Nexxus Scotland

Highlighting life science excellence in central Scotland

Nexxus held its fifth Annual Life Science Awards in the West of Scotland on 11 November  at Oran Mor in Glasgow and its first ever Life Science Awards in the East on 24 November, hosted by Edinburgh City Chambers. The Awards, attended by more than 250 people, celebrated the vitality of the life sciences sector in Scotland and acknowledged local life scientists and their accomplishments. 

Keynote speaker at both Awards events, Rhona Allison, Senior Director Life Sciences, Scottish Enterprise, highlighted the future of life sciences in Scotland as a globally oriented, sustainable, fully connected sector built on collaboration and scientific excellence.

This year's winners in East and West exemplify the collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit of life sciences in Scotland. Each began the journey with just an idea, and all of them have transformed these ideas into successful companies, products, and services that have made, or are poised to make, significant contributions to the continued success of Scotland's life science sector.

The winners in the West were:

• Lifetime Achievement - Professor Howard Stevens, Assistant Head of the Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde,
• Innovation - Vascutek, a Terumo Company for BioValsalvaTM
• Young Life Scientist of the Year - Dr Karen Faulds, Lecturer in Bioanalytical Chemistry at the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde
• Most Promising Young Life Science Company of the Year - Tissue Solutions, Clydebank

Click on the links above for full information on each of this year's winners.

Left to right back row - Graeme Boyle, Nexxus Director; Professor Malcolm Stevens (accepting on behalf of his brother Professor Howard Stevens), Chris Packard, Chair of Nexxus Steering Group (West); Front row - Paul Burns, Vascutek; Ann Cooreman, Tissue Solutions; Morag McFarlane, Tissue Solutions; Karen Faulds, University of Strathclyde

The winners in the East were:

• Lifetime Achievement - Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, Director of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh
• Innovation - ImmunoSolv for DeadCert®
• Collaboration - (sponsored by Edinburgh Science Triangle) - SKF Condition Monitoring Centre, Livingston
• Young Life Scientist of the Year - Dr Keisuke Kaji, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
• Most Promising Young Life Science Company of the Year - BigDNA, Roslin

Click on the links above for full information on each of this year's winners

Left to right - John March, Big DNA (seated); John McGlone, SKF Condition Monitoring Centre; Graeme Boyle, Nexxus Director; Barry Shafe, Project Director, Edinburgh Science Triangle; Ian Wilmut, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine; Ruth Murray, ImmunoSolv; Till Bachmann, Chair of Nexxus Steering Group (East); and Keisuke Kaji, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine (seated).