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15 June 2021
MDC Lighthouse Lab Recognised for “Best COVID-19 Responder” at Prestigious Industry Awards

The Alderley Park facility received the award for its integral role in establishing the Lighthouse Laboratory network.





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14 May 2021
£13m Translational Research Facility in Infectious Disease to Bolster North West’s Status as International Powerhouse in Life Sciences

The UK’s centre for therapeutics innovation, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), has received a £5 million grant to build a Translational Research Facility in Infectious Disease on its Alderley Park site.


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20 April 2021
Medicines Discovery Catapult CEO to Change in 2021

Chris Molloy, Chief Executive Officer of the Medicines Discovery Catapult will be stepping down in September 2021 after five years in the role.


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11 March 2021
MDC Lighthouse Lab Partner With Levenshulme All-Girl School For British Science Week to Inspire Students into Industry

While student perceptions of careers in science may come with a lack of diversity, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the important contributions made by scientists and healthcare professionals…


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08 March 2021
Drug Discovery Leader Dr Nicola Heron on Championing Innovation and Diversity in the Sector

Medicines Discovery Catapult’s newly appointed Chief Business Officer, Dr Nicola Heron MBA sets out her intention to support up-and-coming innovators…


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10 February 2021
Fighting the Pandemic and the Glass Ceiling – All in a Days Work

Ahead Of International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, Three Covid Scientists Share Their Experience of Battling the Pandemic.


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04 February 2021
Recognition for Manchester scientists involved in Lighthouse Labs project

Staff and students at the University of Manchester have been recognised for their role in helping to establish the Alderley Park Lighthouse Laboratory in Cheshire.


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21 January 2021
Investigating new treatment for schizophrenia as first Psychiatry Consortium funded project announced

A partnership between the University of Oxford, the Earlham Institute, and the global pharmaceutical companies Biogen Inc and Boehringer Ingelheim is announced today to investigate a new drug target for the treatment of schizophrenia.


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18 January 2021
Testing Lab Data Reveals Spread of New Covid Variant Across the Country

Scientists at the Alderley Park Lighthouse Lab in Cheshire have revealed the speed and scale at which the new variant of the COVID virus is spreading through communities across the country.






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