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Life sciences expert and former FT journalist joins IBioIC to lead industry engagement

Envirotec Magazine

The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has appointed Liz Fletcher as its new director of business engagement and operations, to support the growth of Scotland’s developing bioeconomy and delivery of the National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology. Liz Fletcher.

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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Huue is a biotechnology startup working to clean up the apparel industry’s manufacturing footprint by creating sustainable dyes for textiles, food and cosmetics. Who are they?

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How regulations can tear down the barriers faced by the cultivated meat industry

Business Green

In 2013, the first hamburger patty was grown from animal cells. Jonathan Rand, who is part of the biotechnology business unit at CPI, agreed that reducing the amount of farmland used for animal agriculture by using more cultivated meats could have a "massive" impact on the wider environment.

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A Climate Change Fashion Show and Tell

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Her Apocalypse project , a “speculative design research” on our future environmental problems, was born out of her 2013 ArtScience Residency Program in Singapore. Young, who completed her Bachelor’s in molecular biology and biotechnology, sees art as a way of getting people to care about the science. Young is a designer of experience.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

In 2013, while studying environmental science at Stanford University, Kujimura interned at the Environmental Defense Fund in its corporate partnerships program. That’s when the idea for Mi Terro, his social impact biotechnology company focused on turning milk waste into fibers that can be used in apparel and packaging, started to bubble up.