We are pleased to announce the appointment of AMS Biotechnology as a distributor of Mimetix tissue culture plates for 3D cell culture. AMSBio has built expertise in 3D cell culture and offers a range of innovative products and technology complementary to our electrospun microfiber scaffold plates. To purchase from AMSBio click here

A recent study published by Dr Marie Bechler of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Edinburgh (Current Biology 25, 1-6, September 21, 2015, Bechler et al.) has demonstrated that oligodendrocytes have an extraordinary ability to self-regulate the formation of compact, multi-lamellar myelin and to generate sheaths of physiological length, using The Electrospinning Company’s poly(L-lactide) aligned… Read more »

The Electrospinning Company Ltd (‘Electrospinning’) announces a grant award from InnovateUK, the Government agency formerly named the Technology Strategy Board, under the Technology Inspired Feasibility Competition to develop a novel bio-synthetic substance for use in internal wound healing in partnership with Collagen Solutions plc (AIM: COS), the developer and manufacturer of medical grade collagen components… Read more »

The Electrospinning Company is delighted to announce that we have achieved approval to ISO 13485 medical device quality system, so our clean-room manufactured scaffolds are suitable for human implantation and our laboratory research tools are manufactured to a stringent quality standard. For more information click here

Mimetix scaffolds are now available in 384 well plate format for higher throughput cell-based assays in 3D. For more information see the product page in our on-line shop.

The Electrospinning Company won an award to exhibit in Innovation AveNEW,  a traditional highlight of the annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition. Through this program, SLAS provides start-up companies with tremendous exposure and prestige by granting complimentary exhibit space and in-kind support that enables the company’s participation at the SLAS Annual Conference & Exhibition. Innovation AveNEW participants… Read more »

  A new publication in PLOSOne describes a study at the University of Malaya which tested whether a biocomposite electrospun scaffold has the ability to induce differentiation of hMSCs into osteogenic lineage without specific growth factors. Three scaffolds were generated by The Electrospinning Company for this purpose: PLLA + collagen, PLLA + hydroxyapatite (HA) and PLLA… Read more »

We have completed the move of our manufacturing and QA into ISO Class VII clean room facilities to allow production of clinical-grade material at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Harwell, Oxford. Our extensive scaffold design expertise and manufacture capabilities can help to translate your research through to the clinic. • Electrospun scaffolds from a variety… Read more »

The 3D multi-well plate containing the Mimetix® scaffold was awarded the “Prize for Best New Innovative Technology” at the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG) Research & Innovation: Impact into Cancer conference in Telford on 11 March 2014. The award was given to the exhibitor with most delegate votes.   Mimetix is an electrospun scaffold… Read more »

The Electrospinning Company has supplied biodegradable, synthetic electrospun membranes to a team led by Professor Sheila MacNeil and Dr Frederik Claeyssens of the University of Sheffield, who are developing affordable corneal surface regeneration techniques in collaboration with experts in India. A new publication in “Biomaterials Science” titled “Characterisation and evaluation of the impact of microfabricated pockets… Read more »