News 2006

September 2006

Psi-ense organised the first customer workshop for ionscope at Imperial College's Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital. The presentations and practical demonstrations from the ionscope team, led by Professor Yuri Korchev, were well received and further workshops are planned for the near future.

ionscope have just received their first order for a scanning ion conductance microscope (SICM) from Shanghai University. Psi-ense has been providing ionscope with commercialisation resources since November 2005. Further information about SICM and ionscope can be found at www.ionscope.com

September 2006

Professor Ken Taylor, formerly Special Advisor on Industrial Collaborations at Surrey University, has raised €300,000 for his European Transformation Network project, which seeks to develop the innovation potential of science parks across Europe. The project will be a joint venture with Teknia Science Park in Kuopio, Finland. Psi-ense will provide resources to the project over the coming months.

August 2006

Psi-ense is working with Professor Andy Augousti at Kingston University's school of Life Sciences and Francis Hobbs from Kingston's Enterprise Exchange to explore the commercial potential of techniques for liquid analysis. This is a virtual company project, details of which can be found at www.kingston.ac.uk/virtualcompany

July 2006

Psi-ense will be administering the GRIST fund on behalf of the University of Surrey. GRIST ("Great ideas in science and technology") is a £1m seed fund, split between Surrey, Brighton and Kent Universities and aimed primarily at innovative graduates. For further information see www.gristmarketing.co.uk

June 2006

Psi-ense has been chosen to work with the European Space Agency's Technology Transfer Programme. This will involve identifying space research in UK Universities with the potential for terrestial commercialisation - see www.esa.int

The programme is co-ordinated in the UK by JRA Aerospace.

April 2006

Psi-ense will be working with the Surrey Enterprise Hub to provide a range of facilitation and support services to the Hubs portfolio of high growth companies. Surrey Enterprise Hub is funded by SEEDA and is one of 20 Hubs across south-east England. See www.surreyhub.co.uk

January 2006

Over the past six months, Psi-ense has been in discussions with a major pharmaceutical company on the development of technology for the measurement of processes in chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical plants. A new company, ChemiSense Limited, has been launched to develop and market the new range of instruments and Psi-ense's Chris Budleigh will be the CEO. ChemiSense is currently involved in proof-of-concept fundraising.