Oxford Start-up Plink Search Purchased by Google
Oxford start-up Plink Search Ltd has become the first UK company to be purchased by Google Inc.
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Oxford start-up Plink Search Ltd has become the first UK company to be purchased by Google Inc.
Lyons and Clermont-Ferrand (France): Biopharmaceutical company Imaxio announced today that it has entered a reciprocal license agreement with Oxford University Innovation, the technology transfer arm of Oxford University, to exploit know-how arising out of joint research at one of the world's premier research institutions, Oxford’s Jenner Institute, for the development of new vaccines. This agreement will allow Imaxio to use its proprietary aXent adjuvant technology with viral vectors such as Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) and adenoviruses. The University of Oxford is internationally recognised for its expertise in the creation and development of virally vectored vaccines.
Oxford University Innovation, the University of Oxford’s technology transfer company, is working with researchers to commercialise a hydrogel material which promises better treatment for cleft palates - a birth defect that affects 1 in 700 babies in the UK.
Three-dimensional animated graphics can be merged into live video in real time to create a fusion of real and computer-generated visuals by software created at the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science.
A simple and cheap way of making vaccines stable – even at tropical temperatures – has been developed by scientists at Oxford University and Nova Bio-Pharma Technologies.
Oxford University Innovation project managers will be offering free, confidential innovation workshops as part of the conference.
Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed a revolutionary way of capturing a high-resolution still image alongside very high-speed video - a new technology that is attractive for science, industry and consumer sectors alike. The research has been published in Nature Methods.
Oxford University Consulting (OUC) provides access to the University’s research expertise across its extensive range of disciplines.
Oxford University Innovation is working with University of Oxford chemists who have developed a new process for capturing and storing carbon dioxide. Professor Dermot O’Hare and Dr Andrew Ashley have developed the process, which operates under mild conditions and converts carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol - a useful industrial chemical and fuel.
Oxford University's Institute of Archaeology has launched Oxford ArchDigital Limited (OAD), a new spin-out company to provide Information Technology training and consultancy services to individuals and organisations involved with the discovery, conservation and presentation of the past.