Potentially transformative therapy for rare heart disease to be progressed by Morphogen-IX
Morphogen-IX, a new Cambridge-based biotech company, has gained seed funding to develop a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that directly targets the major pathway implicated in human genetic studies.
Huntingdon engineer is celebrated in exhibition at new landmark London building
Frederick Henry Royce from Huntingdon is one of the groundbreaking engineers celebrated in the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) brand new exhibition in its newly reopened London headquarters, Savoy Place.
Education and science: Lord Baker to deliver Cambridge keynote talk
Lord Kenneth Baker will visit Cambridge this week to talk about the importance of businesses and the education sector working together to address skills and labour shortages in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) field.
Archipelago's Guy Newcombe on entrepreneurship and the Cambridge ink jet cluster
St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses, had the pleasure of interviewing Guy Newcombe of Archipelago Technology Group Ltd, who talked about the Cambridge Ink Jet Cluster and being a vital part of the resurgence of engineering and high manufacturing in the UK.
New partnership for CONNECTED magazine
Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce and Cambridge News have announced a new partnership that will see the local newspaper publish CONNECTED magazine each month.
China Manufacturing 2025 and German Industry 4.0 Forum held in SBTIC
On January 15, 2016, China Manufacturing 2025 & German Industry 4.0 Forum was held in Sino-Britain Technology Innovation Center (SBTIC), Shenzhen
The many applications of graphene nanoplatelets
Because of their unique nanoscale size, shape, and material composition, graphene nanoplatelets can be used to improve the properties of a wide range of polymeric materials, including thermoplastic and thermoset composites, natural or synthetic rubber thermoplastic elastomers, adhesives, paints and coatings.
New Year’s resolutions to improve fire safety and security in your workplace
Have you made any New Year’s resolutions?
Learn about essential regulatory frameworks for chemical sector companies
Every company working in the chemicals sector must comply with the regulations that affect their business. If you produce or use speciality chemicals regularly, consider attending the Introduction to Regulatory Affairs course.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune launch 'Science in pictures' artwork project at Cambridge site
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, this week inaugurated “Science in pictures”, an artwork installation on the hoardings around the construction site of their new Research and Development Centre and Corporate Headquarters on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
Mills & Reeve proves real deal by muscling into top 10 of leading UK corporate legal advisers
Mills & Reeve has been named as one of the top 10 firms in the UK by deal volume in the Experian review of UK mergers and acquisitions for 2015.
Olympic medal winner Gail Emms opens gym for brain injured people
On Monday (18 January), badminton ace Gail Emms - who took home a silver Olympic medal in Athens in 2004 - will officially launch a brand new gym at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough, a centre for both Sue Ryder’s Hospice and Headway Cambridgeshire’s provision of services for brain injured people.
OpenPlant Fund 2016 now open to applications
OpenPlant Fund offers £5000 to support open, interdisciplinary and innovative projects to engineer plant biology. Applications are now open until 4 March 2016.
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team open for applications until 26 Jan 2016
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team seeks members to compete in an international undergraduate synthetic biology competition in Summer 2016.
Chief Medical Officer Birgitte Volck to leave Sobi
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi) today announced that Birgitte Volck, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President of Development and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Sobi, will leave the company to join the rare disease research group at GlaxoSmithKline as Head of R&D Rare Diseases. Birgitte will work through a six month notice period before leaving Sobi.
Watch Tim Peake's spacewalk at Cambridge Science Centre today
Go along to the Cambridge Science Centre at lunchtime today (Friday, January 15th) to watch British ESA astronaut Tim Peake take his first steps out of the international space station (ISS) to perform a space walk.
A perfect storm?
The world faces many challenges, but human inventiveness is capable of meeting them, says The Scientific Alliance.
Maplesoft strengthens operations in Europe with new partner for engineering business
Maplesoft, the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics, today announced a reseller agreement with EnginSoft, a premier consulting company specialising in simulation-based engineering. EnginSoft will represent Maplesoft in the commercial markets in Germany, France, Italy, UK, Nordic, Spain, and Turkey.
New paper validates automated versus manual colony counting
Synbiosis is delighted to announce that a new paper entitled ‘Evaluation of heterotrophic plate and chromogenic agar colony counting in water quality laboratories’ has been published in the peer-reviewed journal, Methods X.
Virgin Management highlights workplace culture initiative at Employee Engagement conference
Business leaders and HR professionals across Cambridgeshire are invited to attend the Best Employers Eastern Region’s employee engagement seminar on 28 January, which includes the opportunity to hear from a HR expert at Virgin Management, the UK’s most prominent business in the field of workplace culture.
CRFS exhibits at Electronic Warfare Rome 2016
Contingent threats have led to a resurgence in the development of Electronic Warfare (EW) strategies, technology and equipment to help dominate the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS). Whether at land, sea or air, militaries are looking to focus their efforts on effective management and exploitation of the EMS by utilising a joint service approach.
Have you made it to the gym yet?
A new year, a fresh start, but what would motivate you to keep those good intentions past January? Behavioural scientists from breakthrough innovation consultancy Innovia think that a ‘commitment pact’ could be the answer.
Secretary-General of the United Nations to receive Honorary Degree
At a special Congregation in the Senate House, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, will admit His Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to an honorary doctorate.
Bidwells announces strategic promotions for 2016
Bidwells' Senior Partner, Patrick McMahon, has announced a series of strategic promotions for 2016 and revealed that in the head office at Cambridge, a total of 13 people had been promoted.
Cambridge Consultants: an 'extraordinary' company
Cambridge Consultants achieves 3-star “extraordinary” Best Companies accreditation and features in The Sunday Times top 100 list.