Your weekly innovation digest (21.03.24)
Glasgow City of Science and Innovation
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Game-changing Glasgow
A recent Financial Times survey analysing Europe's top tech startup hubs placed the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub, with its Scotland hub in the Glasgow City Innovation District , as the 9th leading startup hub in Europe. Additionally, CodeBase , which has a base in Glasgow, was ranked 6th in Europe for its exceptional mentoring support.
🔦 Innovator Spotlight: Dr Deborah McNeill , Director of Glasgow Science Festival
Having co-founded the Glasgow Science Festival in 2006, Deborah runs the award-winning annual festival, with an exciting programme of events designed to showcase the significant contributions made by Glasgow and its researchers to STEM fields. Each year, the festival successfully engages with over 50,000 participants.
Deborah, who has a background in marine biology, serves as a trustee for the Scottish Association For Marine Science (SAMS), Scotland’s largest and oldest independent marine science organisation. Additionally, she is a member of the Glasgow City of Science and Innovation strategic programme board.
📢 Exciting news! Glasgow Science Festival will return from 6th-16th June 2024; the full programme will be announced soon. 👀
🦾 University of Glasgow spinout recognised by Scottish Parliament for robotic surgery innovation
MedTech firm Nami Surgical , recent recipients of a £80,000 Scottish EDGE Award, have received recognition from the Scottish Parliament for their innovative miniaturized ultrasonic scalpel designed for robotic-assisted surgery. This innovative tool is set to allow surgeons to perform robotic procedures with greater speed and safety, substantially improving patient outcomes.
🚮 Strathclyde’s £1M project to use food by-products for new antimicrobial drugs
Researchers at the University of Strathclyde are leading a study that aims to use food by-products to make antimicrobial drugs from bacteria. The project aims to make antimicrobial production more cost effective and sustainable, offering a less carbon-intensive method for biomanufacturing. Additionally, this can be adapted to produce other bacteria-derived products, including anti-parasitic, anti-cancer, anti-fungal, and immunosuppressant drugs.
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💊 GCU ground-breaking AI program could revolutionise drug discovery
Dr. Juanma Parilla, a researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), has created an innovative computer programme that rapidly identifies molecules with complementary properties. Using sophisticated computational methods, this program visualises the distribution of electrons around molecules, generating new molecules that fit together seamlessly. This breakthrough in molecular design has the potential to significantly accelerate future drug development.
🚀 Krucial leads European Space Agency (ESA) project for global water monitoring
Working alongside the University of Strathclyde, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), AgriTech startup Deep Planet, and analytics and artificial intelligence company SAS, Glasgow-based SpaceTech scaleup Krucial is leading a project focused on analsing water levels and quality in the Earth’s most populous river basins. This initiative will provide data to policymakers, scientists, businesses and government agencies, allowing them to make more informed decisions about the management and conservation of vital water resources.
🚀 Learn more about our Advanced Manufacturing and Precision Engineering cluster which includes SpaceTech and the Space Economy here .
📈 Glasgow museums see surge in visitors
In 2023, Glasgow Life Museums, including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and the Riverside Museum, saw nearly four million visitors across seven venues, surpassing the previous year's attendance. Key highlights include the launch of the new permanent exhibition 'City of the Empire' at Kelvingrove Museum, Banksy's 'Cut&Run' at the Gallery of Modern Art, and the Burrell Collection's first full year post-refurbishment, whilst winning the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year award, the world's largest museum prize.
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The Glasgow City of Science and Innovation team