By Heather Hobbs
BRINGING YOU THE LATEST NEWS & EVENTS FROM THE SCIENCE INDUSTRY Award Winners Celebrated by The Crick
Among this year’s five winners of the 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland for Women in Science Fellows, were Lucia Prieto-Godino, Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute and Yanlan Mao, Principal Investigator at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology who did her postdoctoral training at one of the Crick’s legacy institutes.
Designed to provide flexible and practical financial support to help further their research careers and keep them in the scientific community, the winners can choose how to spend their fellowship, for example, whether on buying scientific equipment or paying towards personal costs such as childcare or travel.
Lucia, who joined the Crick in January this year as a new group leader, heads up the Neural Circuits and Evolution Lab which tries to understand how evolution sculpts nervous systems, giving rise to new behaviours.
In addition to her research, Lucia also directs a non-profit organisation to promote scientific research in Africa called TReND (Teaching and Research in Natural sciences for development in Africa).
Lucia said: “I think this fellowship is special because in addition to the extremely flexible funding it provides, it gives visibility to women scientists, which I believe is very important to encourage the future generations of researchers.”
“So far I have been running TReND in Africa in my spare time, but with my new position as a group leader this is becoming increasingly difficult. Part of the award will be used to fund a part time position to help me with TReND administrative aspects. This will allow me to continue doing the best science I can do without sacrificing my commitment to promote research in Africa.”
Yanlan Mao, formerly a postdoc in Nic Tapon’s lab at the London Research Institute - one of the Crick’s legacy institutes - has been running her own research group at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL since 2013.Yanlan and her team explore the fundamentals behind cell and tissue repair after injury. Their research has implications for scar reduction and advanced wound healing in patients.
Award winners including Yanlan Mao, (centre) and Lucia Prieto-Godino (far right). Courtesy of L’Oreal.
Yanlan said: “As scientists we have to travel a lot and that has been difficult to balance with taking care of my daughter. Part of this fellowship will be used towards extra childcare needs while I am away at conferences.”
46425pr@reply-direct.com Rosalind Franklin Institute to Transform Drug Discovery Methods
Funding for ambitious technology projects that will enable the pharmaceutical industry to develop drugs faster, cheaper and better, was announced by Business Secretary Greg Clarke at the launch of the £103 million Rosalind Franklin Institute at the Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, on June 5.
Harnessing disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics, the new institute (RFI) is investing £6 million to create:
The most advanced real-time video camera, the key to a new technique that uses light and sound to eradicate some of the most lethal forms of cancer.
A new project pioneering fully-automated hands-free molecular discovery to produce new drugs up to ten times faster and
transform the UK’s pharmaceutical industry.
A ground-breaking new UK facility that will revolutionise the way samples are produced and harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate new drugs for clinical testing within a few weeks.
Business Secretary Greg Clarke said: “The new Rosalind Franklin Institute will lead a revolution in drug development and diagnosis to improve the lives of millions of patients. And with over 10 million people in Britain alive today expected to live to 100, now more than ever it is vital that the Government invests in the development of new technologies and techniques which will support people to have healthier lives.”
Professor Ian Walmsey, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Innovation at the University of Oxford and Chair of the RFI’s Interim Board said: “The RFI will pioneer disruptive technologies and new ways of working to revolutionise our understanding of biology, leading to new diagnostics, new drugs, and new treatments for millions of patients worldwide. It will bring university researchers together with industry experts in one facility and embrace high-risk, adventurous research, that will transform the way we develop new medicines.”
The Institute is an independent organisation funded by the UK government through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and operated by 10 UK universities. It
will operate on a hub and spokes model with the four storey £40m build central hub at Harwell delivered by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Opening in 2020, the hub will house the majority of the technologies produced for the institute and will have world-leading capabilities in imaging and drug discovery. It will be home to 150 researchers from industry and academia, working closely with the neighbouring facilities at Harwell including the Diamond Light Source and STFC’s Central Laser Facility. Equipment and researchers will also be located in the spokes distributed through the partner network of universities.
46424pr@reply-direct.com asecos Receives ‘Best Portfolio Management 2018’ Award
For its excellent collaboration and client focus, VWR gave the ‘Best Portfolio Management 2018’ award to asecos during its European Sales Conference. VWR, a subsidiary of Avantor, is the global leader of independent providers of product and service solutions for laboratories and clients in the manufacturing industry.
Each year, VWR gives out awards in several categories for outstanding services in the field of collaborative supply chains, with a main focus on customer satisfaction. “The greatest emphasis is on safety. We are delighted that this year’s award went to asecos, as they are very successful on the highly diversified European market,” explained Dawid Stolc, European Strategic Portfolio Manager, Equipment &
Instruments at VWR International.
“It is vital to listen actively and to be prepared to understand the on-site requirements. Another important aspect consists of reacting actively, with technical and sales support. This professional attitude is what characterises the employees at asecos,” Stolc continued.
hallmarks of long-term collaboration consist of a mutual understanding between partners and conducting successful business. Dominik Reuter, Area Sales Manager in Europe of asecos GmbH, supported this statement: “Business deals are struck between people. The human component then also plays a key role in the cooperation between VWR and asecos. In all national companies, at management and hierarchy levels, an
VWR award the asecos team the Best Portfolio Management 2018 prize
excellent level of communication is present. This allows us to reach decisions quickly and to implement them frictionlessly, contributing to our success.
For more information and to see the full interview, go to
www.asecos.com.
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