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New Year means new colleague Mary Sumner at Roslin Tech’s insect nucleus
Who doesn't yearn for something new in the middle of a cold and miserable January? We've obviously got a New Year to look forward to, but at Roslin Tech we're especially lucky to have taken on a new...
Sustainability as a Christmas Gift: interview with Chairman Prof. Andy Porter
Prof. Andy Porter, Chairman of the board of Roslin Technologies, talks with David Clarke, looking back over the past year and into the next as we take our amazing technology out to market. Whether...
Roslin Tech joins project to investigate circular economy in space
Roslin Technologies, the UK's leading specialist AgTech venture builder, is setting its sights beyond the confines of planet earth…literally! We’re working on a project with an Israeli team (that...
Roslin Tech’s commitment to cultured meat industry focused in the three key cell features
Roslin Technologies, as a leader in the cellular agriculture space, is excited to continue developing our induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines to provide the best lines available to companies...
Improved breeding programmes vital to planet’s sustainability, Executive Director Glen Illing says
Global agriculture needs to double the rate of improvement in its breeding programmes if it is to meet the challenges of coming decades, according to Glen Illing, the founder and executive director...
Katie takes the long road to agriculture doctorate
How much is it possible to fit into one lifetime? That's a question that we'd love to pose to our latest intern Katie Dubarry. Katie, coming to us from SRUC, will undertake a doctorate at the Roslin...
A love story from Denmark to Scotland – Interview with Martin Jensen
Helping put together the idea and team that spawned Roslin Technologies, and discovering the cutting-edge science being undertaken in Edinburgh, is like a love story from his home country of Denmark...
Love of the sea brings Alexandra down from the Transylvanian mountains…and to Roslin
There can’t be too many Transylvanian marine biology experts in the world, given that it’s a mountainous region in the interior of Romania, so we consider ourselves lucky to be helping to support...
Leveraging “natures primary recycler, the black soldier fly” – interview with Leo Wein
Roslin Tech is at the forefront of “leveraging natures primary recycler, the black soldier fly,” through its involvement with portfolio company Protenga, according to Leo Wein, who heads up the...
Sustainability key to Roslin Tech offering — interview with Kristian Bennetsen
Sustainability is a key part of Roslin Technologies’ offering to both its customer base and the investment community, according to JBI partner Kristian Bennetsen, one of the original investors in...
Roslin Tech’s breeding programmes built on experiences in Chilean Patagonia
A key part of our business is our breeding programmes platform, where we use sophisticated genetic and genomic data analyses to help our clients select the right animals to improve yield and...
Roslin Tech looks to broaden leadership alongside international expansion
Roslin Technologies, the UK’s leading specialist AgTech Venture builder, is expanding its executive team as it agrees further international partnerships and develops portfolio companies as routes to...
Roslin Tech takes “gold dust” IP and turns it into businesses – Interview with Simon Hopkins
Rosin Tech, the UK’s leading AgTech venture builder, takes “gold dust” intellectual property from its educational and research connections and uses its global network to turn it into viable...
Focus on breeding programmes
Roslin Tech offers bespoke breeding programmes for production enhancement. These include the delivery of database management and estimated genetic/genomic evaluations for the livestock and...
Building partnerships for successful cultured meat production
The market for cultured meat is expanding and is set to accelerate, opening a huge opportunity for businesses in this area. Our aim is to serve these businesses by providing them with the tools and...
Chicken cell soup
Think you're just looking at a whisk rotating aimlessly in some bright red liquid? Think again! What you’re in fact witnessing is one of the miracles of Roslin Tech science — the expansion of...