Life SciencesMedtechPharma

Microbiology miracle – MicroBioSensor Ltd

MicroBioSensor is a medical device company manufacturing point of care diagnostics for bacterial infections.

#microbiosensor
#diagnostic
#microbiology

Life SciencesMedtechPharma

Biotech Brilliance - StrataStem Ltd

StrataStem is a spin-out biotechnology company seeking to transform the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

#stratastem
#alzheimers
#biotechnology

Life SciencesMedtech

Protease Positivity

Currently, the only licenced therapy for ischaemic stroke remains largely unsuitable for many due to patients being naturally resistant to the treatment. As a result, there remains an urgent need for an accurate alternative for this vital treatment.

#protease
#therapy
#stroke

Advanced MaterialsEngineering and Manufacturing

Invisibility Cloak - SmartIR Ltd

SmartIR’s innovative tiles have ability to control visible colour and infrared light creating limitless applications.

#smartir
#infrared
#invisible

A.I.ComputingHardware

Robotics for Everyone – Puzzlebot

Manchester Robotics have a mission to globalise access to learning and development tools for robotics. In doing so, they intend to close the £96bn/year STEM skills gap in the manufacturing workforce and democratise educational resources for society’s most disruptive technologies: robotics, automation and AI.

#robotics
#globalisation
#education
#learning

Life SciencesMedtech

Rapid Diagnosis for Parkinson’s - SebOMIX Ltd

A non-invasive test for Parkinson’s Disease potentially offering rapid, non-invasive diagnosis before the onset of symptoms.

#sebomix
#parkinsons
#testing

Chemistry and PhysicsPharmaPhysical Sciences

Picking the winners - Manchester BioFactory Ltd

Manchester BioFactory will transform the speed and efficiency at which biology can be engineered, delivering high performance products to the biotechnology industry. Our vision is to transform bioindustry to create an efficient, green, and sustainable future. Do more, use less.

ComputingSoftware

Hyper-realistic display images - Revised colour mapping

With an upgrade on the industry-standard trichromatic colour space, The University of Manchester have revised colour mapping to improve image quality and transform the palate of visual image creation.

#colourmapping
#photoreceptors
#imaging

MedtechSoftware

Adept ADAPTations - ADAPT

Providing GPs and patients (who have battled with cancer, and won but now have other health problems as a result) with individualised information about diagnosis, treatment, possible late toxicities and how these can be recognised, mitigated and managed.

#ADAPT
#cancer
#treatment

ComputingElectronicsSoftware

Pixel Perfect - SCAMP Vision Sensor

SCAMP is a low-power, high-speed machine vision device using cutting image sensors to execute a variety of vision algorithms.

#visionsensor
#machinevisiondevice
#visionalgorithms
#sensors

Software

The Future of Farming - Fotenix Ltd

Fotenix Ltd has developed a cutting-edge imaging system and analytical software to help growers and farmers transform their fields.

#farming
#imaging
#software

Energy and EnvironmentEngineering and Manufacturing

NovaCrack – A virtuous circle

NovaCrack is a rapid depolymerisation process that transforms mixed plastic waste into high-value hydrocarbons which can be converted back to virgin polymers, thereby closing the loop for a truly circular economy.

#novacrack
#depolymerisation
#plastics
#recycling

Chemistry and Physics

Boiling Stones

Zeolites, derived from the Greek words zeo (to boil) and lithos (stone), are aluminosilicate minerals that seemed to froth or boil when heated in a blowpipe in flame. Zeolites are used in many industries due internal pore structure. A novel method has been developed of making zeolites with a tailored porosity in a timely and energy efficient way that also improves its performance in catalysis.

#zeolites
#catalysis
#mesopores

ComputingSoftware

Whirlwind development - TornadoVM

TornadoVM: A practical and efficient framework for accelerating managed programming languages on heterogeneous hardware accelerators

#tornadovm
programming
#software

Life SciencesPharma

Homeostatic Hope

A new compound targeting the protein Pumilio as an antiepileptic drug.

#protein
#pumilio
#antiepileptic
#pharma

Health and Biotech

Fixing Achilles

An innovative device designed to be delivered by keyhole surgery which specifically addresses the biology of a regenerating tendon to improve outcomes for patients.

#tendon
#tendonrepair
#biotech

Life SciencesPharma

Stop Bugging Me! – Antimicrobial Peptides

Addressing concerns regarding super-resistant diseases which even the strongest medicines cannot touch, this peptide-packed technology is a remedy for the post-antibiotic age.

#antimicrobial
#peptides
#antibiotic
#pharma

Health and Biotech

Light Sight

A light receptor with frequency-dependent activation level.

#eyehealth
#lightreceptiveproteins

Life SciencesSoftware

Vision quest - Caspar's Castle

Testing the visual field of children is difficult, resulting in inaccurate and unreliable outcomes which can lead to sight loss and other conditions. The University of Manchester has hopes to change that with novel software which is quite the spectacle.

#childsightloss
#casparscastle
#visionsoftware
#optometry

Life SciencesMedtechSoftware

Breathe easy - Clin-e-cal Ltd

Clin-e-cal is a spinout digital health company from The University of Manchester aiming to transform respiratory care.

#clin-e-cal
#respiratory
#asthma

A.I.ComputingEnergy and EnvironmentEngineering and ManufacturingHardware

Second wind

AI-empowered system enabling wind farm operators to lower the excessive cost of maintaining their operational assets.

#windturbine
#AI
#windfarm
#offshore
#onshore

Advanced MaterialsEngineering and Manufacturing

Grafine Ltd

Maximising the performance of elastomers using a range of 2D materials, including Grafine.

#grafine
#nanomateirals
#elastomers

ComputingEnergy and EnvironmentSoftware

Going Underground – VRGeoscience Ltd

Spin-out, VRGeoscience Ltd, develop 3D technology to better understand deep underground structures.

#software
#geology
#undergroundmapping