During the current coronavirus pandemic many of our members have been putting their expertise to good use to provide guidance and solutions.
See below for some of the member news stories.
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Iceni Diagnostics has appointed BBI Solutions to produce clinical trial batches for their new, rapid SARS-COV-2/Influenza virus detection test. The test exploits the diagnostic company’s unique, proprietary HPGR™ (Host-Pathogen Glycan Recognition) technology to detect the presence of live virus in non-invasive samples within 15 minutes.
Iceni Diagnostics has gained InnovateUK funding to accelerate development of its triage test for coronavirus that would enable large numbers of people to be quickly tested on the spot. Allowing negative-response individuals to return to their normal work-life activities.
The ‘lowhighcovid’ tool is intended to highlight the potential impact of different control strategies on the rate of spread of COVID-19. It is designed as an educational tool, and is not intended to be used as a COVID-19 disease management or forecasting tool.
Digital environmental tools that can help track, understand and predict the effects of COVID-19 are to be developed by scientists across the world in a digital sprint organised by Cranfield University to offer a greener post-pandemic future.
Cambridge Consultants is one of five specialist medical device organisations, which as part of a Cambridge consortium, is to rapidly develop and manufacture ventilators in 6 weeks to meet increased hospital requirements, caused by COVID-19.
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” according to Greek philosopher Plato, and never have we had more need of invention and innovation than in the middle of a global pandemic. Agri-TechE has long been an advocate of “open innovation” and this is fast-tracking a response to the challenges created by COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has shown the fragility of food supply chains and accelerated the labour challenges for the agricultural industry – generating a sense of urgency for new methods of automating agricultural processes.
To help suppliers provide more accurate predictions of crop yield Mantle Labs, in collaboration with Agri-EPI Centre, is offering its unique ‘Geobotanics’ platform to retailers and others involved in the supply chain, free-of-charge for a period of three months.
LettUs Grow, an indoor farming technology provider, is fast-tracking the building of two vertical farm modules in the city of Bristol during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Innovate vertical farm will produce fresh food in 10 days and will donate the fresh produce to those in need in Bristol
3D printing of masks and ventilator parts and repurposing facilities to make hand sanitiser gel for the NHS in Norfolk and beyond are some of the UEA projects
Barclays Eagle Labs has launched a support site ‘resilience hub’ to provide start-ups with virtual events, content and tools in these challenging times.
Satellite Applications Catapult is compiling details of support available for SMEs, start-ups, and other small businesses working in the space industry.