Multiple sclerosis repair roadmap

Research published in the journal Nature provides new understanding about how drugs can repair damaged brain cells that cause disability in patients with multiple sclerosis. Led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the study suggests new drug targets and potent early-stage drug candidates could lead to regenerative medicines for multiple sclerosis… Read more »

ESB – Maastricht, Netherlands – Sept 9-13, 2018

Matei Cirstea and Marco Thio will be at the 29th European Conference on Biomaterials from September 9-13 in Maastricht, The Netherlands together with colleagues from the BONE consortium. The 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Biomaterials that will take place on September 9–13, 2018 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The theme of this year’s conference… Read more »

EORS – Galway, Ireland – 25-28 Sept 2018

The EORS 2018 meeting will be held in Galway, Ireland. Ann Kramer  is speaking on ‘The value of Diversity in growing a company’ in the Female leadership session (25th Sept 18:00-19:30) and Marco Thio is speaking on ‘Electrospinning applications in orthopaedic procedures’ (26th Sept 14:00-15:30. Meet them both at the exhibition booth. The European Orthopaedic Research… Read more »

BioForward – Birmingham, UK – 4 October 2018

BioForward is a unique, high-quality, international conference, focussed on creating and developing a practical roadmap for early stage, emerging, and developing life sciences companies to achieve sustainable business success and growth. This new, annual event, will take place in the Aston Webb Building at the University of Birmingham on Thursday 4th October 2018, and is aimed… Read more »

Characterisation of Fibrous scaffolds workshop – NH, USA – 10 August 2018

We will be attending the ASTM workshop on fiber-based scaffold characterisation in Manchester, New Hampshire on 10th August 2018. The workshop will focus on fiber-based scaffold characterization including batch to batch variability, measurement validation, measurement comparability, product characterization and release criteria. Potential outcomes may include a workshop report, the formation of a working group to… Read more »

Expansion of facilities

The Electrospinning Company is fitting out a new facility in the brand new Zephyr building on Harwell Campus, near Oxford, in responding to a growing demand for electrospun biomaterials in regenerative medical devices. The new larger facility will include modular, state-of-the art cleanrooms for manufacturing, a dedicated design and development laboratory and offices. “This expansion will allow… Read more »

IKC/Regener8 – Leeds, UK – 29th June

Rob McKean will attend IKC & Regener8 Annual Conference 2018 Date: June 29, 2018 @ 9:00 AM Location: Leeds The Medical Technologies IKC and Regener8 are back in 2018 to host a one-day conference on 29th June, focussing on best practice in translating regenerative devices – a potential £1bn industry in the UK. The full programme will… Read more »

UCL Innovation Forum – London – 24th April 2018

TECL’s CEO Ann Kramer will be speaking at this year’s Innovation Forum event on Regenerative Medicine. A new era in Regenerative Medicine: accelerating research from bench to bedside. You can register here. About the event Stem Cell Therapies, CAR-T, Cell and Gene Therapies, are the cutting-edge technologies of translational medicine in the 21st century. They… Read more »

Melt electrospinning arrives at The Electrospinning Company

Part of the BONE project, The Electrospinning Company will be playing a crucial role in translating academic findings using melt electrospinning into clinical-grade products. We are extremely excited to have finally received our melt electrospinning device, work together with our BONE partners towards novel medical devices and expanding our expertise in electrospinning. the Electrospinning Team