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First phase of Oxford’s new 1 million sq. ft lab district begins
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Laing O’Rourke will begin the initial phase of Oxford North’s £700 million new innovation district,…
BHF and UK DRI to create vascular dementia research centre
Added: 19 Nov 2023
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) will establish t…
Bioinformatician’s data protection work wins 2023 Einstein Prize
Added: 19 Nov 2023
One of the world’s largest prizes for academic research has been awarded to the Belgian bioinformat…
Newly launched firm secures £4.3 million seed funding to target drug-resistant bacteria
Added: 19 Nov 2023
Glox Therapeutics, a company developing precision antibiotic therapies, has raised £4.3 million in …
Preventing cells ‘hijack’ reverses drug resistance in prostate cancer
Added: 23 Oct 2023
Advanced prostate cancer tumours can be prevented from hijacking myeloid white blood cells to help …
Attoseconds, quantum dots and mRNA secure Nobel science prizes
Added: 5 Oct 2023
Two researchers hailed by judges for their contributions to the “unprecedented” rate of vaccine dev…
Second malaria vaccine brings significant advance in scale
Added: 5 Oct 2023
The development of a second effective malaria vaccine has been hailed as a significant step forward…
Top brands and rising stars lead Lab Awards 2023 shortlist
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Many of the best known brands and names in the laboratory sector, together with rising stars, are o…
Work begins on Manchester’s £42 million specialist lab at Citylabs cluster
Added: 23 Sep 2023
Construction has commenced on a pioneering £42 million specialist laboratory and office workspace p…
Pistoia survey reveals AI is top tech investment for life sciences
Added: 20 Sep 2023
AI and Machine Learning will be the top tech investment for life science companies over the next tw…
MRC £2 million targets hard to treat cancers
Added: 17 Sep 2023
Cancers with notably poor survival rates are the targets of a £2 million Medical Research Council …
Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat
Added: 10 Sep 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Science…
Relief from scientific community greets Horizon Europe deal
Added: 8 Sep 2023
UK readmission to Horizon Europe and the Copernicus programme has been greeted with widespread reli…
Nottingham uni spin-out secures UKRI £1 million for gene therapy tech
Added: 6 Sep 2023
University of Nottingham spin-outTherageniX and collaborator the University of Nottingham, have bee…
100 Technicians share Hauksbee Award honours
Added: 4 Sep 2023
One hundred technicians working in a range of sectors and campaigning to raise their profession’s p…
Innovate UK grants £1.6 million to boost oligonucleotide therapeutics manufacture with machine learning
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Cambridge-based software company Intellegens has secured a £1.6 million grant from Innovate UK, par…
BDD wins £2 million investment to expand early phase clinical trials
Added: 20 Aug 2023
Clinical trials company BDD has secured a further round of investment for £2 million to aid expansi…
Siemens supports Indivior to set new standards with automated plant in Hull
Added: 20 Aug 2023
Siemens is supporting global manufacturer of addiction and mental health treatment medicines Indivi…
Tax crackdown heralds new R&D relief headaches
Added: 13 Aug 2023
Science research and development tax relief applications will now face an extra hurdle thanks to ne…
Fulbright Award for CMU academic’s ground-breaking organ storage research
Added: 23 Jul 2023
An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enab…
