Bioscience

York Wins Share of £6 Million Investment in Bioscience

27 January 2012 by Becky Appleyard

A successful collaboration between the White Rose universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York has attracted £6 million to create a joint Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in mechanistic biology.

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Centre for Cities Outlook 2012

Now in its fifth year, Cities Outlook 2012 is the authoritative economic index of the 64 largest cities and towns in the UK.

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York May Get a New Arts Centre

13 January 2012 by Becky Appleyard

Culture bosses are looking into setting up a new arts centre in York - and it could be based at the Bonding Warehouse.

City of York Council has revealed that a feasibility study has been commissioned to look into demand for a new “media arts facility” in the city, as well as options for potential venues.

A spokeswoman said the authority and partners in the creative and cultural sector, including SCY, were working together on the project.

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Venturefest Yorkshire 2012

Yorkshire is bursting with science and technology entrepreneurs who are busy creating ideas that will change the world.  Venturefest is a packed one day event that showcases and supports these entrepreneurs.

The 2012 event boasts a packed schedule including:

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2nd Manufacturing Using Sustainable Chemistry Event

MUSC
Manufacturing Using Sustainable Chemistry

Introduction
Microwave-enhanced chemistry and the alternative uses of microwave heating have been growing in recent years. York is world-leading in its biorefinery research with the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE), the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) and FERA all enjoying international reputations in the application of plant biology, green chemical technologies and agronomy to the valorization of non-food biomass to make chemicals, fuels and materials.

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Funding for Innovative R&D

Submitted by Becky Appleyard on Tue, 10/01/2012 - 09:23
Company: 
Technology Strategy Board
Type: 
Other
Closing Date: 
18/04/2012

Up to £5m could be invested in innovative research and development projects, following a competition ran by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.

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Cash will Bridge Funding Gap for Life Science Businesses

08 December 2011 by Becky Appleyard

A new multimillion funding programme for life science businesses could boost enterprises in York.

The Government announced a new £180 million fund to bridge the funding gap for early stage medical breakthroughs. The programme will also cut bureaucracy to make it easier for innovations to get adopted by the NHS. It plans to roll out hi-tech equipment to enable three million more at-risk patients to stay at home.

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The Technology Facility Insight Day

Take an Insight into Bioscience Technology!

Come to this one-day lecture series (and tour) that will present cutting edge technology available to the bioscientist today.

Today's bioscience techniques can be applied from idea to product using resources like vast, online, organism databases and total-genome DNA sequencing through to novel ways of detecting minute changes in protein structure and interactions.

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SCY Membership: Bioscience Perspective

19 October 2011 by Mark Saw

I'd like to remind any companies out there who haven't yet registered as paying members what SCY can do for you!

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September Events

17 October 2011 by Mark Saw

Hi all.

I have to offer my apologies for not posting for a while. We've had an office move, a new offer structure for members and a change of focus with which to contend. Though we haven't dropped all of our public sector mentality, we are getting more of a 'down to business' attitude which is refreshing.

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