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Intelligent homes: empowering people to “live well” with dementia
The UK Dementia Research Institute is a first-of-its-kind national initiative focused on science and discovery to address the main forms of neuro-degeneration – with…
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Day in the Life of Rakesh Tailor, Founder & Creative Director of Fresh Canvas and Kishindo Renzo
Rakesh Tailor is the founder and creative director of two businesses in White City Innovation District – Fresh Canvas, a multi-disciplined, award-winning creative agency…
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Imperial graduates win £1m Earthshot Prize for seaweed packaging innovation
Imperial College London graduates Pierre-Yves Paslier and Rodrigo García González of Notpla have been named winners of £1 million in the Prince of Wales’ Earthshot Prize. Notpla – which received…
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Interview: Professor Ramana Nanda, Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship
Imperial College London’s newest Deep Tech initiative, The Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship, celebrated its official opening last month, in a special event addressed…
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UK DRI at Imperial to lead dementia research funded by Michael Uren Foundation
The Michael Uren Foundation has donated a £7.5 million gift in support of research into Alzheimer’s disease, Imperial College London has announced. This major…
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Avacta celebrates formal opening at Scale Space
High-growth, clinical-stage biotech company Avacta hosted a formal opening of the new, state-of-the-art facilities for its Avacta Therapeutics division at Scale Space this week. The…
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WCID life science businesses ranked in UK’s Top 30 Biotech & Pharma Companies
Congratulations to White City Innovation District companies Quell Therapeutics, Pulmocide, PsiOxus and Synthace, who all feature in Beauhurst‘s new ranking of the Top 30 Biotech & Pharmaceutical Companies in…
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White City Innovation District lights the path for Britain
Guest article by Councillor Stephen Cowan, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council There is only one viable answer to the competitive challenge globalisation and…
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Imperial Founders’ Pledge: WCID CEOs support future innovators
White City Innovation District’s Henrik Hagemann – co-founder and CEO of cleantech pioneer Puraffinity – and Alex Bond, co-founder and CEO of foodtech innovator…
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MSRH at Imperial College London creates first university department research feed on popular Researcher app
The Molecular Sciences Research Hub (MSRH), home to the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London, has become the first of its kind to…
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Avacta’s new WCID HQ to speed novel cancer therapies to patients
WCID is delighted to have welcomed to its world-class life science innovation cluster Avacta Group plc – an innovative clinical-stage oncology drug company and…
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WCID’s ORCA Computing raises $15M and nets MoD deal
White City Innovation District’s ORCA Computing, a pioneer of photonic quantum computing, has announced that it has raised $15 million in Series A funding…
