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Knowledge Exchange Award for Northern Accelerator

Northern Accelerator, a collaboration between universities across the North East to support spin-out companies, won the prestigious Place-Based Knowledge Exchange (KE) Initiative of the Year.

Gitlife Biotech appoints Beatrix Ellis as CEO

Commercial strategy, business development and capital raising experience will lead the spin out's next phase of growth.

P&G partner excellence award

Newcastle University has won a Connect + Develop Partner Excellence award from Procter and Gamble Research and Development.

New partnership drives further diagnostic innovation in the North East

A new partnership between Roche Diagnostics UK and Ireland, Newcastle University and The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will play a key role in developing cutting-edge medical diagnostics.

Universities for North East England

North East England’s five universities to strengthen collaboration to achieve greater impact and influence.

Funding boost for heritage material science

Heritage science experts at Newcastle University have received £1M in new funding to unlock the potential of existing heritage collections.

Spin-out's melanoma biomarker receives UK product safety mark

A revolutionary test for low-risk skin cancer has received a UKCA product mark, paving the way for its introduction to the NHS.

Donation boost to support budding North East business brains

A successful entrepreneur and Newcastle University alumnus is supporting budding business owners of the future with a £1.25m personal donation to create a new academy.

New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction

Working with the Met Office, we have developed new guidance and tools that could significantly improve the prediction of life-threatening flash flooding.

LifeArc Knowledge Transfer Innovation Fellowship

Dr Anastassia Kostenko will join the early-career scheme for fast-track training in technology transfer.

North East Mayor set to approve ‘landmark’ investment in manufacturing skills facility

Skills investment which will create a new generation of skilled local workers in electric vehicle (EV) and battery technology.

Work begins on pioneering Health Innovation Neighbourhood

A groundbreaking ceremony has marked the start of work on the £500 million Health Innovation Neighbourhood, which will promote longer, healthier lives.

New funding for live bacteria therapeutic development

The Innovate UK funding brings together Newcastle University spin out, GitLife Biotech with Aberdeen biotech company, NCIMB Ltd.

Professor Mike Capaldi, appointed as Chair of DER-IC

Professor Mike Capaldi, Dean of Innovation and Business at Newcastle University, has been announced as the new Chair of DER-IC, a UK-wide Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) manufacturing network.

Joint study shows benefits of enhanced rock weathering for agriculture

Working with UNDO, new research shows spreading finely crushed silicate rock on agricultural land enhances yields as well as sequestering carbon dioxide.

Patented 3D bioprinting technique coming to market

Jetbio, a new spinout company, will be targeting the groundbreaking technique at drug discovery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Newcastle to lead national Edge AI hub

Newcastle University has been announced as the lead of a new national artificial intelligence (AI) hub that will deliver next-generation innovations and technologies via edge computing.

Working with industry to determine optimum storage and cooking of vitamin D enriched eggs

Scientists have shown that storing your eggs on the worktop rather than in the fridge - and how you cook them - matters when it comes to preserving vitamin D, known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’.

Clarity needed for businesses to achieve greenhouse gas mitigation

Despite efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, companies are not set up for success, due to conflicting national and sectorial targets and differing availability of abatement options.

Newcastle University engineer wins prestigious Enterprise Fellowship

Dr Pavlina Theodosiou has been awarded an Enterprise Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering to support her as a CEO of University spin-out company METzero.

£30M study with global biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim

The most extensive clinical study into liver cirrhosis ever conducted worldwide has been announced.

Electrification supercharging new degree apprenticeship

A new degree apprenticeship from Newcastle University will help businesses to close the electrification skills gap. Developed with industrial partners, the programme will receive

Record year as Newcastle University spin-outs attract £40m+ of investments

Investments across life sciences, sustainable engineering and digital tech spin-outs have totalled over £40m in 2023. Created from research discoveries, the University’s 37 active spin-out companies now employ more than 300 people.

Positive top line results from Newcastle-led FRACTAL study

Swedish pharma company reports that the study met the primary objective to confirm the favourable safety and tolerability profile of fractalkine blocker KAND567 in myocardial infarction patients.

Arup and Newcastle University Strengthen Strategic Partnership

Global sustainable development consultancy, Arup and Newcastle University have renewed and strengthened their strategic relationship signing a new and refreshed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

£23M investment secured by spin-out Advanced Electric Machines

The funding will be used to scale up production capacity at its facility in the North East of England, deliver on ambitious growth plans to establish a global sales footprint, and bolster R&D capabilities.

Working with Biffa to test a new glue invention

Newcastle University engineer inventors have worked with waste management experts Biffa to test a new, reversible glue.

Northern Accelerator to receive major innovation funding boost

The company creation partnership has secured an additional £4.3m to expand support spin-outs.

University spin-out acquired by Sterling Pharma Solutions

Sterling Pharma Solutions has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Newcastle University spin-out company, NewChem Technologies.

‘Driverless’ public transport option for new Cramlington development

A new study will determine the feasibility of an autonomous, ‘driverless’ public transport system between Seaton Delaval Station and the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington.