Edinburgh-based Ingenza, a leader in the application of industrial biotechnology and synthetic biology, is pleased to announce that it has become a stakeholder in Amprologix, a spin-out company from the University of Plymouth. Launched in collaboration with Frontier IP – a specialist in commercialising university intellectual property and a stakeholder in the new company – Amprologix aims to develop and bring to market novel antimicrobials...
Scotland’s national innovation centre for industrial biotechnology is to receive a new £11 million investment from the Scottish Government over the next five years. The funding will support the Scottish Government’s National Plan for Biotechnology by contributing 500 jobs to the 1,400 jobs the Plan aims to create. The funding was confirmed yesterday by Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation, Ivan McKee. Mr McKee said:...
The Scottish Bioresource Mapping Tool is a pioneering approach to mapping bioresource arisings which allows us to provide potential investors in the bioeconomy and circular economy uniquely detailed information on the 27 million tonnes of bioresources arising every year in Scotland which have been analysed so far. In 2015 the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Development Group publish the ‘Biorefining Roadmap for Scotland’ which sets out the...
Grangemouth is already synonymous with the chemical industry within Scotland and the UK but moves are afoot to spread the word to the rest of the world. The Chemical Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group has released a new strategic plan laying out its goals up to and including 2025. Backed by Scottish business, innovation and energy minister Paul Wheelhouse, the plan has four key priorities...
A £200,000 grant scheme just launched will help seaweed researchers and industry work together to ensure sustainable growth in the industry. Guidelines for the GS-STAR Travel Grants The GS-STAR Travel Grants will provide funding of up to a maximum of £2k each (approx. USD 2600; May 2018) to applicants from the UK and DAC-list countries. These grants will be awarded quarterly between July 2018 –...
Life Sciences Scotland are proud to present this story of Douglas Martin, masters student at The University of Edinburgh and founder of MiAlgae. The start up revolutionises the animal and fish feeding industry using co-products of the whisky industry. This tremendous work received £500,000 from investors and saw Martin win an award of £100,000 at this years Scottish EDGE competition. Read the story below. A...