Inverness Campus Life Sciences February 2017

 

Inverness and Aviemore host two International Animal Health Conferences in March 2017.

The Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) 2017 will be held in Inverness 29th - 31st March after the International Society for the Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health, taking place on March 27-28th in Aviemore.
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£400k Call for Bowel Research in the Highlands And Islands

The NHS Innovation Partnership Board and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are seeking companies to develop a health and wellbeing pilot that will focus on the rapid prototyping and adoption of solutions to inflammatory bowel disease.

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Pioneering Haemostasis Diagnostic equipment trialed at St Mary's Hospital

Highland Biosciences (HLB) develops life-saving technology for trauma patients with Imperial College Healthcare Trust and St Mary's Hospital, London.

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Openbrolly Health Develops and implements Remote Outpatient Care (ROC)

Openbrolly Health develops and implements ROC - a digital healthcare application to better provide remote care and support for self management..



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Prof. George Gunn addresses the 7th BVDV Symposium In Chicago, USA.

Eminent scientist Prof George Gunn based at  Scotland’s Rural College, Inverness Campus, Scotland UK was the Keynote speaker addressing "Ecology of BVDV with Implications for Transmission".

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European Marine Science Park - Ripples across the region

Deep sea bacterial drug shines light on treatment of prostate cancer

A novel photodynamic drug developed from deep sea, benthic bacteria is proving a game changer in the battle against prostrate cancerA novel photodynamic drug developed from deep sea, benthic bacteria is proving a game changer in the battle against prostrate cancer.

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Scientists take 'blue-action' to help society cope with Arctic climate changes

While the Arctic faces rapid warming and less sea ice currently covers the Arctic Ocean than ever before at this time of the year, an international partnership launches a major project to improve our detailed understanding of the processes and impacts of this changing climate.’ 

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Shelleye, Satellite research monitoring harmful algal bloom moves to next phase

ShellEye; a research project using satellites to monitor marine conditions and provide a state-of-the-art, cost-effective water quality bulletin service for shellfish farmers, has made great progress and now moves into its testing phase,.

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SAMS wins major share of £10m NERC Artic research funding


Major UK Arctic research projects that will help us better understand and predict the rapid environmental changes in the polar region have been awarded to the Scottish Association for Marine Science, UHI (SAMS).


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First call! January 2017 Transnational access for Marine Biotechnology Research Projects

EMBRIC, the European Marine Biological Research Infrastruce Cluster opens its first Transnational access (TA) call for maturation of research projects (proof of concept) in the field of marine biotechnology to access high-quality facilities and pioneering technology platforms at four top-class European Research Infrastructures (RIs).

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The  Marine Bioproccessing Centre – Unlocking the value of our seaweed

Marine Biotechnology is an exciting opportunity for Scotland. An area within this space that is attracting increasing interest and is especially relevant to Scotland is algae. Globally, algae both macro (seaweed) and micro are being seen as a potential feedstock for a bio-based economy.


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International collaboration investigates Acoustic Trauma in stranded whales

Scientists from Canada, Scotland, Spain and Namibia use Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) applied to the inner ear of pilot whales to detect acoustic trauma, damage caused by over-exposure to noises.

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Two Highlands And Islands Life Sciences companies strike Gold at the Nation Life Science Awards.

Inside Biometrics based in Dingwall and BASF at Callanish where overall winners in their categories at the 2017 Scottish Life Science awards.

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10 November 2016

Inverness Charity Mikeysline Offers New Smartphone App

A retired businessman and a local government worker run a text helpline in Inverness for distressed young people. To add to their mobile phone support Mikeysline has a new smartphone app designed to help.


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23 November 2016

“Health And The Environment’ – Earth, Air, Fire, & Water”

NHS HIGHLAND Research, Development and Innovation , Annual Conference 2016 “Health and the Environment’ – Earth, Air, Fire, & Water” is already oversubscribed proving yet again a very popular annual event for Inverness.

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24 January 2017

£100k for innovative Fit Homes uses BIG DATA analysis for falls prediction.

A ground breaking new project which aims to develop an effective falls prediction system for in peoples’ homes has secured almost £100,000 backing from the Data Lab – the Scottish Innovation Centre. 


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20 January 2017

SAMS and Texas A&M form strong collaborative research and academic activity

Riding in on the back of the Global Marine Sustainability Summit in September 2016, key collaborative themes have been forged between SAMS and Texas A&M Corpus Christie.


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24 January 2017

Team Sky exclusive for Inside Biometrics innovative metabolite tracker.

Inside Biometrics, announced the completion of an exclusive supply agreement to Team Sky CyclingTeam for its innovative metabolite trackers. IBL’s technology affords Team Sky athletes valuable insights to realise their goal.

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03 February 2017

Record dolphin numbers recorded off Scotland's west coast in 2016

Western Scotland’s seas are one of Europe’s most important cetacean habitats. So far 24 of the world’s estimated 92 cetacean species have been recorded in the region – many being national and international conservation priority species.

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