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Redgate joins stream of software companies moving to a subscription model
Redgate Software, the leading provider of Database DevOps solutions, announced that it is joining other business software providers like Microsoft, Sage and Adobe, and moving to a subscription-first model. From January 2022, the majority of its product portfolio will be offered on a subscription basis, rather than solely under a perpetual licence agreement.
South Cambridgeshire MP Anthony Browne visits Illumina Centre to learn about its ground-breaking science
South Cambridgeshire MP Anthony Browne visited the Illumina Centre to find out more about the ground-breaking science in his constituency. The Conservative MP was given a guided tour of the offices and state-of-the-art Solutions Lab, where he witnessed the powerful technology behind the company’s sequencing success.
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Illumina offers insight into world of DNA sequencing for 35 interns at Granta Park
Illumina has welcomed 35 interns to Granta Park, where they will gain unrivalled insight into life at the world’s leading DNA sequencing company. Selected from 4,000 applications for this year’s intake, the students from universities across the UK will take up roles in R&D, product development, commercial and corporate functions, for periods of either 12 weeks or 12 months.
Metrion Biosciences and Bioqube Ventures collaborate on venture creation project to identify novel ion channel inhibitors for autoimmune diseases
Cambridge, UK and Brussels, Belgium: Metrion Biosciences Limited, the specialist ion channel contract research and drug discovery company, and Bioqube Ventures, a specialist European life sciences investment firm, announced today that they have entered into a collaboration, backed by Bioqube Factory Fund I, to incubate a drug discovery research project targeting autoimmune diseases.
Birketts appointed as approved provider of Diversity and Inclusion training for the ECITB
Under its Shaping Excellence brand, Birketts has been approved as a national training provider for the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), appointed to deliver its Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion training to members employed in the engineering and construction sector.
Government announces new national cyber strategy
The UK government has announced its new national cyber strategy.
Endomag: New procedure spares women with breast cancer from unnecessary surgical complication
Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD) is a new surgical technique that allows surgeons to assess cancer in specific lymph nodes while minimising the patient’s risk of developing lymphedema linked to their treatment.
Avacta announces AffiDx SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test detects the Omicron variant
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapies and powerful diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms is pleased to announce that the AffiDX® antigen lateral flow test has been shown to detect the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples.
Perception gap identified between businesses and consumers on the control of digital technologies - Deloitte Digital Risk Survey 2021
According to Deloitte’s latest Digital Risk survey of 2,000 UK consumers and 500 businesses, 59% of consumers are ‘somewhat’ or ‘highly’ confident that digital technologies being used by organisations to deliver services or products are ‘safe, secure, and sustainable’. However, for business leaders this figure rises to 78% – a 19 percentage point gap.
IDTechEx discusses four challenges that 5G Open RAN advocates must solve
As of mid-2021, 5G is a reality in at least 78 nations. 5G is now being used in consumer sectors such as 5G smartphones, 5G broadband (fixed wireless access), and augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) games. In the foreseeable future, IDTechEx anticipates seeing widespread use of 5G in corporate areas such as industry 4.0, autonomous cars, and so on.
Scientists help primary pupils banish the bugs!
Children at primary schools in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk have been learning all about bugs, bacteria, and antimicrobial resistance thanks to experts from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
Virtual events - behind the scences
This year, due to COVID restrictions, the Hanover annual investor day was filmed and streamed to a private micro-site by webcast production company WaveFX.
Pray.com partners with Bango to scale global expansion
Bango (AIM: BGO), the global platform for data-driven commerce, announces an agreement with Pray.com, the world’s #1 app for daily prayer & faith-based media content, to expand their global customer base through payment and bundling initiatives. The partnership launched first in USA, where eligible customers can now improve their mental and spiritual health by enabling Pray.com…
Versius surgical robot used for first time in an Italian public hospital
CMR Surgical (CMR) – a global surgical robotics business – has announced the introduction of the Versius® Surgical Robotic System, at Policlinico di Milano, a leading research hospital and care institute (IRCCS), and one of the largest healthcare facilities in Lombardy, Italy. Within the hospital, Versius will be used in a multi-specialty robotics programme including thoracic and general surgery.
Charity futureproofs village housing with new Passivhaus homes
A Cambridgeshire charity is celebrating a major milestone in its latest building project to create 15 almshouses for the over 55s and a new office for its own operations.
Public health experts urge government to put health at centre of levelling up agenda
Health needs to be at the heart of the Government’s levelling up agenda, say researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Newcastle. The team has published practical guidance on how to reduce health inequalities.
Innovative plans for two new grid substations take a step closer
Innovative plans for two new grid substations to reinforce Greater Cambridge’s electricity grid and support housing growth and greener travel have taken a step closer.
Plans underway for new travel hub at Foxton Station
Plans to create a new travel hub at Foxton Station have taken a big step forward.
Mass tree planting to help save local landscape
Creating Nature’s Corridors is on a journey to rewild corridors of land in the UK, to encourage biodiversity and carbon capture as well as creating an improved living environment for local communities.
Historic England highlights captivating East of England heritage sites listed in 2021
Rare Cambridgeshire mud walls, a 1970s Suffolk sports hall and an unidentified shipwreck off the Essex coast are among some of the captivating historic sites listed across the East of England this year.
Time to get your running shoes on!
Registration is now open for the second Cogwheel Canter Running Festival, to be held on 31 December.
Hundreds help to Light up a Life with Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity welcomed 300 people outside its Shelford Bottom home on Sunday 5 December for Light up a Life, sponsored by Peasgood and Skeates. The special annual event is an important opportunity for family members, friends, patients, volunteers, colleagues and supporters to gather together while remembering those they love.
Surgeons’ last episode is rare insight into trauma care
Viewers who tune into BBC Two’s ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’ at 9pm tomorrow (Thursday 16 Dec) will get a rare glimpse behind the scenes of Addenbrooke’s busy emergency department.
Cambridge coronavirus vaccine enters clinical trial
Safety trials are underway for a Cambridge-led vaccine that could be used as a booster targeting COVID-19 virus variants and relatives that threaten future coronavirus pandemics. The first volunteer is expected to receive the vaccine today at the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility.