Qkine, Manchester BIOGEL and Cellesce have been awarded Innovate UK Sustainable Innovation Funding to develop fully synthetic, chemically-defined three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds to enable manufacture scale up and improve reproducibility of patient-derived organoids.
Qkine is delighted to have been shortlisted in the prestigious Cambridge Independent 2020 Science and Technology Awards. Sponsored by Kao Data, the Startup of the Year shortlist recognises "early-stage companies that show entrepreneurial drive to solve a problem, or improve on what is already out there". Qkine would like to extend its congratulations [...]
We recently held a webinar with CytoSMART and organoid pioneers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Stemnovate and the Hubrecht Organoid Technology titled: what's needed to realize the potential of organoids? Following presentations from our speakers, we held an insightful Q&A session to address key challenges and questions from the audience. In this blog post, [...]
From standardization of imaging techniques, to more reproducible and cost-effective organoid culture media Organoids have the potential to revolutionize current drug discovery approaches, enhance the physiological relevance of in vitro disease models, and deliver on the promise of precision medicine. But, as with any new technology, there are a number of hurdles to overcome as [...]
Most industries today are under pressure to switch to more ethical and sustainable animal-free alternatives, and now the trend is coming to stem cell labs. As stem cell applications accelerate towards the clinic, novel drug discovery platforms are rapidly scaled, and new transformative stem cell-based technologies such as cultured meat arise, there is [...]
Cambridge, UK 21 July 2020: Qkine – a specialist developer and manufacturer of proteins for stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications – is delighted to announce the appointment of Rob Nixon to its management team as Head of Commercial and Dr Cassie Doherty, Investment Director at Parkwalk, to its board. With years of [...]
Presentation by Luana Ferrara, Senior Protein Scientist Video script Slide 1: Introduction Hello! My name is Luana Ferrara and I am a senior protein scientist at Qkine. In this short video, I’ll be presenting a comparative analysis of the purity of recombinant Activin A from different suppliers and highlighting why it's important to consider the biochemical quality of growth factors for your stem cell culture. Slide 2: The role of [...]
Cambridge, UK 08 June 2020: Qkine – a specialist developer and manufacturer of proteins for stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications – today announced the successful closure of a £1.5M series A investment round to accelerate the global scale-up of its commercial operations and make key hires to its leadership team. The funding [...]
Hydrophobic or aromatic? Flexible or rigid? We've designed a handy (and free!) infographic of the amino acid chemical structures and side chain properties. Why not save a copy and hang it up in your lab?
Cambridge, UK 03 June 2019: Qkine, specialist manufacturer of proteins for stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications, has closed a further round of investment. The £550K funding round was led by Cambridge Enterprise and five angel investors – all of whom followed initial seed investments made in April 2018. Joining the original investors [...]
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