Cambridge genomics pioneers celebrate 20 years of making science work for health
With the Chief Medical Officer's 2017 annual report focusing on genomics, local genomics pioneers, PHG Foundation had plenty to celebrate at their 20th anniversary gala dinner this week.
Cambridge hosts major international conference
This week Cambridge is hosting one of the largest international conferences ever to come to the city, with more than 600 delegates from 39 countries attending – in addition to a public lecture given to 500 local school students by comedy icon, writer and television presenter Sir Tony Robinson.
Airline boss jets in to meet Cambridge leaders and showcase new USA flights from Stansted
The CEO of new long-haul airline, Primera Air, was in Cambridge today talking to senior executives and political leaders about the airline’s exciting and innovative new services to the USA from London Stansted that launch in April 2018.
Gas analysers for all applications
For over 17 years, Cambridge Sensotec has manufactured the Rapidox range of gas analysers, which have been used within an array of industries.
eLife and Coko partner to deliver open-source submission and peer-review platform
The new platform will help streamline communications between authors, editors and reviewers at all stages of the submission and review process.
Five hidden reasons your blog is (probably) failing
Finished writing your next hit blog post? You sure about that? There are all sorts of not-so-optional extras which you can easily include to fill your writing with quick wins and get more blog traffic. Rory Stobo of Sookio explains...
2idesign helps to deliver future scientists in Cambridge
2idesign has aided the perfect integration of a new school - Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology - to Parkside Federation Academies, with branding and website design.
Synthace raises £7.3m to accelerate biotechnology to enable faster breakthroughs
Synthace Ltd., the technology company behind the Antha operating system for biology, announced that it has raised £7.3m ($9.6m) in Series A funding. White Cloud Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners and Eleven Two Capital participated in the round alongside existing shareholders that included Sofinnova Partners, SOSV and Bioeconomy Capital.
'Last mile’ fingerprints can help deliver healthcare
Cambridge start-up Simprints, awarded $2.45 million in new grant money, targets the developing world with fingerprinting technology to help deliver healthcare to 1.1 billion people with no formal identification.
PCME celebrates third Queen’s Award success
PCME was honoured to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category from Mrs Julie Spence OBE QPM, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, at a special presentation ceremony held at PCME’s Headquarters in St Ives, Cambridgeshire.
Stroke patients take part in music therapy study
The first year-long UK hospital trial to assess whether music therapy can help people recover following a stroke has started in Cambridge.
Lord-Lieutenant presents Domino with Queen’s Award for Innovation
Domino Printing Sciences, based at Bar Hill, this week welcomed The Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Julie Spence OBE QPM DL and Deputy Lieutenant, Michael Williamson DL to its headquarters. After a tour of the coding and marking manufacturer’s premises, the Queen’s Award for Innovation was presented to a team of Domino staff.
Bidwells gets in the saddle for the Golden Triangle Cycle Challenge 2017
One of the UK’s leading property consultancies is staging a three-city charity bike ride in which 350 clients, contacts and members of staff are taking part.
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How to support your employees through redundancy
As Brexit approaches and brings with it an uncertain economic future, the headlines are full of high profile companies making redundancies.
CyanConnode wins $29 million purchase order for smart metering in Ukraine
CyanConnode, the world leader in narrowband radio mesh networks, has received a purchase order worth $29 million from its strategic partner NIK LLC (NIK) for a smart metering contract in Ukraine.
Darktrace detects and mitigates phishing attempt in leading transportation company
H&M International Transportation deploys the Darktrace Enterprise Immune System.
Australian council bolsters cyber security with Darktrace AI
Darktrace, the world leader in AI technology for cyber defence, has today announced that Lockyer Valley Regional Council, an Australian local government body, has deployed Darktrace’s disruptive machine learning technology for cyber defence.
Europe’s first dedicated life sciences crowdfunding platform opens to UK investors
Investing in the UK’s innovative life sciences and biotech sector just became more accessible to a wide spectrum of investors, with Capital Cell, Europe’s first dedicated Life Sciences crowdfunding platform. Today Capital Cell has formally ‘opened to investors’ with the first four investment opportunities now live on the platform.
Cambridge to launch lectureship in Chinese urban development
The University of Cambridge is to launch a new lectureship in Chinese urban development. The creation of the lectureship, based at the Department of Land Economy, was announced at a signing ceremony held in Hong Kong.
New college bedrooms rated ‘first class’ by overnight guests
A Cambridge College is celebrating receiving excellent reviews from the first overnight guests staying in its recently-opened facility which incorporates 27 hotel-standard bedrooms.
All sorts of phosphorus!
For over 25 years in the UK , Strem Chemicals has provided fine chemicals for research and commercial production. Throughout this time, the company has offered a wide range of phosphorus based ligands. Its product line has expanded as new applications have been found for phosphorus compounds.
How startups are harnessing the power of games to solve problems
Learn how gamification and game design have been applied to industries such as data sciences, tourism, smart cities and the internet of things on Thursday 28 September 2017, when REACTOR - the regional development project to support the growth of an applied games sector in the region - will host its first annual showcase event.
Stocks in Focus: Dunelm
This week Neil Trickett of NW Brown looks at national homeware store Dunelm.
Increased activity from the ICO in preparation for the EU GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the authority for data protection in the UK, has increased enforcement activity compared to previous years.