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Schoolchildren pen new book
A competition for Birmingham schoolchildren has led to the publication of a new book, Curse of the Nomed. The book is the
The professionals: Restore Harrow Green
Relocation firm called in to move university campus
Relocation experts Restore Harrow Green have spent the summer helping to move an entire university campus. The Birmingham-based company was called in by
the University of Northampton to mastermind its move to a new purpose-built development at Waterside. The mega move was expected to take 16 weeks to
complete, and was scheduled to include moving thousands of unwanted items from the old university building to various local schools, colleges and charities. It’s not the first time Restore Harrow Green has
tackled such a move - in a recent project for University of Birmingham, the firm relocated 48,500 metres of books, journals, newspapers, DVDs, microfilms, theses, pamphlets, film reels, CDs, VHS, music scores and vinyl records to the university’s new library. In addition, the company has been involved in a
number of other large scale projects, for Wesleyan Assurance, Birmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Trust and, most recently, for sports clothing brand Gymshark, helping the company move into its new head office in Blythe Valley Park. The firm made a big move of its own, recently
undergoing a rebrand. Previously known as Harrow Green, the firm has rebranded as Restore Harrow Green to reflect that it is part of the Restore Group.
The university moved to a new site at Waterside Restore Harrow Green managing director Nigel Dews
said: “We recognised that this transition would be a significant step for Harrow Green. As a market leader in our industry, built up over 30 years, we welcome having Restore in our name. This change will enable us to present a clear and compelling service offering, making it much easier to do business with us.” The company are being recognised for its corporate
social responsibility activities in the West Midlands. It has been awarded Birmingham Business Charter for
Social Responsibility by Birmingham City Council, for its ongoing support for the city’s Children’s Hospital.
result of a competition aimed at getting children to think about mental health issues and involved entrants producing a basic draft for a novel. The winning team, ‘Whizz Writers’,
from Four Dwellings Academy in Quinton pitched their story idea Curse of the Nomed to a panel of judges, and their draft has now been turned into a full length novel. The story will now be sold in bookshops and online to raise money for Partnership for Children, a children’s mental health charity. The project is also backed by
financial services business Wesleyan. Jessica Wilkes-Reading,
Wesleyan’s corporate responsibility officer, said: “We’re proud to support Partnership for Children as our charity of the year. Wesleyan will cover the costs involved in publishing Curse of the Nomed, meaning all of the profits will go to the charity. “Thanks to the imagination of
pupils at Four Dwellings Academy, we’ve got an enthralling story that will help pupils with the transition to high school and raise money to fund Partnership for Children.”
Birmingham antibodies used in space test
Antibodies developed at the University of Birmingham have been used by NASA to assess how long duration space flight affects the immune system. The antibodies are part of a
medical test called Seralite-FLC ELISA, which was used in the year- long study of astronauts from the International Space Station to examine the effect of space flight on B cells, the white blood cells that make antibodies to help fight infection.
International Space Station: Home to Brum’s antibodies
‘Reduced immune function during
spaceflight has long been a concern for NASA’
Reduced immune function
during spaceflight has long been a concern for NASA, which has the ambitious goal of manned space flights to Mars by the 2030s. The study measured free light
chains (FLCs) in plasma and saliva of 23 astronauts, using samples taken before, during and after spending six months in space.
FLCs are of interest because
these proteins provide a near ‘real- time’ indicator of B cell function. The sensitive measurement
provided by the Seralite-FLC ELISA test allowed researchers to monitor changes in the activity of blood
cells before, during and after the mission. Preliminary findings, presented
at the American College of Sports Medicine, indicate that the competency of plasma cells (white blood cells circulating in the blood and produce antibodies) is maintained in microgravity, and indicates that the risk of infection may not be magnified in space missions of this duration. The Seralite-FLC ELISA is a
sequential sandwich assay used to measure FLC in biological fluids for research and is available from Abingdon Health Ltd. Abingdon Health does its early
stage R&D at the University of Birmingham’s bio-incubator, the BioHub Birmingham. The company announced in May
that it is developing a rapid diagnostic test for mastitis in dairy cows.
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