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Isis start-up, colwiz secures strategic partnership and investment from the American Chemical Society

28th March 2013

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Isis start-up, colwiz (collective wizdom), a research management, collaboration and productivity software company coming out the Isis Software Incubator announced today a development partnership and a strategic investment from the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.

Transplant success for Isis spin-out, OrganOx

1st March 2013

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In a world first, a donated human liver has been 'kept alive' outside a human being and then successfully transplanted into a patient in need of a new liver.

Automated Stroke Test from Oxford to Save Lives and Costs

28th February 2013

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The latest start-up from the Isis Software Incubator puts the expertise of a stroke assessment team into the hands of any doctor in an emergency department. There is only a four and a half hour window from the time which a stroke occurs when a clot busting thrombolytic treatment can be given. Quick, expert assessment and successful treatment of stroke patients saves an average of £10,000 per patient per year and gives the patient a fuller life. In Europe, there were 1.3 million stroke deaths last year. With 1.2 million stroke patients in the UK alone, the new system has the potential to increase the number of patients treated, save lives and improve patient recovery.

MTI leads £2m funding round in Isis spin-out, Oxford Photovoltaics

15th February 2013

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Cleantech investment specialists MTI Partners has announced the completion of a £2 million investment round in Oxford Photovoltaics Limited (OPV), a spin-out company commercialising solid-state dye sensitised solar cells for the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) sector.

Isis spin-outs feature in ministerial visit

15th February 2013

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The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, visited Oxford University on 13 February to hear more about how world-class Oxford research gets translated into commercial applications with benefits for the economy, health and the environment.

Supporting Leadership Development in Primary Schools

17th January 2013

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Oxford University Consulting recently signed a contract with Oxford City Council to provide the services of experts from University’s Department of Education.

Oxford Drug for Bipolar Disorder May Offer Fewer Side Effects

9th January 2013

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A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium's toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified by Oxford University researchers in a study in mice.

Injury-free running with Oxford spin-out Run3D

19th December 2012

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The latest spin-out from the University of Oxford, Run3D Ltd, offers Europe’s first computerised three-dimensional assessment for preventing the types of overuse injuries that affect 50% of runners. Run3D’s service uses 3D motion analysis checked against the world’s largest biomechanical database to identify any abnormal patterns in a runner’s gait. These abnormal patterns are often the root cause of an injury which once corrected can prevent any recurrence.

Oxford Spin-out Promises Inexpensive Vaccines for Cancer and Viral Infections

3rd December 2012

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A spin-out from the University of Oxford, Oxford Vacmedix, will commercialise a new technology with the potential to reduce the cost of vaccine development significantly and increase the effectiveness of vaccines in providing immunity against both infectious diseases and cancer. The technology makes use of techniques that have already produced effective vaccines under laboratory conditions.

Oxford Software Doubles Product Revenue Stream for MM Microwave

29th November 2012

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Software from the University of Oxford has doubled the income stream for feed horn antennae products for Yorkshire based MM Microwave. The software suite allows for the design of high performance feed horns and antenna arrays that can be rapidly and inexpensively manufactured, moving away from conventional cumbersome corrugated-wall feed horns. Earlier this year, MM microwave signed a licence agreement with Oxford University Innovation Ltd, the technology transfer arm of the University of Oxford. Since then MM Microwave has realised a 25% reduction in development lead time.

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