by admin | Mar 18, 2019 | Agri-Tech, FoodHealth
In a collaborative project between the University of East Anglia, the University of Cambridge and the University of Lincoln the world’s first Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) for agri-food robotics is being established. After receiving a £6.6m grant from the...
by admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Biomanufacturing, Biomaterials, Diagnostics, FoodHealth, Genomics, Industrial Biotechnology
The Earth BioGenome Project The Earth BioGenome Project was launched yesterday, with the aim of sequencing all complex life on Earth over the next 10 years. The project, dubbed the “Digital Noah’s Ark”, is looking to create a library of genetic information...
by admin | Oct 4, 2018 | Biomanufacturing, FoodHealth, Industrial Biotechnology
£1.5m Thetford roundabout A market town on the South-west border of Norfolk could be the location of a revolution in the Agri-Tech and Biotech sectors. A 44-acre plot in Thetford has been allocated to the development of an enterprise centre for the past 30 years, but...
by admin | Sep 27, 2018 | FoodHealth
£1.2m funding for Pea Project A research group at the John Innes Centre have been awarded £1.2 million from the BBSRC to fund trials of their new grass pea varieties across Sub-Saharan Africa. The grass pea is the epitome of a double-edged sword. A high-protein crop...
by admin | Aug 24, 2018 | Diagnostics, FoodHealth
FEATURE: Norwich Super Camera to target deadly cancers Invisible Vision Norwich-based pioneering company Invisible Vision are working with the University of Oxford to deploy their latest super camera in the new Rosalind Franklin Institute. Invisible Vision was founded...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Diagnostics, FoodHealth, Investment
Ablatus Therapeutics innovative cancer ablation surgery device Dr David Brooks-Founder & CEO of Ablatus Therapeutics Ablatus Therapeutics, a medical device company, was initially developed by Norfolk and Norwich University hospital clinicians to improve...