Edinburgh Innovations

Ready to accelerate your space innovation? Open to academic innovators from Scotland’s universities, the Space Challenge is specifically designed for staff, students and recent graduates with pioneering ideas that have the potential to transform the space sector. Delivered in partnership with Space Scotland, this is an opportunity to test and validate your business idea. What’s in it for you? · Expert-led business and industry engagement training designed and delivered by Converge and Scottish Enterprise · Join a cohort of like-minded academics · Active feedback as you develop your business proposition · Opportunity to compete for a £5,000 cash prize · Direct access to expert support from Space Scotland and the Higgs Centre for Innovation If you’re curious about entrepreneurship and ready to test your breakthrough business idea, then don’t miss the chance to apply before 12 noon on Thursday 28 May (12 noon). For more information visit - convergechallenge.com

We’re thrilled Axiom Space’s University Alliance continues to expand. Last year The University of Edinburgh joined the Alliance, a pioneering global initiative that seeks to advance scientific progress and innovation in microgravity research and development within the low-Earth orbit environment. Today, the diverse group has 26 institutional members from 12 nations. Axiom Space is uniting the research community to ensure innovative science initiatives are inclusive and collaborative for the global space ecosystem. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dcYBB8na #AxiomSpaceUniversityAlliance #MicrogravityResearch #SpaceExploration Anna Kimmel Adam A. Stokes | Karen Donaldson | Liz Wainwright | Alison Bond | John Womersley | Prof Iain H Woodhouse 🌍🛰 (伊恩・伍德豪斯 教授) | Sam Clucas | Lucie Low | The Edinburgh Space Hub | College of Science and Engineering, The University of Edinburgh | School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh

Meet Michaela Turner from our Venture Creation team. Michaela brings years of experience and insight into academic entrepreneurship, having supported researchers and innovators across consultancy, business engagement, and venture creation. Notably, she helped pioneer support for spinout activity across the University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, with at least one new venture launching every year. Her curiosity-led, question-first approach to problem-solving defines both her work and her character. Learn more about Michaela ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eVHg4jfx ⭐️ Meet Michaela at the Impact Festival where she will join a session including Professor Sinead Rhodes, led by Dr Iona Beange, focusing on achieving research impact through social enterprise. View the programme and register➡️ https://lnkd.in/eaQ55XzE Edinburgh College of Art | University of Edinburgh Business School | Creative Informatics UK | Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh #unlockinginnovation #edinburghinnovators #researchsupport #universityofedinburgh

Great to see two University of Edinburgh spinouts - Prothea Technologies and CanCan Diagnostics Ltd named in Nelson Advisors' list of Scottish health tech and medtech future leaders Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/euD5EKjr The University of Edinburgh | Kev Dhaliwal | Barbara Blaney | Anne Moore | Maciej Parys | College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh |

A University of Edinburgh finance graduate who taught himself to code using Chat GPT has sold his AI medical scribe Nora AI for an undisclosed sum, just two years after forming the company. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eE9-J77D Robert van Biljon | James Gordon | The University of Edinburgh| University of Edinburgh Business School | Healthbridge | Ross McLennan | Lizzie Withington| Christina Starko | Sarah Gibbens | Kat Pohorecka | Constanza Moreno-Sánchez O. | Charlotte Waugh | Eileen Inglis | John Hill | Kevin Lonergan

Meet Cameron Chalmers, the Consultancy Manager for the College of Science and Engineering. Cameron specialises in connecting academic excellence with practical applications. With a background in recruitment, he thrives on the diversity of his projects, which range from vaccines to biodiversity. Cameron is dedicated to creating a more integrated consultancy model at the University. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing and is actively developing an entrepreneurial property portfolio. Discover more about Cameron ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e9uXw4iy University of Edinburgh School of Engineering | College of Science and Engineering, The University of Edinburgh | Tracey Campbell Adam Hood | Hendrickje Catriona Windisch-Skelton | Lesley Gordon | Michelle Holland | Ian Hatch #unlockinginnovation #innovation #collaboration #research #edinburghinnovators #researchsupport #universityofedinburgh #inspiration

A huge congratulations to the 16 students, graduates and staff from The University of Edinburgh joining the 2026 Converge cohort! It’s fantastic to see our community represented across the Converge, Create Change, Net Zero and KickStart Challenges, with inspiring ideas emerging from sectors including life sciences, energy transition and food and drink. We’re proud to celebrate your success and excited to see where your entrepreneurial journey takes you next. Converge Challenge - Equirisk AI - MovementGuard - LaserSpectra Diagnostics Create Change Challenge - Chrysalides - Grohwie Limited - inChat NetZero Challenge - Maricene - Pointcanvas Kickstart - AI for the Eye - Bilayer - Blue Transitions - Ignacio Tudela-Montes - Juto Bio - Miruns - Phytovenomics #Converge #UoE #Innovation #Startups #Entrepreneurship

Smart Data Foundry’s Economic Wellbeing Explorer now features a new Benefits Reliance Indicator, shedding light on the role benefits play in economic wellbeing and enabling more rapid, granular insight into economic and welfare policy changes. Through the Indicator, real-time smart financial data can help identify where financial pressure may be building across Great Britain, including among people who are in work but increasingly relying on benefits to supplement their incomes. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ezyuKZ5E The University of Edinburgh | Dougie Robb | Linda King | Gordon Baggott | Vicky Glynn | Nikki Robertson | Harry Peaker| Magdalena Getler | Rui Cardoso | Stacey Wilkinson | Dame Julia Unwin | Zachary Anderson | Fiona Duncan

A new national network has launched to accelerate innovation across nucleic acids, bringing together researchers, industry partners and policymakers from across the UK. By fostering collaboration at a national scale, the initiative will support the development of next-generation therapeutics, diagnostics and enabling technologies. Professor Susan Rosser, Director of the Engineering Biology for Advanced Therapeutics Hub, will lead The University of Edinburgh’s involvement in the network, supported by Dr Alice Barrier, Head of Operations at the Hub, and Dr Rennos Fragkoudis, Head of Edinburgh Genome Foundry. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e45HDqjq School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh| College of Science and Engineering, The University of Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh School of Engineering |

University of Edinburgh spinout Resolution Therapeutics is presenting pre-clinical data on its regenerative macrophage therapy (RMT) for inflammatory and fibrotic diseases at the American Cell and Gene Therapy conference in Boston this week. Co-founded by Professor Stuart Forbes of the Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Resolution’s Dr Lara Campana, Scientific Co-Founder and SVP, will present data showing their engineered RMT’s positive preclinical safety and therapeutic profile, as Resolution awaits interim results from its Phase I/II EMERALD clinical trial in patients with end-stage liver disease, expected in the second half of 2026. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/evu-NRjc The University of Edinburgh | Amir Hefni | Jonathan Fallowfield | John Campbell