Lynx and Solexa Ltd form ‘Solexa Inc’

UK-based Solexa Ltd and US-based Lynx Therapeutics Inc, both high potential biotech firms, are to merge to create a Nasdaq-listed corporate entity offering a high performance technology platform for genetic analysis.
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UK displays network launches

A new Knowledge Transfer Network, the UK Displays Network (UKDN), was started on 18 March 2005 to span the display community from the science base to the end user.
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Icomm Technologies outperforms expectations

A new online IT procurement hub, organised by Icomm Technologies, the IT services and support division of Birmingham’s leading IT services provider, Probrand, is pushing the company’s growth expectations “through the roof”, according to observers.
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Chemical science spinouts

A report commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and written by David Fyfe, CEO of Cambridge Display Technology Ltd, and Rodney Townsend, of the Chemistry Leadership Council, has identified a total of 128 chemical science based spin-outs that have been formed by the top 40 Higher Education Institutes.
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Raven Alliance brings SMEs into aerospace markets

A landmark alliance between leading aerospace firms and niche SMEs – designed to help small companies gain entry into mainstream aerospace markets – has yielded more than £2m worth of business since it was started in 2002.
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