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Companies that have grown out of John Innes Centre research
The science that we do has led to several commercial opportunities being explored by companies that started life here at the John Innes Centre.
High-speed technology means vaccines can be tailored rapidly and accurately to specific threats as they emerge. Production of vaccines with this technology does not require costly high-containment facilities
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A spin out from the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, Iceni is developing advanced in-field diagnostic tools to speed up testing results for various high-profile viral infections
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Inspiralis delivers high-quality assay kits, substrates and screening services for topoisomerases, ligases and helicases for drug development, research and the pharmaceutical industry
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Persephone is a plant natural products company producing bioactive compounds for the skin cosmetics and therapeutics sector
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Director Dr Sarah de Vos started New Heritage Barley out of the John Innes Centre after a successful BBSRC Follow-on Fund grant and an RSE/BBSRC Enterprise Fellowship. She's interested in all aspects of the brewing and distilling supply chain from field to glass
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A spinout company’s dream of bringing genetically modified (GM) purple tomatoes to the gardens and plates of American home growers has moved a crucial step closer following a decision by United States regulators
Read about norfolk plant sciences