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      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/Abingdon-Health-and-University-of-Birmingham-to-invest-2-million-in-Joint-Venture-.aspx</link>
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      <title>University collaboration secures £480k towards 'SuperREACT project'</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SustainabiliityLive! 2012</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham celebrates its open-door to business</title>
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      <description>On Wednesday 23rd May Vice Chancellor Professor David Eastwood hosted an evening reception at his residence to celebrate the University of Birmingham's long history of successful business partnerships and reaffirm the University's role in supporting business growth in the region.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham joins the Easy Access IP initiative</title>
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      <description>The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce today that it has recently become the first Midlands University to be part of the Easy Access Innovation Partnership, which promotes new ways of transferring intellectual property (IP) to industry.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Until now the development of water-based cathode inks for use in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) has been unsuccessful but work taking place at the Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research at the University of Birmingham has made a significant breakthrough.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Demystifying funding opportunities for business</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Director for Science City Research Alliance</title>
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      <description>The University of Birmingham and University of Warwick are delighted to announce that Professor Chris McConville, Department of Physics, has been appointed Director of the Science City Research Alliance (SCRA).</description>
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      <title>University of Birmingham explores further collaborative opportunities in Guangzhou</title>
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      <description>Following the launch of the University of Birmingham Guangzhou Centre in September 2011, senior academics will return to the city this week to develop additional opportunities for joint research and innovation.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University and Trust sign up to historic health partnership</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/University-and-Trust-sign-up-to-historic-health-partnership-.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have today announced a groundbreaking joint working agreement to be known as Birmingham Health Partners (BHP).</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham wins Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education</title>
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      <description>The University of Birmingham's world-leading Centre for Formulation Engineering| has gained further recognition after being selected for a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham hosts Prestigious Lord Stafford Awards</title>
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      <description>The University of Birmingham was delighted to host this year's prestigious Lord Stafford Awards celebrating the collaborations and achievements between business and Universities across the Midlands.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham is Runner-up at TechWorld</title>
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      <description>Fifteen universities entered the prestigious University Excellence Competition held at TechWorld, on Thursday 17 November at ExCeL, the UK's largest international technology event.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wellcome Trust Gives PsiOxus £1.8M to Take Oncolytic Virus into Clinical Development</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/Wellcome-Trust-Gives-PsiOxus-18M-to-Take-Oncolytic-Virus-into-Clinical-Development.aspx</link>
      <description>PsiOxus received a £1.8 million (about $2.8 million) award from The Wellcome Trust to support early clinical development of its oncolytic virus candidate ColoAd1. The grant will fund a Phase I/II trial to evaluate ColoAd1 against metastatic colorectal cancer. Phase I/II studies are expected to start during 2012.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University scientists develop a urine test for cancer</title>
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      <description>Scientists at the University have developed a ground-breaking technique that uses a urine test to help to diagnose adrenal cancer.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Marie Curie Association launched at the University of Birmingham</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/MarieCurieAssociationlaunchedattheUniversityofBirmingham.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham has won funding from the European Commission for more than 40 Marie Curie projects.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New 'talentpool' at the University of Birmingham</title>
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      <description>The University of Birmingham has launched a new talentpool voucher scheme which allows businesses to receive support towards the cost of hiring a researcher (up to £1,500) to deliver a specific project.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University strengthens bond with China in Guangzhou Centre launch</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/guangzhou-relaunch.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham is to open a collaborative centre later this summer in Guangzhou, China, with the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham celebrate win at The 2011 Impact Awards</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/UniversityofBirminghamcelebratewinatThe2011ImpactAwards.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham is delighted to announce that Dr John Pearson, Business Engagement Manager in Alta Innovations Ltd, the technology transfer agency owned by the University, has been awarded Knowledge Transfer Achiever of the Year at this year's PraxisUnico Impact Awards.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New funding scheme to support SME''s</title>
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      <description>The Technology Strategy Board launches a new scheme for SMEs to apply for R&amp;D funding.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Business showcase rewards for commercial innovations to improve rehab for brain injuries and develop the next generation of robots.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PsiOxus Therapeutics Initiates Phase II Clinical Study</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/PsiOxusTherapeuticsInitiatesPhaseIIClinicalStudy.aspx</link>
      <description>PsiOxus Therapeutics, Ltd. (PsiOxus) announce initiation of a Phase II study of MT-102, a small molecule therapeutic for the treatment of cancer- and age-related wasting.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Health Bus' begins first clinical research studies</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/HealthBusbeginsfirstclinicalresearchstudies.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New venture receives investment from the Mercia Fund</title>
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      <description>The Native Antigen Company (NAC) has been formed following a spin-out from PsiOxus, formerly Hybrid BioSystems, itself a university of Birmingham Spin-out.</description>
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      <title>Science City Research Alliance Hosts Discovery Day</title>
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      <description>A formal opening of the Advanced Materials Laboratory recently took place at The University of Birmingham's School of Chemical Engineering</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Enterprising Birmingham Competition Announces finalists</title>
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      <description>Enterprising Birmingham, The University of Birmingham's new Business Plan Competition</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Birmingham vaccine technology is rising star in new biotech company</title>
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      <description>University of Birmingham spin-out company, Hybrid BioSystems, Ltd. (Hybrid), and Myotec Therapeutics, Ltd. (Myotec) today announced their merger to form PsiOxus Therapeutics, Ltd. (PsiOxus), a new, development stage biotechnology company using non-traditional approaches to novel therapeutics for cancer and wasting diseases.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The University of Birmingham and medical diagnostics specialists, Abingdon Health Ltd, announce the launch of Bioscience Ventures Limited ("Bioscience Ventures"), a new joint venture aimed at developing and marketing new diagnostics products for the healthcare and other industries.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Birmingham's brightest could win 15k</title>
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      <description>16 business ideas, from a variety of researchers at The University of Birmingham, have been shortlisted for their chance to win 15k to help develop their research into a commercially viable opportunity.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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