Early-stage companies bringing new products and services into Scotland’s bioeconomy are to be offered free support through Biotech Innovators – a new accelerator programme that will provide SMEs, spinouts and start-ups with access to commercial and technical expertise.

The eighth Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards has opened for entries today (5 October 2022) to celebrate exceptional business-academic partnerships.

Biotechnology company Ingenza is delighted to announce that its recent partnership with Johnson Matthey has been selected to receive vital funding of £441,632.88 from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as part of the £1 billion fund from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which aims to slash emissions and energy costs.

On 4 October 2022, Absolute Biotech launched as a unified company joining together leading antibody-centric brands from around the world.

CuanTec recently hosted a visit by Ivan McKee, MSP, and Directors from the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), to learn about the company’s proprietary naturally derived biological, zero-carbon processes that eliminates existing shellfish waste and carbon emissions while replacing polluting or toxic products in the environment.

Project could lay the foundations for the development of nascent industry in the UK

OCEANIUM is part of a new industry-wide consortium funded by the European Union which will propel the seaweed farming industry across Europe. SeaMark is a consortium comprising 25 international, cross-disciplinary partners which has been awarded a prestigious €9 million grant to upscale seaweed production and market applications across Europe, meet the growing demand for seaweed-based products and attract investment from multiple sectors.

The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) is part of two new Hydrogen BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) Innovation Programme projects which has been funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) that have been awarded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) is part of two new Hydrogen BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) Innovation Programme projects which has been funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) that have been awarded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Dr Edward Green has joined NCIMB as Chief Executive Officer. He takes over from Dr Carol Phillips who is retiring after 12 years in the post.

Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, has announced the near doubling of its manufacturing facility in northeast England. The increased laboratory space includes a major investment in new automation for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), expression and purification (HPLC) to enhance recombinant antibody production workflows.

CPI has received £2 million investment from the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority to create a new food grade capability at the Wilton Centre based in Redcar, Tees Valley, that will help companies to develop new and improved food ingredients.

Having already invested £20 million into over 500 businesses with entrepreneurial potential, the Scottish EDGE Awards open for submissions again this Wednesday (20th July 2022) for what will be its 20th round of funding in the last eight years.

A start-up business which can produce and carry out PCR tests at a fraction of the current cost has won £60,000 of funding through the BioAccelerate programme.

University of Edinburgh startup OGI Bio has secured £1 million of investment to help revolutionise microbial culturing.

Bio-Sep – a sustainable startup converting low-value sawdust into high-value biochemicals – has secured $1.7 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by London Business School’s Enterprise 100 Club (E100 Club) and ACF Investors, with additional participation from a hedge fund that specialises in climate and clean energy technology.

This year’s Scottish EDGE IBioIC award has gone to Edinburgh-based Lentitek Ltd, a provider of next-generation cancer therapy treatment CAR-T. The firm, founded by Adam Inche, received a total of £100,000 at the award ceremony last night.

Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, today announced the expansion of its Prometheus™ antibody humanization service to offer humanization from non-murine origin species, including rabbit antibodies and single-domain camelid nanobodies. The service can now deliver humanized antibodies from a wide range of species, while maintaining antibody expression levels and functionality.

Scotland’s industrial biotechnology community is exceeding growth expectations and is on track to achieve annual turnover of £1.2bn by 2025, according to a refreshed strategy being launched at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference today (June 6th).

Redcar, UK, May 12, 2022. Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, today announced that it was selected as a featured company for the award-winning television show, “World’s Greatest!...”.