October News Roundup
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Major boost for innovation-led company creation in the North
Having transformed research commercialisation across the North East of England and North Yorkshire, the importance of the Northern Accelerator partnership has been recognised with further significant funding at a regional and national level. The partnership of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside, Sunderland and York universities has secured an additional ￡4.3m across two funding streams ?to expand its support and create more successful businesses in crucial sectors.
Cybersecurity awareness month: Ransomware attacks -?a threat that’s here to stay
It’s the end?of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Mitigo’s Lindsay Hill and Kerrie Machin are discussing all things ransomware in their latest Q&A. In this 9 minute listen, they cover off what it is, who the attackers are, how you know you’re under attack, what is demanded and how you pay, your reporting obligations and most importantly, how to defend against it.
Cresset targets international growth with Innovate UK Scaleup Programme
Cresset has been accepted onto the?Innovate UK Scaleup Programme, which aims to help specially selected businesses with scaling potential realise their commercial ambitions.
New ￡30m Initiative to Address Global Threat by Accelerating the Pace of Antimicrobial Innovation
Innovate UK, LifeArc, and Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) have joined forces to create PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy), a ￡30 million initiative supporting early-stage innovation against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to save lives. PACE has today (19 October 2023) announced its first funding call with up to ￡10 million available to support innovators developing new antimicrobials.?
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Bruntwood, Legal & General and Greater Manchester Pension Fund invest half a billion into the UK’s science, tech & innovation economy
Bruntwood SciTech, founded by?Legal & General?and Bruntwood in 2018 to support the growth of the life science and tech sectors, has secured ￡500 million of additional investment and welcomed the UK’s largest local authority pension fund,?Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), to the partnership.?
"Outstanding" diabetes research leads to international award
A University of Sunderland academic has received one of the highest recognitions for his research into advancing the self-management of diabetes. Dr Matthew Campbell, Principal Investigator in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, has been named this year’s recipient of the Elliot Joslin EASD PCL Biotech Award – one of the field’s highest recognitions.
Cambridge and Manchester launch new cross-UK innovation cluster to boost growth
Innovate Cambridge, established by founding partners Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Innovation Capital and the University of Cambridge to champion the Greater Cambridge innovation ecosystem, and ID Manchester, a joint venture between The University of Manchester and Bruntwood SciTech that is set to become a world-leading innovation district, are launching a strategic partnership to build on the existing links between the two science and tech hotspots.
UK Launches Its First National Total-Body PET Platform for Drug Discovery
A partnership between Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK will deliver scientific breakthroughs with the launch of the UK's first-of-its-kind national total-body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging platform for drug discovery.
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