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Scientists and institutions that work with Ximbio have been able to share their research with the global life science community.
Learn how they have benefited so far and how Ximbio can benefit you.

Commercialising research tools: the experience of Disha Malani, an early-stage researcher

A project identifying molecular biomarkers for drug sensitivity and resistance to approved targeted drugs, with the aim of creating personalised treatments for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) patients.

8th March 2021

Francis Crick Institute - A Case Study

One of the major challenges for tumour research is identifying how tumour cells exploit their surrounding cells, the so-called tumour microenvironment (TME), to help form and expand the tumour itself. Existing methods can be used to investigate this chall

1st June 2020

Widening your career opportunities - A Ximbassador interview

There are limited opportunities for PhD students/ Postdocs to develop career skills and experiences alongside their day-to-day roles. The Ximbassador Programme is tailored specifically to these audiences to widen their sense of what their future career pa

1st June 2020

Lindsay Steele: The Ximbassador programme - A future in industry

Being a Ximbassador can provide you with a new career path, a change of direction and open new horizons. We spoke to Lindsey Steele, our Ximbassador at Drexel University, on her experiences and why she chose to be a Ximbassador

13th May 2020

Introducing the Kinase Chemogenomic Set KCGS

The Kinase Chemogenomic Set (KCGS) is the most diverse and highly-annotated, publicly-available collection of kinase inhibitors. Version 1.0 of the set contains 187 kinase inhibitors with potent activity on 215 human kinases, sourced from eight pharma com

21st April 2020

Becoming Vertebrate Antibodies Limited

It can be challenging to start a spin-out at a university and not all researchers decide to take up the challenge. But what are the benefits and advantages that lead academics to take the plunge? We spoke to Vertebrate Antibodies Limited, a spin-out of th

13th March 2020

Programme brings benefits to everyone - Malta Ximbassador

Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), researchers and PhD/ Postdoc students face different challenges; TTOs, face the challenge of creating connections with academics at their institutes, researchers juggle the stresses of grant applications, with the admin

4th March 2020

The Ximbassador Programme – Opening doors in your future career

Being a Ximbassador at your university can provide you with experiences of a potential new future career avenue. We spoke to Amanda Zdimal to discover what her experiences as a Ximbassador at the state university of New York, Binghamton, involved:

17th February 2020