Brian McCaul
@brianamc
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University Director of Innovation (Pers cap) - startups + innovation + tech + digital collaboration … + bit of social justice stuff. @mccaulbrian.bskyb.social
Northern Ireland
Joined August 2008
Countries Spending the Most on Research and Development
visualcapitalist.com
China has overtaken the U.S. in R&D spending, and the gap is razor-thin. Here are the top countries driving the innovation race worldwide.
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The Mandelson affair ranks as the greatest political scandal of the last sixty years. Betrayal of party, principle, government and country. McSweeney’s emails and mobile (they spoke almost daily and who the cabinet must insist resigns) should be examined by the police. New lows.
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How China rewrote the rules of drug innovation - The Business Times
businesstimes.com.sg
In an era where AI-driven drug discovery accelerates candidate generation faster than traditional systems can evaluate them, regulatory velocity becomes a binding constraint
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A generative AI-discovered TNIK inhibitor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomized phase 2a trial | Nature Medicine.... programme went from target discovery to Phase 1 in under 30 months (vs. the traditional 4-6 years).
nature.com
Nature Medicine - Preliminary results from a phase 2a trial involving 71 patients suggest that a new agent, discovered and designed with artificial intelligence assistance, is safe and effective...
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'Helping great ideas scale': One of the world’s largest mentoring and funding networks opens global pathways for Northern Ireland founders https://t.co/Xqg2wmmOSj cc @QubisLtd @ormeau_labs @Techstars
newsletter.co.uk
The four-year collaboration with Techstars and Ormeau Labs will give early-stage founders access to global mentoring, funding opportunities and international networks
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And now aid agencies are being banned because they won’t release lists of staff member for Israel to target. The suffering of children in Gaza is a stain on all our consciences. How can we stand by?
theguardian.com
This time of year is the true beginning of winter: the 40 coldest and harshest days of the season. One resident of Gaza City describes the reality for Palestinians living with little shelter and no...
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I never struggled much with peer review. I published in almost all the top journals and funded my lab through standard peer-reviewed grants. That success didn’t mean I was being selected for the best science - it meant it was easy for me to learn how to play the game. You take
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Class still shapes who gets that first cheque far more than talent. The data in this piece is stark: working-class and state-school founders are under-represented at pre-seed, yet often outperform once they’re actually backed. I’ve always thought class was an underestimated
thetimes.com
The idea that anyone can build the next great company is inspiring, but the data and experiences of many founders suggest the school tie still matters
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Researchers at the University of Manchester led by Prof Brian Bigger spent more than 15 years working on creating the gene therapy for Hunter syndrome "Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy - BBC News"
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Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
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'Booming Manchester out shines 'stagnant' London'
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Greater Manchester's booming economy is throwing into sharp relief the "stagnant" state London has found itself in, according to a new report.
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The lessons learned from COVID-19 matter — and can inform outcomes-oriented industrial strategy for the future. In a new paper, @TomStratton, Sion Williams-Eliyesil and I explore how the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine provides a framework for future proactive
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China bumps Germany off the top 10 list of most innovative nations | CNN Business
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China moved into the top 10 of the United Nations’ annual ranking of most innovative countries for the first time Tuesday, replacing Europe’s largest economy, Germany, as firms in Beijing invest...
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“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.” UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report shows #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza. https://t.co/UGjepPwmwo
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say
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The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
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Oxford Uni spinout @Organ_Ox has been acquired by Japan’s Terumo Corp for $1.5B – the largest-ever acquisition for an Oxford spinout. OrganOx’s life-saving organ preservation tech has powered 6,000+ transplants worldwide. Read more: https://t.co/kERVLBkLhC
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