Babraham Research Campus

🔎 Earlier this week our Campus community, along with local residents, got to go 'Back in Time' thanks to Dr Chris Wakefield and the team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit who shared fascinated artefacts and the history of the site. Find out more 👇

🙌Thank you to everyone on Campus who has been using a refillable cup for their beverages. ☕ Because of you we've saved using 10,000+ cups over the last seven months! This is really helping our quest to become a zero waste Campus. ♻️ #Sustainability #Reuse #ZeroWaste

🧩Our Campus Mentorship Scheme started as a pilot of 17 pairs in 2022 in collaboration with The Babraham Institute. It's grown a lot since then but remains a valuable resource to support the personal growth of members of our Campus community. We echo Jenny's thanks to all those who have helped make it such a success. And we are also indebted to Jenny for her hard work in organising the scheme with the Entrepreneurship & Careers Network. Thank you! 🙌 https://lnkd.in/gKUKRsHh

The latest recipients of our highly-competitive Campus Innovation Awards are Five Alarm Bio Limited and Proteotype Diagnostics. They will work in collaboration to develop and test novel biomarkers for cellular senescence. This collaborative research effort will further validate Proteotype’s Protein Cross Sections as a diagnostic tool for senescence, and will help to provide confirmation that Five Alarm Bio's compounds modulate a key hub in the cell's ability to defend itself against damage, and will be valuable for treating the diseases of older people where cell senescence plays a causal role. The Campus Innovation awards are open to Babraham-based companies and provide up to £30k to establish collaborations and accelerate impact. Funded by UKRI-BBSRC the awards cover a broad range of activities such as proof-of-concept, access to equipment/ technology, and technology evaluation. Full story 👇 https://ow.ly/lEwY50Vb1sC

Whether you’re working to discover new medicines, exploring the human genome, searching for antibodies, or providing services and data insights in the life science or biotech sector, your research and innovation needs talented people. 🧑🔬 Degree apprenticeships can help attract and develop high-calibre people who will bring talent, energy and diversity to your workforce, whilst using government funding to develop your early career pipeline through a diverse local talent pool. ARU has experience in supporting over 850 employers to address their skills shortages and achieve their goals. If you’re looking at talent acquisition, and staff development and retention stop by the Market Restaurant between 10.30am and 2pm today to chat with the ARU Degrees at Work team to find out more. Further details on degree apprenticeships 👉 https://ow.ly/z76A50Vafxa

Are you passionate about neurotechnology, research, and the future of brain health? Then please do register to join us at the next Cambridge NeuroWorks event.

👋Today in the Market Restaurant we welcome representatives from TCS Biosciences Ltd which has been serving the needs of clinical, research, and industrial scientists since 1965. Drop by between 10am and 3pm to find out more about its range of cell culture products. In the meantime visit the website for full details on all products and services 👉 https://ow.ly/TelV50VaesG

Let's start the week on a positive note with a selection of news and achievements from some of the innovative companies based on Campus. 🌟Epitopea has signed a licensing deal and research collaboration with MSD. The transatlantic cancer immunotherapeutics company is developing accessible, off-the-shelf RNA-based immunotherapies. Full story https://ow.ly/bJW150Vb1a7 via Business Weekly newspaper 🌟LinkGevity has been awarded an Innovate UK Smart Grant. The funding will be used in a one-year project involving its Anti-Necrotic™ technology specifically around acute tubular necrosis (ATN), which is a leading cause of kidney dysfunction, degeneration and ageing. More 👉https://ow.ly/bJKF50Vb1a6 🌟bit.bio has expanded its CRISPR-Ready ioCells range with CRISPR activation-Ready and CRISPR interference-Ready ioGlutamatergic Neurons enabling precise gene perturbation in human iPSC-derived cells. Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/ZJ2z50VaN9G #ResearchCampus #Babraham #Innovation

We have a couple of showcases taking place in the Market Restaurant next week... 📅Tuesday 11 March ⏰10am-3pm Manufacturer and distributor of laboratory reagents, test kits and quality control reagents for the clinical, pharmaceutical, food and water sectors TCS Biosciences Ltd has been serving the needs of clinical, research and industrial scientists since 1965. 📅Wednesday 12 March ⏰10.30am-2pm Discover how degree apprenticeships can develop the laboratory scientists and data analysis of tomorrow with ARU Degrees at Work. If you’re looking at talent acquisition, and staff development and retention, stop by for an informal chat. In the meantime find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/zvLg50V715a

🥼Cutting-edge science and nature harmoniously co-exist on our Campus set within a beautiful, historic, 430-acre open parkland. 🌳As part of our sustainability efforts the fabulous Estates team has recently planted a total of 12,852 trees. 🌻They have also planted 2,500 woodland bulbs which include snowdrop, bluebell, snakes head fritillary, wood anemone and wild garlic. 🔬We like to think of ourselves as a truly sustainable choice for entrepreneurs who don’t want to compromise on the environment for the sake of progress. Ready to accelerate? Thanks to Matt from the Estates team for sharing this photo. 😍 #ResearchCampus #LifeSciences #Sustainability #TreePlanting