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Currently the kit that is being used to detect the Omicron variant in India is developed by US-based scientific instrumentation company Thermo Fisher. It uses the S Gene Target Failure (SGTF) strategy to detect the variant.
LESLEY Griffiths MS, minister for rural affairs and North Wales, visited teams from Bangor University’s Biocomposites Centre and Menai Science…
Micron Agritech was one of two winners of a Wales-based agri hack event, which saw 12 teams competing for £135,000 in funding.
Drone delivery firm Manna wins grand prize at National Startup Awards Image: © Shutter2U/Stock.adobe.com Dozens of Irish start-ups were named winners at this year’s National Startup Awards, with Manna taking the top prize. The winners of this year’s National Startup Awards were announced virtually this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The competition is open to Irish companies and organisations across all sectors that have been operational for up to five years. There were 10 award categories featuring a gold, silver and bronze award, plus one grand prize winner. Taking home th...
Irish entrepreneur Deirdre McGettrick has launched a Series A funding round ahead of planned expansion of her London-based shopping portal ufurnish.com targeting more than £5m (€5.5m). The Sligo-born former City of London investment banker launched the business, which does for furniture shoppers what platforms like Daft.ie do for house buyers, two years ago with her husband Ray Wright. An early-stage £1.8m investment closed at the start of this year was backed by a group of well-heeled Angel Investors including Dalata founder Pat McCann and UK-based investors Michael Holland and Craig Wi...