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Cardiff spinout outgrows incubator
A company specialising in expanding organoids at scale is preparing to leave Cardiff Medicentre. Cellesce, a spin-out from Cardiff and Bath Universities, has been a tenant at the Medicentre since 2017. The business grew to occupy five units in the biotech and...
Birmingham launches new Dental and Biomaterials Testing Service
University of Birmingham Enterprise has announced the launch of the Birmingham Dental and Biomaterials Testing Service (BiMaTs), to provide consultancy and a comprehensive materials testing service for dental and biomaterial manufacturers. BiMaTs is co-founded...
Green light for Oxford North’s next three advanced R&D lab buildings totalling 458k sq ft
Detailed designs for three new, prestigious laboratory and office buildings which total 458,100 sq ft (42,549 sq m) and will be built as phase 2 of Oxford North, the new £700 million life sciences innovation district, have been resolved to be approved by Oxford City...
Oxford North creates 448 new construction jobs and eight apprenticeships
Since building works started in August 2021, Oxford North, the new innovation district in Oxford, has created 448 new construction jobs of which 22% were filled by people based in Oxfordshire and eight new apprentices have been employed through the project’s...
o2h technology launches the second edition of the tech kickstarter competition to support the seed stage companies with their tech development needs
Following the resounding success of its inaugural edition in Jan 2023, o2h technology (a business vertical of the o2h group) is excited to launch the second edition of the o2h tech kickstarter competition designed to support seed stage life science, Greentech, and...
Weiss Technik UK Appoints Brett Green as Managing Director
Weiss Technik UK are very pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Green as Managing Director from 1 August 2023. Brett joins the team with over 30 years’ experience in the manufacturing and technology industries, bringing with him a wealth of...
June Lovell receives British Empire Medal Award
OpTIC Technology Centre hosted a special awards event where June Lovell received a British Empire Medal in honour of her work with Counselling and Drug Rehabilitation services across North Wales. OpTIC would like to congratulate June on her fantastic achievement! If...
June Lovell receives British Empire Medal Award
OpTIC Technology Centre hosted a special awards event where June Lovell received a British Empire Medal in honour of her work with Counselling and Drug Rehabilitation services across North Wales. OpTIC would like to congratulate June on her fantastic achievement! If...
June Lovell receives British Empire Medal Award
On Friday 15th September, OpTIC Technology Centre hosted a special awards event where June Lovell received a British Empire Medal in honour of her work with Counselling and Drug Rehabilitation services across North Wales. OpTIC would like to congratulate June on her...
Nominations Open for Prestigious WISE Awards Celebrating Outstanding Women in STEM
WISE (Women into Science and Engineering) is thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for the 2024 WISE Awards - an esteemed awards ceremony dedicated to recognising and honouring exceptional women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
Transitioning from academia to industry and growing your career: A masterclass.
A Charnwood Campus Cluster NHS and Academia Collaboration Platform event in partnership with the University of Leicester Institute for Precision Health, part of a series of events to support the growth and success of the life science organisations clustered around...
Remember, remember the 30th September …
Now seems an opportune time to remind those science parks and innovation centres that provide “virtual tenancy” services – offering an accommodation address for business where the business does not have a regular physical presence – that they need to verify whether...
The space age comes to The Epicentre, Haverhill
The Space Age is coming to The EpiCentre in Haverhill on Wednesday 20th September 2023, and while the words “Houston, We have Lift Off” might send tingles down the spine, applications of the space industry have a much greater relevance to our everyday lives and...
UK’s first full-size electric autonomous bus takes to Oxfordshire’s roads
Service launches ahead of World EV Day The UK’s first fully electric, full-size single decker autonomous bus service is now operating between Didcot Parkway train station and Milton Park Launching today, the free service marks the final phase of the Mi-Link autonomous...
Discovery Park welcomes decision to re-join EU Horizon science programme
Kent’s thriving life science community welcomes today’s announcement that the UK will re-join the EU’s Horizon science research programme. This international collaboration brings together the brightest minds in the world and offers transformational funding that will...