Posters were presented by companies from the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France. The companies attended because they wanted to meet the senior teams of Granta Park occupiers Lonza, MedImmune and Pfizer Regenerative Medicine in order to discuss latest developments and seek potential opportunities to collaborate. The posters covered the areas of Antibody Technologies, Bioinformatics to support target ID and development, Regenerative Medicine and Neuroscience.
As well as the poster session the event included presentations from Jane Osbourn Head of MedImmune UK on advancing science for better health, Tim Allsopp, Head of External Research at Pfizer Regenerative Medicine and Noel Smith, a Senior scientist at Lonza Biologics on improving design and minimizing risk during Biotherapeutic development.
Claire Skentelbery, Network Manager of the Council of European BioRegions commented “We were delighted to bring a European focus to Cambridge in partnership with Granta Park. Europe has an enormous depth of biotechnology capability and the poster day brought a focus around key applications, with scientists from across Europe coming together to build collaborative research partnerships.”
Says Granta Park’s Marketing and Asset Manager Roz Bird: “We were delighted to welcome so many leading scientists from so many countries to our scientific poster event. Our aim at Granta Park is to create a special science community which is all about seeking ways to add value to the businesses here. The poster event was an opportunity for our companies and others from the world of science, to network and collaborate internationally. We call it ‘engineered serendipity’. It would be great to think that conversations struck up during this event will lead to groundbreaking future R & D developments.”
Granta Park is managed and operated by MEPC. It has available space from 765 sq ft (70 sq m) to 330,000 sq ft (31,000 sq m) ranging from flexible leases on fully fitted offices to development land ready for specialist buildings to be built. To find out more visit www.grantapark.co.uk.
CEBR is a network of biotechnology support professionals that support their local biocommunity through direct services including networking, incubation, partnering and cluster promotion. www.cebr.net.
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