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INNOVATION CENTRE DIVISION www.umic.co.uk NEW ARRIVALS… We have had a successful year seeing several new tenants move into our Incubator Building and Core Technology Facility with the help of Marie, UMIC's Contracts and Customer Liaison Executive. Recently we welcomed 2-DTech Ltd into a laboratory within the Incubator Building. 2-DTech is a spin-out from the Condensed Matter Research Group led by Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov. With the rise of graphene and other two dimensional materials, 2-DTech has been established via the University's HEFCE innovation fund, to deliver high quality, fully characterised graphene and other two dimensional materials as well as graphene consultancy. The last 12 months have seen many new tenants in both buildings as well as expansion from existing tenants: Long-standing virtual tenant and spin-out, Ai2 Ltd now have a laboratory within the Incubator Building and an office within the Core Technology Facility. Ai2 develops innovative technology to prevent infection on a wide range of commonly used medical devices like urinary catheters, stents and wound dressings. Their products are proprietary human protein-like substances which safely and cost-effectively inhibit bacteria, fungi and viruses. www.a-i-2.com Additionally, the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, the School of Medicine and MAHSC (Manchester Academic Health Science Centre) have also taken some office space on the first floor of the Core Technology Facility. MAHSC - is a partnership between The University of Manchester, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, NHS Salford (Salford Primary Care Trust), Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. The seven founding partners of MAHSC combine excellence in academia, clinical service delivery, research management and education to serve a population that has some of the poorest health in the country. www.mahsc.ac.uk Meet Marie… Finally, long-standing tenant and spin-out, Nanoco Plc have expanded and have taken space on the first floor of the Core Technology Facility. Nanoco Plc is a world-leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials with applications in electronics, solar energy, bio-imaging and counterfeit protection. Nanoco has become the first company in the world to ship production-level quantities of Quantum Dots and can easily configure them to meet custom performance specifications. www.nanocotechnologies.com Marie Sutton is UMIC's Contracts and Customer Liaison Executive. Marie's role involves managing the induction of new tenants, client liaison services and sub-contractor contracts and performance across UMIC's facilities. Marie explains: "The Innovation Centre allows me to work with a variety of tenant companies across our 3 facilities from Web Designs at North Campus Incubator to Stem Cell Research at the Incubator Building. Working as a contracts manager is a very diverse and enjoyable role which has given me the opportunity to work across many different exciting sectors." CONFERENCING AND EVENTS UPDATE… have hosted over 500 meetings and events and have welcomed a wide range of clients to the CTF including: BP, Shell International, Microsoft, the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council, Sigma Aldrich and The Royal College of Pathologists to name but a few. Our Conferencing and Events facilities are in the heart of Manchester's vibrant academic and business community within the Core Technology Facility (CTF), an environment in which 12 ideas spark and innovation and enterprise meet. There has been plenty to keep the our Events team busy recently. Over the last year, we To celebrate our focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, we've renamed all of our meeting rooms in the Core Technology Facility to honour innovators and entrepreneurs with close links to Manchester and the University. As well as serving the external business community, the CTF is also growing in popularity as a venue for University departmental away-days and workshops, with organisers highlighting the location as ideal for their events and offering all the benefits of being away from the workplace while still being within easy reach of the University campus. To find out more about UMIC Conferencing and Events, please visit the website: www.umic.co.uk/conferencing/ core-technology-facility/ or email conferencing@umic.co.uk

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