A method for precisely tuning gene expression levels ...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method for precise, stepwise control of endogenous gene expressio...
Technologies available for licensing
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Current TECHNOLOGY licensing opportunities
New lead compounds for treating cancers involving Ras...
Oxford University researchers have developed small molecule inhibitors of Ras proteins, important therapeutic targets in a...
The therapeutic potential of chemically synthesised o...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a chemical synthesis strategy for producing DNA incorporating non-n...
Biocompatible and chemically synthesised long DNA and...
Oxford researchers have developed a DNA backbone modification, which is simple to synthesise and, due to its similar size ...
Hepatitis C vaccine
A viral-vectored vaccine incorporating a novel immunogen for a pan-genotypic Hepatitis C protection based on genomic segme...
Single molecule sequencing for single-molecule phenot...
A high throughput single-molecule sequencing method that links structure to function.
Synthetic Cas9-based programmable transmembrane recep...
A novel family of synthetic Cas9-based programmable transmembrane receptors that enable conditional control of gene expres...
Enhancing crop yields and stress resilience
University of Oxford researchers utilise proteins in a key pathway involved in regulating plant development and adaption t...
SnoopLigase for catalysis of ligation between two pep...
A tool that greatly enhances the functionality and diversifies the uses of the current Tag/Catcher peptide tag technology...
Protease Inhibitors that increase yield and quality o...
Three new protease inhibitors that increase protein accumulation when transiently co-expressed to support the production o...
SpyTag and SpyCatcher v2.0
SpyCatcher and SpyTag designed and evolved for faster covalent bond formation.
Staphylococcus aureus vaccine
Oxford researchers have identified two S. aureus proteins with the potential to be used as components of a vaccin...
Novel blood brain barrier model
A new method of generating brain microvascular endothelial cells for use in Blood-Brain Barrier models
Fluorophore-friendly streptavidin
Oxford University academics have developed a streptavidin mutant with enhanced fluorescence and sensitivity following dye ...
Inducible CRISPR-TR system for the conditional regula...
Oxford researchers have developed an inducible CRISPR-based transcription regulator system that allows for spatiotemporal ...
Stratification method for proximal colorectal cancer ...
Oxford researchers have developed a method for stratifying colorectal cancer patients based on the location and biomarker ...
Oxford Protein Analysis Software Suite (OxPASS)
Oxford researchers have developed a suite of software many biomolecule characterisation techniques including Mass Spectrom...
A method for single restriction enzyme-based scarless...
Oxford University academics have developed a method for hierarchical assembly of DNA fragments up to 200kb using a single ...
New class of molecular adjuvant
Oxford researchers have identified a family of enzymes that can increase immunogenicity towards a wide range of fused anti...
New technique to assess the quality of biotherapeutic...
Oxford University academics have developed a new technique to quantitatively assess the quality of glycosylated biotherape...
PULSAR – Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry Analysis So...
Oxford researchers have developed software for analysing ion-mobility mass spectrometry data, including tools to quantify ...
Impact: Rapid calculation of protein structural param...
Oxford researchers have developed an algorithm and software implementation to rapidly calculate the size of proteins with ...
Dynamic Consent
Oxford researchers have developed a personalised, web-based interface for the advanced management of fully informed consen...
Label-free single molecule detection and mass spectro...
Oxford researchers have developed an interferometric scattering (iSCAT) technique enabling label-free single molecule dete...
Real-time monitoring of sinusoidal signals
Oxford researchers have developed an efficient and accurate method for tracking signals with one or more sinusoidal compon...
Single cell DNA amplification
A novel method for the accurate and even amplification of DNA from very low input amounts, including single cells.
Anti-inflammatory drugs from bugs
Oxford University researchers have cloned, expressed, and characterised 31 anti-inflammatory peptides derived from ticks....
Complement C5 inhibitor
Inhibits the complement cascade at a step that is of proven therapeutic relevance and which has potential in the treatment...
Complement alternative pathway inhibitor
Inhibits the alternative complement pathway at a step that is of proven therapeutic relevance and which has potential in t...
Semantic image segmentation
Oxford researchers have developed a novel neural network component for semantic image segmentation, with diverse and numer...
Raman Activated Cell Ejection (RACE)
Oxford researchers have developed instrumentation for performing single cell sorting and selection using Raman Spectroscop...
Protein team assembly for controlling cell signalling...
A simple method to link proteins into programmed chains via spontaneously reacting peptide/protein pairs, generating a new...
Membrane vesicles for quick, high sensitivity identif...
A method of using membrane vesicles from live cells to detect autoantibodies against any cell surface biomarker.
Multivalent Dengue Vaccine
A universal Dengue vaccine to induce cellular immune responses against all dengue virus serotypes
Rapid, simple biomolecule purification from living or...
Fast, inexpensive and simple method that supports the segregation and purification of biomolecules before or after a cell ...
Stabilised meningitis vaccine
A stabilised, genetically engineered form of a key antigen for the development of cross-strain vaccines, and the preventio...
Brain tumour detection and treatment
Low dose cytokines temporarily increase the permeability of the blood-brain barrier, improving the delivery of agents to d...
Stem cell immunotherapy
Cross-presenting dendritic cells derived from a patient’s own skin cells promise to be the ideal starting point for ...
Efficient cofactor regeneration
A biocatalysis system that has the potential to reduce the manufacturing costs for the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals i...
HermIT: semantic web software
Software application which is able to reason over several ontologies that have defeated existing state of the art reasonin...
Treatment for Alzheimer’s disease using folate ...
High homocysteine levels are associated with Alzheimer’s disease, and folate supplementation may reduce these levels...
Poxvirus expression system for multiple transgenes
The ability to express multiple transgenes in a genetically stable poxvirus vector
Adenovirus: vector improvements
Modified promoter sequence which significantly enhances protein expression levels compared to standard adenovirus vectors....
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