Engitix announced the closing of a $25 million Series A extension financing, by Netherton Investments, a fund investing on behalf of Mike Platt.

Just one month after launch, five early-stage science companies have moved into the Leap incubator lab space at ARC West London. The first cohort of innovators joining Leap includes: Solveteq, Reseda Life Sciences, Tachmed, IgEDAPT, and Sea2Carbon.

MORF-Bio is delighted to announce the successful closing of its pre-seed funding round to accelerate development of its microbial bioinformatics software.

This week saw the publication of Engineering Biology Aspirations, the final output of Angela McLean’s Year of Engineering Biology. The report sets out an ambitious, forward-looking vision for the field, exploring how engineering biology could shape the future of everything from food and fashion to fuel and health.

GitLife Biotech and Colorifix have partnered to enhance traceability and scalability in eco-friendly textile dyeing. The project is supported by Innovate UK.

RSSL has today announced that it has secured funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s national innovation agency, to establish the country’s first Novel Foods Expert Network for Regulatory Challenges (NFX UK).

The potential presented by Engineering Biology (EngBio), both globally and for the UK, is difficult to overstate. Realisation of this potential across sectors as diverse as health, energy, materials, chemicals production and waste management, will be achieved by providing the right tools to help companies of all sizes as they innovate and translate those innovations to commercial scale.

A new industry briefing note developed by Pioneer Group in collaboration with the UK chemicals sector community highlights the urgent need for the sector to transition to a more sustainable, circular economy.

Imperial, the leading global science university, is achieving a major step up in its life sciences capacity at its White City Deep Tech Campus through a major new joint venture with Bruntwood SciTech.

GitLife Biotech Ltd. has appointed Beatrix Ellis as its new CEO. With extensive experience in commercial strategy and business development, this appointment marks a pivotal moment for GitLife.

Financing led by Ahren, OMX Ventures and Paladin Capital Group represents one of the largest UK biotech Series A rounds in recent years.

Recent research indicates that the rate of global warming caused by human activity is at an all-time high. In response, Pioneer Group, a specialist in life science infrastructure and venture building, is ramping up its support for start-up businesses tackling planetary health challenges.

Six new Engineering Biology Mission Hubs and 22 Mission Awards, to transform solutions in areas like vaccine development, textile manufacturing and food production; New investments to unlock potential of engineering biology as part of the wider National Engineering Biology Programme