Karen Spink (@innovatekaren) 's Twitter Profile
Karen Spink

@innovatekaren

Head of Medicines at Innovate UK

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linkhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk calendar_today04-02-2020 18:50:18

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Genomics England (@genomicsengland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Matt Hancock has confirmed further investments in our cutting-edge projects: newborn sequencing, next-gen approaches to #cancerdiagnosis & addressing underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in genomic datasets. gov.uk/government/spe…

Medical Research Council (@the_mrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Launching soon: the first funding call from the Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator Natalia Huber. It will support consortia of academic and industrial experts to address barriers to the manufacture and delivery of synthetic nucleic acid medicines. Learn more: orlo.uk/sTdsY

Howard Partridge 🍐 (@howardpeartree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Regions receiving the most R&D funding exhibit the greatest variation within the region, so... "When we think about levelling up, we need to put on our 'granularity goggles' and ask at what level of granularity are we looking? And what measures to use?" Grace Gottlieb 🥽

@chris_wigley (@chris_wigley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great group for the National Genomics Board, across DHSC, NHS, GEL, patient reps, AMRC, UKRI/MRC and many others. Focus: how to bring pharmacogenomics into the mainstream, update on implementing the #GenomeUK strategy, and where next for 🇬🇧 Life Sciences 🧬🚀

Medical Research Council (@the_mrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We've just launched a new funding call to build understanding of human disease through multimodal and multiscale research by bringing together new collaborations of researchers with different expertise. Find out more: orlo.uk/5Y1wi

We've just launched a new funding call to build understanding of human disease through multimodal and multiscale research by bringing together new collaborations of researchers with different expertise.

Find out more: orlo.uk/5Y1wi
Karen Spink (@innovatekaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘Taking what was a vibrant industry and supercharging it’ Super Kate Bingham’s keynote at #BioTrinity describing scale up of mfg of C19 vaccines. #hybridevent #obn

‘Taking what was a vibrant industry and supercharging it’ Super Kate Bingham’s keynote at #BioTrinity describing scale up of mfg of C19 vaccines. #hybridevent #obn
Karen Spink (@innovatekaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UK life sciences vision for an inclusive approach to strengthen the sector involving Govt, industry, NHS and the public. We will tackle key global healthcare and societal challenges. Bring it on!!! Very ready to get stuck in to delivering this assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Karen Spink (@innovatekaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New UK innovation strategy outlined by Govt. today with an important role for Innovate UK. Very excited to see areas such as Genomics and Engineering Biology highlighted for potential to transform our future economy. gov.uk/government/new…

Discovery Park (@discoverypark_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two more mentors for our Reactor company growth programme - welcome Harry J Barraza LGC & Karen Spink Innovate UK ! Read more here bit.ly/3ylMbRH about how they'll be helping 10 life sciences companies build an successful path to commercial success

Two more mentors for our Reactor company growth programme - welcome <a href="/harrybarraza/">Harry J Barraza</a> <a href="/LGCGroup/">LGC</a> &amp; <a href="/InnovateKaren/">Karen Spink</a> <a href="/innovateuk/">Innovate UK</a> ! Read more here bit.ly/3ylMbRH about how they'll be helping 10 life sciences companies build an successful path to commercial success
Innovate UK (@innovateuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Secretary of State for @beisgovuk, @KwasiKwarteng announces the launch of Innovate UK's #PlanForAction for UK #BusinessInnovation – to deliver the Innovation Strategy and make the UK a global innovation hub by 2035. #InnovateBlog from CEO Indro Mukerjee: ukri.org/blog/uk-plan-f…

Karen Spink (@innovatekaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This was also the neonatal unit that saved my daughter’s life when she was born at 28 weeks gestation! If MoMs were being trialled then she would have prob been in one as I signed her up to every clinical trial going! 👶

The PCPA (@pcpa_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In memory of our dear friend and member, Asim Mirza, the PCPA executive has awarded a fellowship in recognition of his enormous contribution to primary care pharmacy. Condolences to his family from all at PCPA 1/2

In memory of our dear friend and member, Asim Mirza, the PCPA executive has awarded a fellowship in recognition of his enormous contribution to primary care pharmacy. 

Condolences to his family from all at PCPA

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Karen Spink (@innovatekaren) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very exciting progress with a potentially game changing needle-free COVID-19 vaccine that has received support and funding from Innovate UK. Innovate UK UK Research and Innovation bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Kate Witkowska (@k8wslab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very timely report released today by the Gov't Office for Science Government Office for Science setting out a narrative about use of genomics in modern economy. It inspires discourse about its app in disease, prevention, forensics and need for in-step policy changes: gov.uk/government/pub…