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Former Apple adviser to meet Scottish female founders in California trade mission
Ron Weissman, a leading global tech sector figure, former senior executive at Apple and adviser to the company’s late founder Steve Jobs, will meet with a group of Scottish-based female company founders including those from within Midlothian Science Zone.
AbacusBio and Bayer expand collaboration to additional crops and geographies
Following a successful year of collaboration, AbacusBio and Bayer have agreed to expand their partnership in the area of predictive plant breeding. This marks AbacusBio’s largest collaboration to date, which is anticipated to have a far-reaching impact along numerous crop supply chains.
MSZ Business Forum meet an entrepreneur progressing cancer research
Midlothian Business Forum welcomed a rising star and award-winning entrepreneur Ishani Malhotri, founder and CEO of Carcinotech on Tuesday 12th October to learn more about her entrepreneurial journey and success in the manufacturing of 3D cancer research models to enable accurate testing and treatment.
MSZ Business Forum discuss agritech support and services
Midlothian businesses joined the MSZ Business Forum on Tuesday 4th May to learn more about the services and support of Agri-EPI Centre and the Northern Hub to enable greater innovation in agriculture.
New model for disease surveillance
SRUC has announced changes to its disease surveillance model, providing one-to-one advice to veterinary practitioners, leveraging big data, and integrated testing in one specialist laboratory at the centre of a new model of farm animal disease surveillance.