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Bio-Buzz No.11 / 2006
IN THIS ISSUE HEADLINE NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS Microbes and Aquatic Pollution meeting Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon,TQ9 6EL on Tuesday - Wednesday 19-20 December 2006. Please reply to bluemicrobe@biobridge.co.uk or contact wendy.claye@earth.ox.ac.uk for more information. The revised model Clinical Trial Agreement (mCTA) was launched on 30 October 2006. The agreement has been developed to speed up the contracting process for industry sponsored trials in NHS hospitals and has been agreed by the ABPI, the BIA, the NHS, the UK Health Departments and the Council of Heads of Medical Schools. The launch of this agreement has been done in conjunction with the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) of which the BIA and the aforementioned organisations are Partners and are represented on the Board. The UKCRC was established in 2004 to address the issues regarding the conduct of clinical research highlighted in two key reports from the Bioscience Innovation and Growth Team and the Academy of Medical Sciences. The agreements for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland together with guidance notes as well as the UKCRC Board’s statement of support are all available on the UKCRC website
INDUSTRY CORNER FUNDING Framework Programme Seven - The Health Research Programme
DTI Invites Businesses to Compete for Technology Grants Worth £50m...to learn more click HERE INTERNATIONAL TRADE OPPORTUNITES Trade missions and national meetings (UKTI - For more detail contact Rob Thompson E. Rob.Thompson@bldc.co.uk ):
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITES The 2nd UK BioEntrepreneurial Company of the Year Awards 2007 will take place at the Locarno Rooms, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London SW1 on Wednesday 4th July from 12:00 to 20:00. Short listed nominations will again be via regional multipliers and in addition to the three awards premiered last year we will be introducing a fourth award being given to a leading representative from a mature bio/pharma company. All short listed companies will be profiled in our brochure for use on the day and beyond and in addition we will have a first round 'Dragon's Den' where featured companies will take part in a 90 second elevator sales pitch. Details to follow shortly Would you like to develop your entrepreneurial career? We are pleased to announce the first ever UK Bio-Entrepreneur School, which will take place in Nottingham in February 2007. The QED Bio-Entrepreneur School is open to all aspiring entrepreneurs and is particularly aimed at people who are either planning to commercialise a bio-related idea or who have already started a business in this rapidly expanding bioscience and biotechnology sector. Interested? Visit HERE . or contact Amanda Edwards T: 01302 761222 A new national initiative for social entrepreneurs in health . The Flying Start Programme for Social Entrepreneurs in Health (FSPSEH) is aimed at graduates who would like to start a business in the health care industry. It will be delivered with the involvement and support of the Department of Health. The Programme is dedicated to bringing potential social enterprises in health into being and the 15 Pathfinder Enterprises the government is recruiting will also be part of the programme. The Programme will run from 16th -18th April in Preston and will be supported by a 12 month period of mentoring and expert support. Please see the attached flyer which provides further details. For more information please go HERE or contact Dr. Lorna A. Collins 07850 682 833 Bullying and harassment is a serious problem in many workplaces and employers need to take the issue more seriously. It can damage confidence, morale and motivation. It can also affect employees' health and trigger absenteeism, which damages retention rates, the employer's reputation and the bottom line. Anti-bullying charity, The Andrea Adams Trust, helps to persuade employers to combat bullying in the workplace. For more information please click HERE UPCOMING BIOAPPROACHES EVENTS: Following the tradition of the previous International Conferences on Protein Stability we would like to welcome you to Exeter, UK for 'ProStab 2007'. The meeting will be held on the University of Exeter Campus. 11th – 14th April 2007 more information HERE
or contact Prof Jenny Littlechild E: J.A.Littlechild@exeter.ac.uk
EDITORIAL “Bugs are the new Black” Bugs or more precisely, the beneficial application of compost containing bugs to suppress plant diseases is the composter’s equivalent of the little black dress! Plant diseases can cost a grower thousands of pounds in lost or damaged stock and the gardener, whether amateur or professional, can suffer significant loss of plants and reputation. The compost producer and user can now benefit from state-of-the-art antibody-based testing kits that will test for the presence of beneficial organisms such as Trichoderma spp. Based on research carried out over the past 10 years, University of Exeter-based Eco Diagnostics Ltd, in collaboration with EcoSci, has developed the SoilSense testing kit that works within minutes to provide a guarantee to compost operators and/or compost users that their product or growing media contain these beneficial organisms. Moreover, the testing kit can be used to test the results of a program of simple manipulation of compost feedstock materials to provide the right microbial consortium within the mix. Composts can be customised to perform particular functions/effects and thus to the creation of composts with added value. SoilSense, available from Eco Diagnostics Ltd, is the essential accessory for the wardrobe of any compost producer keen to maximise revenues and add value to their compost product. For more information please contact: EcoDiagnostics@aol.com
Contact Us For further information on any of these items, please visit our website: www.bioapproaches.co.uk or contact us directly. Jade Fulbrook-Smith – BioBuzz Editor
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