What to do when an employee can’t return from holiday as planned
Employers may find out that an employee is stranded abroad due to recent flight cancellations, unable to return to work from their holiday as planned. If this is the first time this has happened, you may be wondering how best to manage this situation.
Herpes Simplex Virus vaccines - a much needed renaissance
This month VacZine Analytics, a UK-based strategic research publisher exclusively focused on vaccines and infectious diseases, releases new forecasts and global commercial opportunity analyses for prophylactic and therapeutic Herpes simplex virus (HSV) vaccines.
Metrion Biosciences appoints Dr Benedetta Montagnini as Head of European Business Development
Expansion of European business development team supports next phase of growth for Metrion’s ion channel drug discovery services
Four for the price of five
Trials start this week for a four-day week. If successful, will it just change our schedule or how we think about change itself?
Developing an effective staff retention strategy: why personalisation is the key
Right now, employees hold all the cards. At least that’s what I’m hearing every day from my clients in businesses both large and small. With the UK facing a skills shortage, too many companies are chasing too few employees, and as a result, many tell me they’re struggling to attract the right calibre of candidates to fill their vacancies.
Venner Shipley - cell and gene therapy industry news update
Kirsty Dolphin – Partner, Patent Attorney, Venner Shipley LLP says: We have previously discussed the cell and gene therapy boom in the United Kingdom. The industry is thriving not only in the UK, but around the world, and here we take a quick look at some of the major successes and deals that have taken place in the last few months.
Optibrium expands UK head office with new facilities on Cambridge Innovation Park
Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, announces the expansion of its UK headquarters with a move to larger office premises on Cambridge Innovation Park North. The new facilities accommodate Optibrium's accelerated growth and ongoing recruitment efforts to support the continued success and development of the company's innovative technology focused on improving the efficiency and…
Axol Bioscience introduces CiPA-validated human stem cell-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes to help improve drug discovery
Cambridge and Edinburgh, UK - Axol Bioscience Ltd., an established provider of iPSC-derived cells, media, and characterization services for life science discovery, announces that its human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes have undergone comprehensive in vitro pro-arrhythmia assay (CiPA) validation. Using this assay, the cells were shown to be suitable for…
Excel Summary Sheet - bringing accounts information together on one sheet in Excel
What is an Excel Summary Sheet? Why an Excel Summary Sheet? What to include on the Summary Sheet? How to create an Excel Summary Sheet.
Bio-Rad Launches SEQuoia Express Stranded RNA Library Prep Kit at AGBT 2022
Hercules, Calif. — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announces the launch of the SEQuoia Express Stranded RNA Library Prep Kit. The kit provides biopharmaceutical and research scientists with an easy-to-use solution for constructing robust libraries to support efficient RNA-Seq workflows for comprehensive…
BioMed Realty reveal a bold and chic new workspace delivered by COEL
BioMed Realty is at the forefront of real estate provision to life science and technology industries. Their location in Granta Park means they provide easy access to the thriving life science organisations that look to BioMed Realty for their expertise. After their recent relocation within the Science Park, COEL were asked to provide them with a design and fit out of their new office and…
Dotmatics strengthens leadership team as it continues to invest in organization capabilities and accelerate growth
Dotmatics, the leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making, announces the addition of Larry Samuelson as Chief Legal Officer and Neil Frye as Chief People Officer. The appointments further bolster the company’s executive team as the company extends the reach of its research and data solutions globally.
MedTech Bootcamp: calling all start-ups
Join Team Consulting and other key players in the MedTech start-up ecosystem on the 7th June 2022 to discover what it takes to create a commercially successful product. Book your free place for an afternoon of expert talks, covering everything from securing funding and regulatory approval, to designing a device your users will love.
Impact of DNA mutations on lifelong blood cell production uncovered
New research has uncovered how genetic mutations hijack the production of blood cells in different periods of life. Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and collaborators show how these changes relate to ageing and the development of age-related diseases, including blood cancer.
Cellular secrets of ageing unlocked by researchers
New research has uncovered how genetic changes that accumulate slowly in blood stem cells throughout life are likely to be responsible for the dramatic change in blood production after the age of 70.
seqWell and Element Biosciences partner to demonstrate sequencing performance of multiplexed plexWell technology with the AVITI System
Beverly, Mass. And San Diego, Calif., - seqWell, a global provider of genomic library workflow solutions including the plexWell™ next-generation sequencing (NGS) multiplexing technology, announces a partnership with Element Biosciences Inc., developer of the Element AVITI™ System.
Medical Research Council extends Blue Sky research collaboration with AstraZeneca
The Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) agrees to an additional $4millon (in the region of £3.2million) funding to extend the Blue Sky collaboration with AstraZeneca beyond 2022.
Brain cancer care at Addenbrooke’s awarded centre of excellence status
Addenbrooke’s hospital is part of six NHS brain cancer centres to be awarded excellence status by the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission.
CIIPM continues its programme of virtual training courses with Commercial Patent Search & Analysis, taking place on 8-9 June.
This training course provides an overview of search and analysis techniques to prepare patent landscape reports for business decision making. Attendees will learn how to construct and perform business-focused patent searches and how to analyse the results to report on competitor patenting, industry and technology trends.
CMR Surgical expands into LatAm with Versius launches underway
CMR Surgical – the global surgical robotics business – announces the launch of its Versius® Surgical Robotic System in Brazil, marking the launch of CMR Surgical in Latin America (LatAm).
Bio-Rad launches CFX Duet Real-Time PCR System
Hercules, Calif. – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announces the launch of the CFX Duet Real-Time PCR System to support researchers in developing singleplex and duplex quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays.
Sevarin Bennett joins Salus Wellness Clinics
Salus Wellness Clinics are very pleased to announce that Sevarin Bennett has joined Salus Wellness this month.
GPrX wins innovation award for “powerful new hospital dataset”
GPrX and Novartis win “Best Use of Innovation” at the British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association’s 2022 BOBI Awards
Addenbrooke’s emergency doctor volunteers in Ukraine - 10 years ago he fled Syria as a medical student
An Addenbrooke’s emergency doctor, who fled Syria as a medical student in 2012, has just returned from Ukraine where he helped treat those fleeing from the war.
Designing medical devices – “a reason for being”
A member of the team at Team Consulting says: Choosing a career path is tricky at any stage of life. My personal journey into the realm of medical device design started off by chance. I sometimes ask myself: what has kept me involved in this industry? Why have I not moved onto other engineering specialities or retrained into other fields? Why have I chosen to work at Team Consulting in the first…