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Labs to riches
The Labs to Riches 2013 event was held on 31 October 2013.
The event celebrates the Royal Society's support for innovation in science and technology. The highlight of the event is the formal presentation of the Brian Mercer Award for Innovation and the Brian Mercer Feasibility Awards.
Videos of Professor Andrew Abbott and Dr Stephen Hicks, the winners of this year's Brian Mercer Award for Innovation are available.
Innovation exhibition
At the event a selection of current Industry Fellows, a selection of companies currently supported by the Enterprise Fund and last year's Brian Mercer Award for Innovation winner present posters of their work. These are available for download below.
Please note that these posters are in PDF format and were originally designed to be printed at A0 size.
Dr Caroline Brennan
Zebrafish behavioural assays for safety pharmacology and drug discovery
Industry Fellow, 2012 – 2016
Professor Howard M. Colquhoun
Boosting the Performance of Polyester Film
Brian Mercer Feasibility Award, 2013-2014
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe
Template-assisted Electrohydrodynamic Atomisation (TAEA) Patterning of Bioactive Materials on Curved Metallic Substrates
Brian Mercer Feasibility Award, 2013-2014
Professor Michael Kelly FRS FREng and Professor Mo Missous FREng
Manufacture and evaluation of ASPAT Detector Diodes
Brian Mercer Feasibility Award, 2013-2014
Dr Thomas Meersmann
Development of a cryogen-free 129Xe and 83Kr hyperpolarizer to enable and facilitate pre-clinical MRI of lungs.
Paul Instrument Fund 2012 – 2014
Professor Russell Morris
MOFgen – Nanoporous Materials for Wound Healing
Mercer Award for Innovation 2012 and Industry Fellow 2011 – 14
Professor Jenny Nelson
Power generation and CO2 emissions mitigation by organic solar cells
Industry Fellow, 2010 – 2013
Dr Barbara Shollock
Surface Chemistry Effects on Single Crystal Aerofoils
Industry Fellow, 2012 – 2014
Dr Jason Smith and Dr Claire Vallance
Advanced chemical sensors based on optical microcavity arrays
Paul Instrument Fund, 2012 – 2014