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Twenty-twenty wonderful for Guardtech Cleanrooms
There's a bright year ahead for Guardtech’s busy Design & Build team.
UK to launch new research agency to support high risk, high reward science
The Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) will be led by scientists who will have the freedom to identify and fund transformational science and technology at speed.
Scientists identify over 140,000 virus species in the human gut
Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the human gut, more than half of which have never been seen before.
Three Cambridge spin-outs join Centessa Pharmaceuticals, launched with a $250m Series A round
ApcinteX, Morphogen-IX, Z Factor join seven other privately held biotech companies in a new type of pharmaceutical R&D model.
Cambridge spin-out ApcinteX shares clinical trial results from its study of SerpinPC
ApcinteX Ltd, a biotech company spun out of the University of Cambridge, today announced the results from Part I of its ongoing clinical trial, AP-0101, assessing the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of its investigational drug SerpinPC in healthy volunteers and patients with severe haemophilia A and B.
Cell Guidance Systems’ nanoparticle cytokines enable use of macrophages to treat disease
Cell Guidance Systems Ltd, a specialist in the control, manipulation and monitoring of cells, both in vitro and in vivo, today announced its POlyhedrin Delivery System (PODS) technology has been shown to modulate macrophage secretion profiles with therapeutic potential. The results of this research are available as an unpublished preprint in bioRxiv1.
Cambridge engineers unveil Digital Twin to support the ‘future of farming’
Hydroponic farming challenges traditional methods in favour of soil-less, water-based farming processes. To ensure the ongoing operational success of farms such as these, Cambridge engineers have developed a virtual forecasting model to provide bespoke feedback to farmers.
Budget 2021: Deloitte predictions
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget on 3 March 2021, Deloitte Cambridge Tax Partner Hannah Simoes and colleagues give their key predictions for the event. The UK’s regions continue as an expected area of focus in this Budget.
Demand for offices and laboratories are at an all-time high, being driven by knowledge-intensive industries
Bidwells' spring 2021 report reveals the second half of 2020 saw office and laboratory take up return to trend levels following a COVID-19 disrupted H1. Cambridge has been on the axis of the UK pandemic response sustaining business activity across the city. The take-up continues across various business sectors but dominated by knowledge-intensive industries.
First COVID-19 lockdown cost UK hospitality and high street £45 billion in turnover, researchers estimate
UK supermarkets and online retailers made an additional £4 billion each thanks to the coronavirus lockdown that began in March last year, according to econometric models.
Robotic dogs and laughter therapy: 10 ways to combat loneliness and isolation while social distancing
Robotic dogs, laughter therapy and mindfulness are some of the ways that might help people – particularly the elderly – cope with loneliness and social isolation while social distancing, say researchers at the University of Cambridge.
ATLAS Telecom and Plextek prepare next-generation UAE coastal protection solution
ATLAS Telecom and Plextek today announced a strategic partnership on the next generation E-Passport programme to deliver a highly innovative marine tracker solution serving the evolving needs of the Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA). ATLAS Telecom has recently awarded Plextek an initial £4.4M contract for the programme’s first phase.
Coronavirus contributing to blindness crisis in Zimbabwe: Cambridge charity launches appeal to help
Cambridge charity CBM is warning that hundreds of thousands of people are living needlessly blind in Zimbabwe – and the situation is worsening due to Coronavirus. CBM is launching a fundraising appeal today to improve access to sight-saving treatment and until 20 May all public donations will be doubled by the UK government.
Government’s Oxford-Cambridge Arc plan to help drive £20bn investment into region
As leading property advisor to the science and technology sector, Bidwells welcomes government moves announced today (18 February), that will help bring billions of pounds of funding for jobs, housing and infrastructure into the Arc’s knowledge economy.
Velocix appoints Anthony Berkeley as CEO
Velocix, the market’s leading provider of carrier-grade video streaming and advertising technology, has announced the promotion of Anthony Berkeley to Chief Executive Officer.
New funding for national consortium to model COVID-19 pandemic
A national consortium including the University of Cambridge will bring together modellers to produce rigorous predictions for the COVID-19 pandemic to advise UK government bodies.
Thirteen more artists join Antony Gormley in supporting EACH
More works of art have been added to an exclusive online auction supporting East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) - and the one-week countdown is now on!
University spin-out Cambridge GaN Devices raises $9.5m in Series A investment round
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding. The investment was co-led by IQ Capital, Parkwalk Advisors, and BGF and joined by Cambridge Enterprise, Foresight Williams, Martlet Capital, Cambridge Angels, and Cambridge Capital Group. CGD will use the funding to expand its product portfolio of energy-efficient power devices and to double the size of its team.
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Cambridge Is popular choice with buyers at international destination showcase
The official conference and events bureau for Cambridge was recently selected to participate in a prestigious international summit to connect with business meetings buyers from the UK, Europe, North America and China.
Hewitsons strengthens its residential practice with new appointment
Law firm Hewitsons is pleased to have further strengthened its residential property team with the appointment of licensed conveyancer Catherine Bolland, based predominately at the firm’s Cambridge office.
Avacta announces phase 1 Clinical Trial Authorisation (CTA) for AVA6000 approved by MHRA
Cambridge and Wetherby, 18 February 2021: Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, announces that it has received approval from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for its Clinical Trial Authorisation (CTA) in the UK for a phase I study of its lead pre|CISION™ pro-drug, AVA6000 pro-doxorubicin.