By developing its Spatial Framework Plan, government will bring together the key enablers of sustainable growth to discuss innovation, science and deep technology skills, the commercial property spaces and digital infrastructure that business needs, and the sustainable transport, environment and housing that employees want.
The Arc region spans the five counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire,…
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., and LONDON – February 16, 2021 – Centessa Pharmaceuticals (“Centessa”) launched today as a novel asset-centric pharmaceutical company designed and built to advance a portfolio of highly validated programs. Centessa’s asset-centric R&D model applied at scale has assembled best-in-class or first-in-class assets, each of which is led by specialized teams committed to accelerate development and reshape the traditional drug development process. The company was founded by Medicxi and raised $250 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing led by General Atlantic and co-led…
Cambridge, UK, 15 February 2021: Chesterford Research Park is delighted to welcome material research company Superdielectrics to the Park’s prestigious Science Village. Superdielectrics is developing high energy density, low cost, low environmental impact electrical energy storage devices that will help create a clean and sustainable global energy and transportation system. Supercapacitors store energy using electrodes and electrolytes and both charge and deliver energy quickly, unlike conventional batteries which perform the same task in a much slower way with…
Cambridge, 15th February 2021: The Babraham Research Campus is delighted to welcome the charity Kidney Research UK as the latest organisation to pledge strategic and financial support to its Accelerate@Babraham initiative. The additional funding boosts the ability of the Campus to continue to support and sustain innovation in early science concepts and nurture new life science companies across the Cambridge cluster.Now in its fourth year, Accelerate@Babraham supports ambitious early stage life science ventures within the Babraham Research Campus’ active community. By…
Fast growing food safety testing firm Curtis Analytics relocates to Discovery Park
Entrepreneurial scientist Dr Tanya Curtis plans further expansion & new business ideas
Sandwich, Kent, February 15 2021 – Fast-growing food safety testing firm Curtis Analytics has relocated to Discovery Park, the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone for ambitious and growing life sciences companies, taking advantage of its grow-on space and high specification facilities. The company is a leader in the automated detection of asparagine, a precursor of the potentially carcinogenic (cancer causing) chemical…
A technology-driven spin out that looks to transform cell production is the latest business to move into The Biosphere lab facility on Newcastle Helix.
Moving from the International Centre for Life, CellulaREvolution spun-out of Newcastle University in 2019 and are currently working on bringing their continuous cell culturing technologies, that aid the production of ‘clean meat’ to the market. This revolutionary new approach could transform this industry. The company’s bioreactor enables large quantities of adherent cells to be grown or manufactured. This technology means cells can be created…
Results from the first major business survey for 2021 by the Chambers of Commerce on Brexit found that half (49%) of exporters are facing difficulties in adapting to the changes in the trade of goods following the ratification of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on 1 January 2021.
The survey sought to understand the extent to which businesses found it easy or difficult to adapt to changes in trading goods and/or services and moving people in the month since the ratification of the TCA. Businesses reported the highest proportion of difficulties in adapting to changes in…