#OnThisDay in 1921, Dr. Frederick G. Banting and his assistant Charles Best became the first researchers to isolate insulin and use it as a potential treatment for #diabetes. An amazing breakthrough in research, which led to the scientists winning a Nobel Prize! #t1d#GBDoc
📢The Biomedical Catalyst is now open for applications.🎉
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £30 million to develop a product or process that is an #innovative solution to a health and care challenge.🔬✨
Apply below👇
https://t.co/IrvGCvIfyZ
#WEACE - step out of your comfort zone and learn entrepreneurship skills
Introducing our #WEACE participant Melanie Ghoul 😊 a Microbiology Researcher, Enterprise Fellow and Academic Partner at a VC firm. Thank you for being a part of #WEACE2020!
WE ACE: https://t.co/DBbUo0MiDe
Next week @KTNUK are holding a webinar looking at how UK companies are developing game-changing technologies in #vaccine formulation, manufacture and delivery.
Speakers involved include @FujifilmDiosyn, @Prokarium, @NanoGenics, @aqdot, and @Enesi_Pharma.
https://t.co/rwSvcxjPt9
Vera Rubin was born #OnThisDay. Trailblazing astrophysicist Vera Rubin (1928-2016) did pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates. Her work shaped the theory of dark matter, yet she never received a Nobel Prize.✨
+ https://t.co/1jCjyzCeZ8
#STEM#VeraRubin#WomenInSTEM
The #WEACE program has led us to meet brilliant women entrepreneurs. Introducing Ella Antwi-Ticehurst who was participant in #WEACE2020 😊 and shared her entrepreneurship experiences with us!
Would you like to be part of the next WEACE, sign up here:
https://t.co/DBbUo0uHLG
Congratulations to Prof Dame Kay Davies for winning the @BiochemSoc 2020 Centenary Award! 🎉🎉 Tune in to watch Prof Davies present her award lecture on #duchenne muscular dystrophy as part of the Society’s webinar series
https://t.co/pE48MZrduM
We wish a HUGE 🥳 Happy Birthday to JDRF supporter, actor James Norton @jginorton. He's done some truly outstanding work to raise awareness of #T1D for the type 1 diabetes community since his diagnosis. Contribute to his birthday fundraiser in aid of JDRF: https://t.co/OCyrkAUmEf
Thanks to @thunder_wishes for bringing this to our attention- a very important diagram showing that there is still a long way to go in increasing board diversity!
#inclusionmatters#WomeninBusiness
'The four pillars of a successful science spin-off company'
Barbara Domayne-Hayman, entrepreneur in residence at @TheCrick has written a piece in @NatureCareers on how to be a successful entrepreneur.
https://t.co/UP0kQcxYg2
Save the date - 20th July for the next EVBO webinar. Plenary lecture by Lydia Sorokin, University of Münster, Germany. Register here https://t.co/j7xZi4EIJ5
Great thread with suggested literature on Cre-loxP associated issues. Thanks @ralfhadams for putting this together and emphasize that there’s not such thing as “too many controls”!
Small Molecules of the Month - June 2020: https://t.co/3wOug12xm5
Summer starts with some natural-product inspired molecules, two metal-binders (including 1 via a ketone!), two transcription factor modulators, a molecular glue degrader, and more!
#chemtwitter#biotwitter
The UK is leading the way in Europe accelerating #patientaccess to life-changing advanced therapies through initiatives such as the ATTC network. Discover the #ATTC impact so far: 🧬🩺👉 https://t.co/mNQAH7xkpe @iMATCH_ATTC@AttcMw@naattc@UKRI_News @beisgovuk @innovateuk
EVBO Webinar series continues this Friday 10th July. Plenary lecture by Holger Gerhardt (MDC Berlin, Germany), with talks by Andriana Margariti (Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland), Mahak Singhal (ECAS Mannheim/DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany), and Elizabeth Jones (KU-Leuven, Belgium)
NEW BLOG 🚨Read our new blog by @FlexiblePhD about UK Gov plans to invest £300m in an 'R&D Roadmap' and what this could mean for #universityinnovation
https://t.co/LCOxjEOX29