TherageniX and University of Nottingham Awarded £995K Innovate UK grant to develop powdered gene therapy for bone regeneration
London, UK, and Nottingham, UK - TherageniX, a University of Nottingham spin out pioneering a dry powder gene therapy formulation for bone graft augmentation, and its collaborator, the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £995,000 grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. The funding will support the development of the Company’s gene therapy in a powder, a non-viral gene…
Ensuring an audience
Simon Hall writes...If you want to make sure you get a good crowd for a talk, this tip can help.
When creative work doesn’t make the cut
Our Senior Creative, Max, discusses ‘that’ sinking feeling, and how to get over it!
Want to spend the day at Fora, Cambridge?
Every Thursday in September, we'll be opening the doors of our new Cambridge workspace to you, your colleagues and the local community. Join us any time from 11am at 20 Station Road to pick up a complimentary coffee and discover what the Fora workspace experience has to offer.
One-in-three people with streaming subscriptions share accounts with other households
Deloitte estimates that 35% of people with access to a subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) service are sharing at least one of their subscriptions with other households; One-in-four users (25%) are sharing the cost of an SVOD platform they use, rising to 34% for 16-24 year-olds; More than half (57%) of respondents who share a paid SVOD service say they would stop using the service if…
Understand your audiences to master effective copywriting
Conscious Communications writes...In today’s content-driven world, only the best copywriting will stand out to readers.
Five ways to combat new job nerves when you hire
Studies show that 80% of people are nervous before starting a new job. Having spent time and money on the recruitment process, you'll want to make sure your new employees have a smooth onboarding process and hit the ground running as soon as possible.
Optibrium acquires BioPharmics LLC, expanding its 3D drug design and visualisation offering
BioPharmics’ Drs Ajay Jain (CEO) and Ann Cleves (Director of Applied Science) join the Optibrium team as Vice Presidents in the newly-created BioPharmics Division.
New catering service on offer in Cambridge
The CSF Kitchen catering service is now offering delicious and sustainable mezze boxes, cakes and cold buffets for local events.
Mills & Reeve report double digit increase in turnover in latest financial results
Turnover for 2022/23 grew by 12%, beating an ambitious planned growth target of 11.4%, to reach a record high of £147 million.
Save the date - 2023 Food for the Planet Festival
Cambridge’s Food For The Planet Festival takes place this year from Saturday 21 to Sunday 29 October.
Intellegens and CPI awarded £1.6m Innovate UK grant to advance manufacture of oligonucleotide therapeutics with machine learning
Cambridge, UK - Intellegens, a company applying machine learning (ML) to accelerate innovation in R&D, announces that it has secured a £1.6m grant from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to apply ML in the emerging field of oligonucleotide therapies.
CN Bio appoints Dr. Tomasz Kostrzewski as Chief Scientific Officer
Cambridge, UK, 30th August 2023: CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) company that designs and manufactures single-and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today announced the appointment of Dr. Tomasz Kostrzewski as Chief Scientific Officer.
Yeast studies show that diet in early life matters for lifelong health
Researchers from the Babraham Institute have shown that the content of diet in yeast, rather than caloric intake, influences yeast health in later stages of their lifecycle. The different diet placed cells on a path to age healthily and avoid ageing pathologies, though they did nApply now: funding for new equipment for community meeting spaces and sports centres
Cambridge community groups and sports clubs can apply for grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 to fund improvements to equipment or storage facilities at venues in Cambridge.
Key human bladder cancer genes pinpointed in cats and dogs
Key bladder cancer genes have been uncovered through studying the cancers in cats and dogs, in a significant stride for finding which of many mutations are the most important in the cancer’s development.
Bio-Rad Launches First StarBright™ Red Dye and Extends Range of Antibody Markers Conjugated to StarBright Dyes to Enhance Multiplex Flow Cytometry and Research Capabilities
With 29 additional targets the range also includes dog, cow, and pig targets to support translational models in veterinary immunology research.
Benefits of employing a professional webcast company
Webcasting has become an essential tool for businesses and organisations to reach a wider audience, share information, and engage with their target market.
GADx’s rapid diagnostic test, BotrytisAlert, demonstrates utility across wine production system
Lateral flow test enables Botrytis concentration to be measured in grape must and in finished wine, in addition to monitoring in the vineyard Ten-minute test is simple to use by agronomists and wine growers to address 25% losses in turnover due to BotrUbiquigent appoints Dr Rishi Shah as Head of Chemistry
Appointment brings extensive heterobifunctional and chemical biology expertise in house to drive forward Ubiquigent’s internal DUBTAC drug discovery and DUB-focused partnerships
Historic landmarks and rare gems to be showcased during Open Cambridge
Open Cambridge kicks off next Friday 8th September. The hugely popular 10-day annual event offers over 80 FREE events across the city and county.
What makes engineering at Gearset different?
Gearset is a product-led company built for developers by developers, so we know how important culture is to software engineers.
REAP bursary was highly beneficial to my career progression
Agri-TechE, is a membership organisation that supports innovation in agricultural technologies.
Business Woman Of The Year Final 2023
HR Ready writes...we’re very excited to announce that HR Ready Ltd have reached the Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards Final 2023 in the ‘Business Woman of the Year’ category.
Register of Licensed Sponsors List 2023
What is the Register of Licensed Sponsors and how do you use it to find a UK sponsor? DavidsonMorris explains: