Success – John completes 55km amazing endurance run in California
Keen runner John West, from VLSI Research, has raised over £1000 for Carers Trust Cambridgeshire by completing the gruelling Lake Tahoe Endurance challenge.
Students create hundreds of butterflies for world record bid
Student volunteers in Cambridge are helping local charity Born to be Beautiful reach new heights in a world record attempt to ‘fly’ the largest number of origami butterflies.
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity becomes an independent hospice
On Saturday 1st August 2015, Arthur Rank Hospice - having worked in partnership with NHS colleagues - became an independent hospice, run by the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. This marked a new chapter for the Hospice, as it joins 80% of hospices across the UK which are independent.
New social enterprise aims to inspire students by linking schools and businesses
A new social enterprise is expanding the work of the Cambridge Area 14-19 Partnership (CAP) in linking schools and businesses to address the skills shortages in our region
Bulgin connectors achieve good vibrations
Bulgin – an Elektron Technology brand – is pleased to announce that its popular 7000 Series, 6000 Series, 400 Series and Standard Power Buccaneer® connectors, and Buccaneer SMB Antenna, including 90° variants, have been rigorously tested and certified to meet ETSI and BS EN standards.
ZEISS Atlas 5 – a new approach to master the multi-scale challenge
ZEISS introduces an integrated solution to acquire and analyse multi-scale and multi-modal images in light, electron and X-ray microscopy.
‘Blue sky’ banking
MPhil in Management students at Cambridge Judge develop experimental ideas for Lloyds Banking Group’s Innovation Labs.
Top Chinese CEOs visit Møller Centre for Global Leadership Programme
The Møller Centre, Churchill College continued its partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), one of the oldest higher education institutions in China, by delivering another leadership programme to around 50 Chinese CEOs and entrepreneurs as part of their 2015 Global CEO Programme which focused on science and technology.
Abcodia and Manchester University announce collaboration on lung cancer biomarker discovery
Abcodia today announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with The University of Manchester to perform proteomics studies on a cohort of non-small cell lung cancer cases from the UKCTOCS biobank with the aim of discovering new blood-based biomarkers for earlier detection of the disease.
Illumina signs agreement to acquire GenoLogics
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illumina, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a developer of industry-leading laboratory information management systems (LIMS) for life sciences organisations.
Taylor Vinters' Tech Connection event features in City AM
Taylor Vinters’ Singapore-based Partner Henry Goodwin has joined City AM’s elite ‘Expert Voices’ as a blogger.
Earliest evidence of reproduction in a complex organism
A new study of 565 million-year-old fossils has identified how some of the first complex organisms on Earth – possibly some of the first animals to exist – reproduced, revealing the origins of our modern marine environment.
Play’s the thing
Children’s play is under threat from increased urbanisation, perceptions of risk and educational pressures. The first research centre of its kind aims to understand the role played by play in how a child develops.
ZEISS scanning electron microscope wins 'Microscopy Today' Innovation Award
The ZEISS MultiSEM 505 scanning electron microscope has been selected by a team of judges from Microscopy Today magazine as a recipient of the 2015 Microscopy Today Innovation Award.
Birketts recruits contentious intellectual property specialist
Maria Peyman has joined the commercial litigation team at top 100 law firm Birketts as a senior associate.
The Genome Analysis Centre attracts leading international young scientists
Last week, 40 international students from the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) visited The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) as part of their tour of Norwich Research Park to discover the research that takes place on the park, as well as seek out potential career paths for science graduates.
Older jobseekers face bias – new study
A new study shows that older jobseekers are facing widespread discrimination in the UK – and older female applicants are more likely to experience bias than men.
Streamlining crystallographic data deposition into the Cambridge Structural Database
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) announces a new collaboration with the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) that has integrated checkCIF data validation into the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) deposition process.
Micro-Robotics releases CBuilder
To give you more options in writing code for the VM2 controller family, Micro-Robotics will be releasing its internal software development tool, CBuilder, as freeware.
Founder views: Doug Edwards, CEO of Xaar
After starting his career in the UK, Dr Doug Edwards worked abroad for many years before joining Xaar as its CEO in January. A few months on, in the latest Cambridge Network Founder interview, he describes the exciting potential he sees for its inkjet printing technology...
Cambridge Network expanding its School for Scale-Ups
Cambridge has done brilliantly at scaling up businesses and has gained a reputation for a disproportionate level of success, writes Claire Ruskin, CEO of Cambridge Network.
Sepura plc’s acquisition of Teltronic supported by €120m funding
Cambridge-based Sepura plc, global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radio products, systems and applications developed specifically for business and mission critical communications, has acquired Teltronic SAU, a Spanish PMR company. The acquisition will significantly enhance Sepura’s position as a leading global provider of critical communications solutions and was funded…
Tecan takes precision and accuracy in liquid handling to the next level
Tecan has launched the next wave of innovation for the Fluent™ laboratory automation solution*, introducing a number of new hardware and software options that enable a much wider range of applications.
AstraZeneca and Isis Pharmaceuticals colaborate to discover and develop antisense drugs
AstraZeneca and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have announced a strategic collaboration to discover and develop antisense therapies for cardiovascular, metabolic and renal diseases.
Award-winning life sciences team appoints Cambridge IP and commercial specialist
Rachel Bradley, an intellectual property and commercial lawyer, has joined Penningtons Manches’ award winning life sciences sector group in Cambridge.