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UKMedLab23 – buy your tickets today!

The Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (ACB) is holding its National Meeting, UKMedLab23, between 12 – 14 June in Leeds, UK. You can book your tickets on the ACB website. There are multiple tickets available: Biochemistry Training Day ticket (12 June) Microbiology Training Day ticket (12 June) Two-day conference ticket (13-14 June) One-day conference ticket (13 or 14…
Dawn
April 28, 2023
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Sustainability Surgery

Introducing a new member support resource. The Sustainability Surgery is your opportunity to get one-to-one support from your Sustainability Programme Lead – Sarah Joy Newton. Members are invited to book themselves a 15minute ‘clinic’ appointment during which you can ask any questions you have around sustainability, including (but not limited to): Carbon Reduction Plans How to calculate carbon emissions Emissions…
Dawn
April 28, 2023
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Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst Accelerators – express interest in this funding!

The Biomedical Catalyst is Innovate UK’s flagship grant funding mechanism, enabling small and medium sized businesses to test and develop innovative health and care solutions across life sciences, including therapeutics, medical devices, and digital health. Please visit this link to submit your interest in the Accelerator Programme. How to submit your interest: Step 1: Click on 'Submit EOI Here' below…
Dawn
April 28, 2023
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The Better Business Act – what do BIVDA members think?

We wish to ask members whether they believe BIVDA should join the campaign ‘The Better Business Act’, which seeks to make businesses legally responsible for their societal and environmental impact. The campaign wants to enact legal change ‘to ensure that all businesses are legally responsible for benefiting workers, customers, communities and the environment while delivering profit.’ It was founded by…
Ben Kemp
April 21, 2023
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Earth Day 2023

Earth Day 2023 takes place tomorrow 22 April, and we at BIVDA wholeheartedly support the campaign’s ambition to foster a greener, more sustainable economy. This year’s theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ which is focused on engaging the more than 1 billion people, governments, institutions, and businesses who participate in Earth Day to recognise our collective responsibility and to help…
Dawn
April 20, 2023
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Funding Competition: Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Round 10 – Stage 1

Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Round 10 – Stage 1 gets underway from 24 April, so now is the perfect time to get prepared! Through this competition, Innovate UK will invest up to £3 million in small collaborative innovation projects working with analysis for innovators (A4I) partners: the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) the National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at Laboratory of the…
Natalie Creaney
April 20, 2023
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Sustainability Hub Member Tour

It is nearly a year since we launched the Member Sustainability Hub on our website. It has been welcomed as a useful and valuable resource by those who have been using it so far. This is an invitation for members to join your Sustainability Programme Lead; Sarah Joy Newton on Tuesday 2nd May 10.30-11am for a Sustainability Hub Tour to: - explore what resources…
Natalie Creaney
April 20, 2023
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Industry rep needed for NICE Technologies Committee – apply today!

  A fantastic opportunity has emerged for an industry representative to join the NICE Technologies Committee – the deadline is 5pm on Monday 15 May 2023. The Technologies Committee is an independent advisory committee which supplies technology appraisal recommendations to NICE. They are currently seeking the following new members: device industry representative NHS consultant psychiatrist public health specialist. The time…
Natalie Creaney
April 20, 2023
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30 Years On – Stephen Lawrence Day

Stephen Lawrence Day is a yearly celebration of Stephen's life and legacy that began in 2019 and is observed on the anniversary of his death. The Stephen Lawrence Foundation founded by his mother Baroness Doreen Lawrence ‘exists to inspire a more equitable, inclusive society and to foster opportunities for marginalised young people in the UK’ with support from the local…
Natalie Creaney
April 20, 2023