Biopharmaceuticals now account for a significant proportion of new drugs being released onto the market, providing alternative treatment strategies for many medical conditions, as well as offering new hope for previously untreatable or orphan diseases. Unlike the manufacture of small…
Scotland leads the way in the UK for environmental and agricultural biotech start-ups and, as a biotech company, it’s important for us to be actively involved in this community. The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC20) Annual Conference is perfect for…
Ingenza’s Dr Stephen McColm is celebrating success after being awarded a PhD in chemistry from the University of Edinburgh. Through an 1851 Royal Commission Fellowship, a scheme that funds innovative doctoral research with commercial potential, Stephen developed an enhanced DNA…
Although it has only been three years since I joined Ingenza, I have witnessed many significant changes in the way our company functions. Our move to the Roslin Innovation Centre has, of course, changed almost every aspect of our daily…
Amprologix, Executive Management team, Dr Gordon Barker, Professor Mathew Upton and Dr Ian Fotheringham. Ingenza is pleased to announce that University of Plymouth spin-out Amprologix, in which it has a stake, has been awarded a £1.2 million contract from the…
Ingenza is proud to announce that Managing Director Ian Fotheringham has been recognised with one of SCI Scotland’s most prestigious honours – the Charles Tennant Memorial Lecture award – acknowledging his expertise and knowledge in chemical research. SCI is a…
Ingenza, a leading industrial biotech company, is pleased to announce that Syngenta is exercising its commercial licensing option for a technology that enables the development of innovative crop protection products. This enabling technology – the result of an initial collaboration…
Ingenza colleague, Jack Kay, has been recognised by Life Sciences Scotland as their Rising Star for November 2018. Read more about Jack’s development and progression at Ingenza over the years on the Life Sciences Scotland website; https://www.lifesciencesscotland.com/rising-stars/novembers-rising-star-jack-kay
What does it take to become a scientist in industry? When asked to write this month’s blog, I thought it would be interesting for readers to hear about my journey from education to scientist within the molecular biology team here…
Image: Ingenza Molecular Biologists; Research Assistant, Louis Marlow and Senior Scientist, Stephen McColm Industrial biotech specialist Ingenza has announced that its collaboration with Syngenta for work on efficient technologies to support the development of crop protection products has been extended…