Appointment of chair
The Electrospinning Company has appointed Dr Stewart White as non-executive chairman. Previously CEO of two life science AIM-quoted companies including Collagen Solutions plc, Stewart is currently CEO of Novel Technologies Holdings Limited and Chairman of Mikota Ltd. Stewart has international executive experience in commercialisation, product development, GMP manufacturing of medical devices, advanced biologics and API’s in both SMEs… Read more »
We’ve moved!
Brand new, purpose-built facilities on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, a rapidly expanding innovation hub near Oxford in the UK. We are moving into our new unit (#5) in the Zephyr Building on 29th October. The 500 square metre unit is fitted out with four Class VII cleanroom modules, facilitating the segregation of R&D… Read more »
Ask the Expert: Clinically-led manufacture of custom-made collagen membranes
We will be attending the “Ask the Expert: Clinically-led manufacture of custom-made collagen membranes” on October 30th in London. More information about the event can be found here.
Materials Accelerator Forum – Manchester, UK – 13th November 2018
Materials accelerator forum The Royce works to accelerate the commercialisation of advanced materials, by directly supporting startups, spin-outs, SMEs and large corporates, with advice, expertise and facilities access. The Forum will share details of how to apply to the Royce for facilities access and ‘proof of concept’ funding, as well as sharing insights from successful… Read more »
Quality and Project Management Vacancies
Join our expanding team as we move into brand new cleanroom facilities. We are looking for a Quality and Project Managers: TECL Quality Manager TECL017 November 2018 and Project Manager TECL Project Manager Vacancy TECL018 Nov 2018 v1.0 to join our growing team as we move into brand new, purpose-built facilities. Sorry – we can’t obtain visas for non-Europeans.
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 »
Advanced Cell Culture: A Practical Approach – London – 8th June
Ann Kramer will present at the ECACC workshop Advanced Cell Culture: A Practical Approach on 8th June on the use of electrospun scaffolds in phenotypically relevant assays. Stephen Jones will be present at the exhibition stand to answer questions. A one day workshop in London, UK – Friday 8th June 2018 ECACC is excited to… Read more »
