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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.
Pollinators make a B-Line through Midlothian
B-Lines are a series of 'insect pathways' running through our countryside and towns - and Midlothian Science Zone is now on the map, recognised for its wildflower-rich habitats of benefit to bees, butterflies and other wildlife.
MSZ Business Forum discuss data opportunities
Midlothian businesses joined the second MSZ Business Forum on Tuesday 9th March to learn more about data-driven opportunities and business support.
Midlothian Science Zone Forum
In association with Business Gateway Midlothian, we invite you to join our first virtual forum on Tuesday 1st December to introduce our teams and for us to learn more about your business to better align the support we can offer you, answer any questions you may have and to develop a plan going forward.
Record number of pets blood tested for immunity to rabies so they can travel
There has been a surge in demand by owners to have their pets blood tested for immunity to rabies so they can travel to the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Biobest, the UK’s biggest tester of rabies antibody at their laboratories at Edinburgh Technopole, within Midlothian Science Zone, has handled a surge in demand for tests over the last two years.
GALVmed announces three new projects to accelerate animal healthcare in West Africa
The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) has announced partnerships with three animal health companies in West Africa in a bid to accelerate improved availability of animal health medicines and vaccines to smallholder farmers in the region.
Scottish biotech firm to offer free COVID-19 testing for frontline NHS workers
Censo Biotechnologies, a specialist biotech company, has joined the COVID-19 Volunteer Testing Network, offering free coronavirus testing for GPs and other front-line health care professionals who are at significant risk both personally and as potential super-spreaders to the vulnerable community from Monday 4th May 2020.
Farm data capture tool will benefit Ugandan pig farmers
Pig farming is one of the fastest growing livestock activities in Uganda and is a means of increasing food, income and employment.
A new initiative aims to increase the productivity and profitability of pig smallholders in Uganda.
The PigBoost tool will help improve decision making of farmers and thus performance and efficacy in managing their herds both for improved genetic merit and reduced disease impacts.
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.
Synpromics deal significantly exceeds returns for investors including Calculus and Scottish Investment Bank
Synpromics, based at Roslin Innovation Centre, has been bought by AskBio, the American pioneer in gene therapeutics with support from Calculus Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank.
Scottish biotech company, and the market leader in gene therapy control technologies, Synpromics, has been bought by AskBio, the American pioneer in gene therapeutics.