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Veterinary diagnostics spin-out raises $4 million
A Scottish veterinary diagnostics has secured $4m in Series A funding.
MI:RNA is aiming to change the future of animal health treatments through earlier diagnostics. The new capital will be used to continue global growth plans.
A model for the future by The Energy Training Academy
Midlothian Science Zone Business Forum visited the new community-focussed Energy Training Academy in Eskbank to learn about this amazing training facility, empowering a sustainable future through renewable energy education and showcasing a Net Zero Home.
Midlothian-based start-up crowned Scotland’s ‘most exciting tech business’
Midlothian Science Zone-based biotech, OGI-Bio, has been selected to represent Scotland in the search for the best of UK tech in KPMG finals.
Moredun Research Institute awarded grant to tackle resistance to sheep scab treatments
The Moredun Research Institute, in collaboration with leading partners, has been awarded a £1.2M grant to explore the mechanism of resistance to the macrocyclic lactone (ML) injectables in the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis.
Midlothian biotech receives £650,000 follow-on investment
OGI Bio’s advanced bioreactors and automated systems streamline microbial growth, optimising product development in diverse sectors. The funding will accelerate expansion in the UK, EU, and US biotechnology sectors.
Vault City relocates to prepare for global growth and a new product range
Vault City has relocated to BioCampus, Scotland’s first dedicated national bio-manufacturing campus, located within the Midlothian Science Zone, providing the brewing company with extensive expansion of the company’s current site.
Student trio shares business contest prize pot
Three Easter Bush Campus-based students have been recognised for their innovative business ideas in a contest run by Edinburgh Innovations that aims to support student entrepreneurship by recognising and rewarding submissions with commercial potential.
Driving progress for healthy people and a healthy planet
Midlothian Science Zone Business Forum gathered to learn more about the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems; developing new science, curating evidence and learning for the health and wellbeing of people and our planet.
Partnering across continents to improve livelihoods
The work of scientists and farmers in Scotland to breed more productive dairy cows has paid off both at home and on the African continent – thanks to support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.