In October, IBioIC had the pleasure to sponsor and participate in the 2nd annual A3 Scotland conference hosted in Inverness, jointly organised by HIE and SRUC. This event brought together around 200 industry leaders, innovators, and experts to discuss key topics shaping our sector. In this post, our IBioIC Senior Business Engagement managers, Annelie & Caroline, reflect on their time at the conference.
Read MoreWhile space may not be hospitable to life, it certainly offers significant opportunities for the life sciences, specifically biotechnology.
Read MoreThe biotech sector in Galicia has a cutting end biotechnology industry, exciting start ups and spin outs, and several world class research institutes. They have 160 biotechnology companies, which an annual turnover of more than €1.4 bn and, like Scotland, has ambition plans to fast track this by 2030. The biotech sector generates 5,600 direct jobs in Galicia and is growing at around 10% per year.
Read MoreAddressing heavy metal pollution is one of the most hotly contested areas of environmental research. Several individual treatments, namely, physical, chemical, and biological are being utilised to remove heavy metals from the environment – but they all face challenges in terms of sustainability, expensiveness and in-situ treatment failure. In this article, Leigh Cassidy discusses SEM’s latest approach to the issue.
Read MoreOn 21st December, the skills team took our HND students on a tour of the labs at Ingenza and Flexbio.
Read MoreThis was the treat in store for our HNC/D students when they went on a site visit last month to the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) facility in Irvine, Ayrshire.
Read MoreIndustry-informed teaching and learning is at the heart of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC’s) strategy to develop the next generation of employee.
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