Across the city, leading science companies and innovation parks will open their doors to showcase the cluster’s contribution to STEM innovation in the UK and strengthen its diverse, equitable and inclusive community.
Life Sciences is one of the UK’s most successful sectors, worth over £94 billion to the UK economy in 2021, a 9% increase on the year before. Last week the Chancellor revealed a £650 million multi-faceted ‘Life Sci for Growth’ package to support economic growth and help deliver the Science and Technology framework through reforming regulation, boosting investment and driving up…
Key executive appointment provides extensive financial industry experience as the Company implements ambitious global growth strategy
Cambridge, UK, 06 June 2023: CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) company that designs and manufactures single-and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today announced that it has appointed Dr. Samantha Macro as Chief Financial Officer. Samantha joins CEO, Dr. Paul Brooks, on the executive team to guide all key commercial and strategic initiatives, drive revenue and shape CN Bio’s ongoing growth trajectory.
Samantha’s appointment becomes CN…
Nottingham-based Contract Research Organisation (CRO) Cellomatics Biosciences has announced the appointment of Professor David Lambert, FRCA and FFPMRCA as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).
Based in Nottingham, Cellomatics is a specialist preclinical CRO with expertise in five main therapeutic areas: oncology, immuno-oncology, immunology, inflammation and respiratory. Founded in 2015, Cellomatics has since positioned itself as the CRO of choice for its growing global client base seeking expert support with the development of bespoke bioassays.
David will retain a part-time contract at the…
AMSBIO announce MatriMix – a groundbreaking 3D culture substrate. This pioneering hydrogel sets a new benchmark in the field, containing fully defined components, including medical grade collagens, laminin-511 E8 fragments, and hyaluronic acid. The high lot-to-lot consistency of MatriMix enables researchers to obtain highly reproducible results.
MatriMix overcomes the limitations of current 3D substrates, enabling cutting-edge applications such as organoid formation using adult patient-derived cells and iPSC culture. MatriMix also demonstrates exceptional performance in in vivo animal PDX…
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Experience the ‘Agile’ way of thinking in this practical taster session and find out how Agile project management can boost efficiency, help reduce costs and promote continuous improvement. The session is planned for Thursday July 6 at St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge.
Qualified Scrum Master and Scrum Coach from Hethel Innovation, Sam Payne, will lead you through the basic principles of ‘Agile’ project management to give you an insight into the Agile approach to achieving your business goals.
Time for networking has been built in after the session, so you can catch up with…
Attracting and retaining talent in STEM is business critical.
According to almost three-quarters of global senior leaders, talent and skills shortages are the greatest barrier to business strategy over the next 12 months.
In this competitive and skills-short market, understanding current salary levels can unlock better recruitment outcomes faster to help you retain, and attract the most skilled talent.
In this infographic, in association with New Scientist Jobs, we surveyed 4,186 industry professionals to gain a unique insight into salaries across the UK, Europe and USA. Use this to improve…
Kadans Science Partner will add Windrush Innovation Centre in Oxford, UK to its Pan-European portfolio. The asset will be freehold acquired from Tozi Limited. Kadans intends to demolish the existing building and create over 60,000 sq ft of new high specification laboratory and office space in partnership with the tenant, Oxford Biomedica.
Oxford is a global centre of excellence in life science innovation. The cluster is anchored by the University of Oxford which was recently named the number 1 university in the world (Times World University Ranking 2022). The Oxford cluster spans a whole…
PharmEnable Closes $7.5M Financing led by MP Healthcare to Develop Next Generation of Small Molecule Drugs to Treat Cancer and Neurological Diseases
$7.5M Pre-Series A financing led by new investor MP Healthcare, the venture arm of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Group. Existing investors Cambridge Enterprise, University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund VIII, managed by Parkwalk Advisors Heyford Trust, o2h Ventures, Martlet Capital, Arrowfield Capital, Wren Capital and experienced life sciences angel investors including Jonathan Milner also participated
PharmEnable has developed a proprietary drug…
YouGov, on behalf of Bidwells, are carrying out a survey of the Tech sector.
The purpose of the study is to help the real estate sector and policy makers understand the requirements and preferences of organisations so they might better provide property and infrastructure for your industry in the future.
The survey looks at the location and property requirements of the tech sector overall. There are also some additional questions for companies, currently or potentially, working in the areas of health and life sciences.
The results of the survey will be published in July and will be made…