Scotland’s industrial biotechnology community is exceeding growth expectations and is on track to achieve annual turnover of £1.2bn by 2025, according to a refreshed strategy being launched at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference today (June 6th).

Leading developer and operator of environmental technology solutions, SEM, headquartered in Aberdeen, has announced the appointment of Adrian Morley as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as the business is poised for significant global growth.

With six-figure funding support from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Eco Clean is aiming to develop a more sustainable alternative to traditionally petrochemical-based surfactants, which can be produced at scale.

Cambridge-based agritech startup Better Origin will supply 10 insect farming containers to Morrisons’ free range egg farms to reduce the use of soya. The rollout is a big step in helping Morrisons achieve their Net Zero targets and becoming the first supermarket to launch carbon neutral eggs.

The Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst fund has been launched by Interface and Scottish Government to support Scotland as a leading destination for inward investment aligned with our values as a nation.

BioAccelerate, AberInnovation’s investment-readiness accelerator programme for early-stage businesses and startups, is back for a fourth time and seeking ambitious innovations to join its 2022 cohort.

In August, the National Horizons Centre, in partnership with CPI, announced the launch of a new RNA National Training Academy in Darlington to help protect the world against future pandemics and infectious diseases.

Nominations and applications are invited for the role of Chairperson, Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group.

Quotient Sciences, the drug development and manufacturing accelerator, has announced a £6.3 million-pound investment in its recently acquired manufacturing facility in Alnwick, U.K.

Edinburgh based Firefinch Software is delighted to announce that its Head of Marketing Sophie Read was the winner of a special recognition award for outstanding contribution to STEM education in the North East STEM Awards held virtually on the 15th July.

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) are thrilled to announce that the first ever awareness week dedicated to celebrating all things biofilm will take place from 16-22 August 2021.

Dundee-based life sciences company Cellexus is targeting new markets to fuel its growth after forming a partnership that will prove its technology is suitable for use in an untapped area of research and product development.

The Round Britain Climate Challenge is the first ever circumnavigation attempt of mainland Britain with an electric paramotor

AberInnovation’s BioAccelerate programme was brought to a close last week with an expert panel deciding to award two £50,000 innovation grants to PlantSea and Conwy Kombucha.

Unilever has partnered with food tech company ENOUGH, which will supply it with mycoprotein to fuel innovation behind its plant-based brands, starting with The Vegetarian Butcher.

Scottish Enterprise has launched a new series of funding rounds to help businesses create jobs that contribute to improving the environment and achieving net zero emissions.

Dyneval is delighted to announce that it was awarded £100K as the IBioIC EDGE winner at this year’s Scottish EDGE17 awards final. Dyneval is an exciting new venture in the Scottish biotech sector, having already been announced as winner of the i4 Product Design awards in January this year and the Biocity Accelerator Glasgow most promising venture awards in 2020.

Edinburgh Genome Foundry has invested in a cutting edge system, funded by a £2 million grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), that will speed advances in medicine and fast-track other areas of science.

NCIMB has launched a new storage service specially tailored to the needs of scientists working on grant funded projects.