UK Top 10 Healthcare Scale-ups to watch list
The Electrospinning Company has been recognised as one of Britain’s top 10 scale-up companies to watch in healthcare and life sciences, in a list compiled by Capital Cell Investment Manager. More information can be found here.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture – Cardiff – 22 May 2018
Stephen Jones will present a poster at Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture in Cardiff on 22 May. Dr Gary Allenby of Aurelia Biosciences will present on novel assay approaches using Mimetix microscaffolds that has been developed jointly by Aurelia and The Electrospinning Company.
ELRIG research and Innovation – Cambridge, UK – 17-18 April 2018
We will be at ELRIG Research and Innovation 2018 at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK on 17-18th April. Stephen Jones will present a poster on aligned fibre scaffolds for 3D cell culture.
Materials Research Exchange – London – 13th March 2018
Ann Kramer will be at The Materials Research Exchange event at the Design Centre, Islington, London on 13th March. The 2018 Materials Research Exchange Conference and Exhibition will showcase the richness of UK materials research and innovation providing an ideal opportunity to absorb current trends and take a glimpse of future innovations.
Biomaterials Risk Management BIORIMA H2020 grant
The Electrospinning Company is a partner in the EU funded H2020 Research and Innovation action BIORIMA (Biomaterial Risk Management). The project aims to develop an integrated risk management framework for nano-biomaterials used in advanced therapeutic medicinal products and medical devices. The BIORIMA risk management framework is a structure upon which the validated tools and methods… Read more »
