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A snapshot of Innovation Showcase 2024! Our fifth Innovation Showcase was a huge success with a great turn out. Attendees had the chance to hear from our presenting portfolio companies: Awen Oncology, Emm, Octiocor and Indegra Therapeutics, as well as networking with other investors and portfolio companies, including exhibiting companies: Cardiac-Tech Ltd, Proxximos, Adora Digital Health and Verinnogen. Thanks again to Babraham Research Campus for hosting us in this fantastic location and event space along with our other sponsors: PEM, Taylor Wessing, Venner Shipley, Partners&., Azenta Life Sciences and InterSTEM, and event partners: PitchWork and eloquential. Watch the full video here: https://rb.gy/rw5770 #StartUps #Investors #LifeSciences #Innovation

Adora Digital Health is hosting a webinar next week to explore the reasons behind the 87% increase in menopause tribunal cases and discuss if your organisation is at risk. As a significant proportion of the UK workforce is expected to experience menopause, it is critical that organisations are able to provide better support for their female workforce. This includes creating a supportive and inclusive environment to ensure not just employee wellbeing, but also legal compliance. Join the webinar to hear from Ann O'Neill, CEO and Founder of Adora, and Daniel Isaac, Head of Employment Law at Wallace LLP to understand more about: ➡️ Legal obligations and best practices to avoid discrimination claims ➡️ Case studies on successful policies and lessons learned ➡️ Tips to build an inclusive workplace culture 📅 Tuesday 3 December ⌚ 12:00–12:45pm GMT Register here: https://lnkd.in/d9fKpi8Q #Menopause #EmployeeWellbeing #LegalAdvice #Webinar

As part of a special supplement on 'Diversity in Pharma', our CEO and co-founder, Jason Mellad, recently spoke to International Clinical Trials (Samedan Ltd) on 'The importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in the pharma industry'. Speaking on the developments over the past decade, Jason describes the positive shift from compliance-driven DEI efforts to many companies making DEI part of their core business strategy. In his interview, Jason describes the benefits of having a strong DEI within a pharma company: "By having a strong culture of DEI, pharma companies are starting to better understand and serve diverse patient populations, resulting in more equitable healthcare outcomes." Building on this, he also discusses the importance of representation in upper management and what it means for the workforce and patients. Read the full interview here: https://rb.gy/wllt3n #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Pharma #DEI 

Fantastic news from TRIMTECH Therapeutics Limited last week, whose co-founders' recent studies on TRIM21-based degraders were published in Cell and Science! These early studies form the basis of the Company's developing technology. The papers report on the innovative research by Leo James and William A McEwan to harness the power of TRIM21, a protein that plays a role in a variety of cellular processes. The findings show TRIM21's ability to degrade tau aggregates, which are linked to Alzheimer's disease, without affecting functional tau protein. The studies also show how this degradation correlates with preserved motor function and slowed disease progression in mice. The papers can be found here: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/erKqtKMw (Cell) ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gqMdmUyJ (Science) #NeurodegenerativeDisorder #Research #Alzheimers

We'd like to share a massive thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our fifth Innovation Showcase!   It was a fantastic opportunity for our portfolio companies: Indegra Therapeutics, Emm, Octiocor, Awen Oncology, Adora Digital Health, Cardiac-Tech Ltd, Proxximos and Verinnogen, to showcase their brilliant technologies and how they are set to transform different areas of unmet need, from women's health to drug discovery and cardiology.   Putting on events like these requires huge amounts of time and energy, and it wouldn't be possible without our wonderful sponsors: PEM, Taylor Wessing, Venner Shipley, Partners&., Azenta Life Sciences and InterSTEM! Our thanks also go to Babraham Research Campus for hosting us, and finally to our event partners PitchWork and eloquential.   #Event #Collaboration #Partners #StartUps #Investors #Entrepreneurship #LifeSciences

We’d like to finish up our sponsor thank yous with a shout out to all our event partners and gold and silver sponsors. To everyone attending the event, you’ll have the chance to connect with PEM, Taylor Wessing, Venner Shipley, Partners&., plus our two new silver sponsors, Azenta Life Sciences and InterSTEM. You’ll also be able to connect in-person with the Babraham Research Campus team and our event partners PitchWork and eloquential.   Events like our Showcase take months of preparation and simply would not be possible without the support of our partners and sponsors.   #Event #Collaboration #SponsorAppreciation #PartnerShoutOut

The third gold sponsor for our Innovation Showcase 2024 is PEM, a Cambridge-based accountancy, tax and business-advisory firm that advises businesses, non-profit organisations, individuals, and families.   PEM has been supporting clients for almost 150 years, offering expert guidance within specialist sectors, improving internal processes, and freeing up management time.   🟡 www.PEM.co.uk   #Innovation #StartUps #Technology #Healthcare

Our second gold sponsor for Innovation Showcase 2024 is Taylor Wessing, a global law firm that works closely with clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive.   The Company is deeply embedded in both the life sciences and technology industries, challenging expectations to create extraordinary results.   🟡 www.taylorwessing.com   #Innovation #Startups #LifeSciences #Technology  

📣 Innovation Showcase 2024 is only a few days away!   Over the next two days, we’ll be highlighting some of the fantastic companies that are sponsoring our Innovation Showcase, supporting our portfolio companies as they show off their innovative technologies.   The first of our gold sponsors for this year's Innovation Showcase is Venner Shipley, Intellectual Property experts and long-standing partners of Start Codon, who advise us and many of our portfolio companies on all things IP.   Venner Shipley is focused on solving problems, creating opportunities, and offering a new perspective to achieve commercial goals. The team’s innovative mindset enables them to offer tailored solutions extending beyond the standard legal protection of your ideas.   🟡 www.vennershipley.com   #Innovation #Startups #Commercialisation

Portfolio company, ENHANC3D GENOMICS, has launched its new virtual seminar series: "The 3D Regulatory Genome"! Led by co-founders Professor Peter Fraser and Dr. Stefan Schoenfelder, the seminar series will feature talks and discussions from world-leading experts in enhancer biology and functional 3D genomics. Taking place this Thursday 7th November, the first seminar will feature a talk by Dr Pradeepa Madapura from Queen Mary University of London. 📅Thursday 7th November ⌚16:00 GMT Registration can be accessed through Enhanced Genomics' 3D Genomics Professional Network group: https://lnkd.in/eitEtkfj #Genomics #SeminarSeries #3DGenome #DiseaseBiology