Research
The importance of Carbon Capture and Storage
There is currently a great deal of focus on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as an effective means of limiting the damage caused by climate change. However, for the world to meet its 2050 net zero goals, up to 2 billion metric tonnes of carbon needs to be captured by 2030 – at present, ...
Cresset Discovery shares insights on escaping fluorinated chemical space
Introduction At Cresset Discovery the team endeavour to remain up to date with the changing development landscape, exploring new methods and techniques but also examining trends and problems that are approaching. It was this approach to analysis, and following discussions with our clie...
Essential building blocks for business success from founder of Axiom-e
Last term, Ken Dickson, the founder of Axiom-e, ran three versions of 'The Pillars of Business Success' course to audiences drawn from more than 20 countries. His first talk of this term will be at the Quadram Institute, a state-of-the-art facility for bioscience and clinical research,...
What connects the world’s first wheelchair toddler with a world-famous Cambridge scientist?
What connects the world’s first wheelchair toddler with a world-famous Cambridge scientist? Anyone who knows Ken Dickson, the Founder of Axiom-e, will have heard him mention Dragonmobility Ltd, the social enterprise designer and manufacturer of bespoke elevating powered wheelchai...
China’s new materials industry & UK-China collaboration
The development of materials and chemical products in China has been one of the most remarkable industrial and scientific transformations in recent history. Over the past few decades, China has rapidly evolved from being a consumer of materials and chemicals to becoming a major player i...
Skeletal editing and removing the gap between CADD/AIDD and synthesis
In the fields of peptide and protein synthesis, there is a very efficient translation between design and synthesis – this operates generally via the mechanism of DNA synthesis, and then various expression platforms or through direct synthesis routes at the amino acid level. Whilst the ‘...
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 age...
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. ...
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 not l...
Breathing space: asthma & the NHS
Asthma accounts for 5,000 NHS Emergency Department visits every month, with a dramatic 149% increase in admission for children, costing the NHS more than £3bn in 2022. ...