SKIN Development project partnership16 Oct 2019 09:30
CSS joins Labskin UK in a new KTP project
The Centre for Skin Sciences (CSS) is delighted to announce a partnership with Labskin UK (York) to work on an ambitious 28-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project, funded by Innovate UK. CSS, as the knowledge partner, will bring its considerable knowledge, skills and understanding of the interactions between skin cells and melanocytes to help Labskin fulfil its ambition to develop the world’s first commercially available pigmented full thickness, three cell skin equivalent model. This new model will be available at Labskin for companies to use to evaluate products for cosmetic tone matching applications in health and beauty, but also be a pathfinder project to enable future UV protection and drug effect studies.
The team is now looking for an MSc/PhD level research associate to complete the project alongside the Labskin and Bradford University teams. A link to the job can be found here.
Alex Chapman (Head of Operations - Labskin) said, “This is a really exciting project for us and one we have wanted to do for some time. We look forward to working with our colleagues from the University of Bradford and getting this advancement out to the scientific community”.
Dr Jacobo Elies, the University of Bradford project supervisor said “this brings an exciting new relationship with Labskin and opportunity to work in the excellent KTP programme” and Dr Julie Thornton, Director for CSS and principle investigator for the project said “the award of this KTP project is a further example of the success that CSS continues to have in engaging with companies and helping support the development of their commercial opportunities”
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Labskin is part of the Integumen PLC group and is in a rapid development phase at its home on the National Agri-Food Innovation Campus (NAFIC) at Sand Hutton just outside York. To stay up to date with recent developments and company news please visit https://www.labskin.co.uk/stories/ or follow us on @Labskin
This partnership is receiving financial support from the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme. KTP aims to help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base. This Knowledge Transfer Partnership project, funded by UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK, is part of the government’s Industrial Strategy.
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