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News and Trends 17 Nov 2022

New EU project looks to unlock the potential of genomics

The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project kicked off today in Brussels, Belgium. The new €40 million ($41.4 million) GDI project, coordinated by ELIXIR, is jointly funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme and through co-funding from participating Member States. In the area of health, the Digital Europe Programme aims to support […]

November 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Nov 2022

Startup Cradle raises $5.4M to design protein machines and cell factories with AI

Cradle, a Dutch startup, has received €5.5 million ($5.4 million) in seed funding to further help scientists design and program proteins to produce a wide variety of everyday products including milk and meat. Cradle uses synthetic biology, adapting the genes of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi, to create ‘cell factories’ that use programmable proteins […]

November 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 17 Nov 2022

FundaMental Pharma launches with €10M to advance first-in-class neuroprotectant

FundaMental Pharma GmbH, a preclinical neuroscience company spun out of Heidelberg University in Germany, has launched with €10 million ($10.4 million) in seed financing. The funding was led by BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) and Thuja Capital, with participation from other investors, including coparion and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Built on the research of Hilmar Bading and Jing […]

November 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Discovery Park celebrates 10 years and plans to double jobs over the next decade

Plans to grow and double the number of people employed at Discovery Park, the UK’s biggest science and innovation center have been announced. The team behind its success shared the news as they celebrate a decade of delivering jobs and investment in the South East. Discovery Park marked the milestone by announcing its plans for […]

November 16, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Poolbeg-led consortium awarded €2.3m to develop oral vaccine platform

EncOVac, a consortium led by Poolbeg Pharma, has been awarded €2.3m ($2.4 million) in non-dilutive grant funding to progress its Oral Vaccine Platform under the Irish Government’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). Taking place over three years, the collaboration between Poolbeg Pharma, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and AnaBio Technologies will result in the […]

November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Jnana Therapeutics raises $107M for PKU program and announces new Roche partnership

Jnana Therapeutics has entered into a second collaboration and license agreement with Roche for the discovery of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, immune-mediated and neurological diseases. The collaboration covers multiple targets from a diverse range of target classes to address diseases with high unmet need. The company also announced the close of […]

November 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Researchers awarded £2M to develop drugs to prevent epileptic seizures in children

Scientists at Aston University in the U.K. have started work on a project that will look for new drug treatments to prevent the onset of childhood epilepsy. The three-year Medical Research Council (MRC) funded project is a collaboration led by researchers in the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University, partnered with Bristol […]

November 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Nov 2022

Eden Bio raises £1m to boost AI protein yields

Eden Bio, a U.K.-based biotech using machine learning to increase protein yield, has raised £1 million ($1.17 million) from a seed investment round. The company said this strengthens its R&D capacity and ability to expand the underlying machine-learning platform over the coming years. By using artificial intelligence to genetically optimize microorganism strains, the company improves […]

November 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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33 Californie launches new fund for healthcare startups

33 Californie, an investment fund specialized in the healthcare sector, has opened subscriptions for CaLySeed, its second investment fund, providing financial and strategic support to start-ups. The aim of the new initiative is to finance innovations in human health, including therapeutics, medical devices, in vitro diagnostics, e-health, technology platforms and nutraceuticals. CaLySeed will invest in […]

November 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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ChromaTwist lands second round of funding for fluorescent dyes for flow cytometry market

ChromaTwist Ltd, a University of Birmingham spinout, has secured £487,000 ($573,000) of equity investment to develop its new class of fluorescent dyes for the flow cytometry reagent market. Existing investors, Angel from angelgroups and the University of Birmingham brought in funds which will allow ChromaTwist to continue product development with industry partners and enable rapid […]

November 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

Avstera receives funding for cancer programs

Avstera Therapeutics Corp. has announced the completion of its seed round to advance its lead cancer programs geared toward targeting solid tumors. The company intends to use the $4.55 million proceeds to enable its lead highly specific HDAC6i for IND filing targeting locally advanced and metastatic solid tumors by the end of next year. “Tumor […]

November 10, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Novo Nordisk supports Plant2Food platform with €27M funding

Novo Nordisk Foundation will support new open collaborative platform, Plant2Food, to accelerate the development of plant-based foods with up to €27 million ($26.9m) over the next five years. The platform, Plant2Food, will include researchers and companies collaborating and exploring complex challenges within plant and food science and sharing new knowledge across sectors – without taking […]

November 10, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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New EU project looks to unlock the potential of genomics

Startup Cradle raises $5.4M to design protein machines and cell factories with AI

FundaMental Pharma launches with €10M to advance first-in-class neuroprotectant

Discovery Park celebrates 10 years and plans to double jobs over the next decade

Poolbeg-led consortium awarded €2.3m to develop oral vaccine platform

Jnana Therapeutics raises $107M for PKU program and announces new Roche partnership

Researchers awarded £2M to develop drugs to prevent epileptic seizures in children

Eden Bio raises £1m to boost AI protein yields

33 Californie launches new fund for healthcare startups

ChromaTwist lands second round of funding for fluorescent dyes for flow cytometry market

Avstera receives funding for cancer programs

Novo Nordisk supports Plant2Food platform with €27M funding

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