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Imperial’s new COVID-19 testing lab goes live
Imperial’s contribution to the Testing Alliance launched. Includes the UKAS accredited Molecular Diagnostic Unit (MDU) and existing high-throughput robotic platform for RNA extraction. read more
Tackling London’s air pollution will increase life expectancy of children
Report by researchers from Environmental Research Group predicts London air quality policies, and wider improvements in air quality, will increase average life expectancy of a child born in London in 2013 by six months. read more
Press release: MedCity-led university Testing Alliance to offer 20,500 extra daily COVID-19 tests
London’s leading life science and academic institutions have united to respond in an unprecedented way to the coronavirus pandemic by ramping up diagnostic testing capacity for the UK. read more
Imperial part of London Alliance offering 20,500 more COVID tests a day by March
Imperial joins Department of Health and Social Care's partnership with the London Testing Alliance, brought together by life science cluster MedCity to ramp up testing. read more
Robotic testing platform helps to scale up COVID-19 testing capacity
Imperial team has repurposed robotic technology normally used for synthetic biology research to help with testing for COVID-19. read more
Webinar: What will our recovery look like?
23 July 2020 – 12:00 – 13:00 Hear Professor Jonathan Haskel, renowned British economist & Bank of England Monetary Policy committee Member, talk through the economic modelling of the initial recession and the lessons for the recovery. read more
Case studies
Neuropathic pain drug development
Our consultants shared their expertise in neuropathic pain area treatments to support Spinifex’s drug discovery and development programs. read more
Global adoption and regulation of electronic medical records
Our consultants shared their expertise in clinical medicine to help IMS Health to assess the adoption, governance and regulatory landscape of electronic medical records (EMR) at different levels of healthcare systems around the world. read more
Imperial College London Diabetes Centre
The Imperial College London Diabetes Centre was established in Abu Dhabi, in 2006, by Mubadala and experts from Imperial to address the demand for diabetes care in the UAE. With continued support from Imperial, the centre now operates three branches across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain and public health initiatives. read more