Centauri Therapeutics extends Series A to £30M with £6M investment from AMR Action Fund to support progression of lead clinical candidate

Clinical candidate in ABX-01 programme, CTX-187, currently in development ahead of first in-human clinical trials to target Gram-negative bacterial infectionsInvestment from the world’s largest venture capital fund focused exclusively on antimicrobial therapeutics and d

Syndex Bio unveils mcPCR Technology at AGBT 2026 following $15.5M seed financing

•    mcPCR enables precise copying of DNA methylation during DNA amplification, overcoming a fundamental limitation of PCR, and unlocks new opportunities for sensitive detection of cancer, chronic disease, and in basic research

This PowerPoint feature has disappeared

If your team creates presentations often, you may have noticed a recent change in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Microsoft has quietly removed a feature that helped you keep your branding and formatting consistent.

Here’s what this means for you:

Announcing the inaugural Imposter Phenomenon Awareness Day

Dr Kate Atkin and Dr Terri Simpkin are launching the inaugural International Imposter Phenomenon Awareness Day on Friday 27th February. Why phenomenon and not Syndrome? Because words matter and they can give you power to change or take it away.

Loughborough University and Science in Sport (SiS) extend partnership in elite sport and performance nutrition

Loughborough and Blackburn, UK, 23 February 2026: Loughborough University and Science in Sport (SiS) announces a renewed three-year partnership, strengthening the organisations’ long-standing collaboration across elite sport and performance nutrition.

Before Partnership: Why Qualification Determines Whether Innovation Can Scale

Why early governance readiness determines whether proof can become practice

At last: Sync passkeys across your devices

Be honest, when was the last time you forgot a password and ended up in that endless loop of “reset your password” emails?

It’s one of the biggest frustrations of modern working life.

CCDC announces AI Technology partnership with Sapio Sciences

New Collaboration Brings GOLD Protein–Ligand Docking Capabilities to Sapio ELaiN — the World’s First 3rd‑Generation AI Laboratory Notebook

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), a global leader

Axol Bioscience acquires ophthalmology business from Newcells Biotech

·  Acquisition expands Axol’s portfolio of iPSC-derived retinal organoid and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) models 

Nuclera and leadXpro partner to accelerate structure-based drug design for complex membrane proteins

Partnership will deliver AI-guided end-to-end workflow to access challenging membrane protein targetsTo de-risk and shorten path to critical structural and biophysical insights that inform structure-based drug design

Cambridge, UK, Boston MA, USA and Vi

KluraLabs secures £8 Million to scale packaging innovation and reduce food waste globally

KluraLabs, The EpiCentre-based materials science company transforming food packaging in Haverhill, has successfully raised £8 million in funding to accelerate the rollout of its pioneering technology across global retail supply chains.

Prologis appoints Cambridge-based B Corp Conscious Communications to support local engagement and communications

Global property investor, owner and developer, Prologis, has appointed Conscious Communications, the Cambridge-based B Corp certified communications agency, to support its local communications and stakeholder engagement activity around its investment in and development

Your idea has momentum - what do you need to get to the next stage?

The EpiCentre’s business support helps solopreneurs turn their ideas into a viable business.

Finally, a fix for password chaos

How many hours have you and your team lost to forgotten passwords, reset emails, or lockouts?

Probably more than you’d like to admit.

Microsoft Edge has introduced this simple but very welcome improvement…

Ask Copilot" is coming to your Taskbar (but only if you want it to)

Have you ever wished your computer just understood what you were trying to do, instead of making you dig through menus and search results to get there?

Microsoft’s working on it.

Amplifying impact in Life Sciences marketing through derivative content

For Life Sciences marketers looking to make content budgets work harder, this article explains how to extend value far beyond one big asset.

Mark Argent joins Salus Wellness

We are very pleased to announce that Mark Argent has joined Salus Wellness Clinics.

Calla Lily Clinical Care and Merck announce strategic collaboration to advance intravaginal drug delivery platform

Enhancing patient treatment experience and care with a new self-administered solution for vaginal therapeuticsVersatile platform technology developed from a safe, award-winning, FDA-cleared medical deviceStrate

Carterra launches industry’s first 48-channel HT-SPR platform for advanced label-free biomolecular screening and characterization

· Vega instrument combines ultra-high-throughput, data quality, and assay flexibility for both traditional and AI-based drug discovery

· Enables primary screening with high-resolution binding

Talking Plants: giving nature a voice at Cambridge University Botanic Garden - An event promotion from Sable&Hawkes

This spring, Cambridge University Botanic Garden is inviting visitors to talk to plants in a new AI-powered exhibition, “Talking Plants: Hear Nature Speak!” Created with Nature Perspectives, the experience uses QR codes so visitors can have bespoke conversations with living plants – hearing their stories of evolution, ecology and cultural significance, and hopefully leaving with a little more…

SPT Labtech and BellBrook Labs introduce high-throughput screening platform for cancer research

·       Automated workflow to be highlighted at SLAS 2026, 7-11 February, Boston

Eppendorf collaborates with Dubai Police to automate forensics laboratories

Access to automated instrumentation will enhance precision testing and improve analytical efficiency, streamlining criminal identification

Bio-Rad receives AOAC international validation for EZ-Check Listeria spp. and EZ-Check Listeria monocytogenes Testing Kits

HERCULES, Calif. — February 6 2026 — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announces it has received validation from AOAC International for its EZ-Check Listeria spp.

Synthace collaborates with Charles River to offer the global pharma industry more robust, faster and cost-effective assays

Collaboration heralds new era of assay development in drug discovery 

CamAWiSE partners with Innovate UK

CamAWiSE is delighted to have joined up with Innovate UK on their No Limits platform.