BioEscalator Bulletin - Spring 2025
11 March 2025
Stay updated with the latest BioEscalator updates, tenant and alumni news, and upcoming events in the Spring 2025 edition of the BioEscalator Bulletin.
OMass Therapeutics appoints Birgitte Volck as Non-Executive Director
26 February 2025
Oxford, United Kingdom – 26 February 2025 – OMass Therapeutics (‘OMass’ or ‘the Company’), a biotechnology company identifying medicines against highly validated target ecosystems such as membrane proteins or intracellular complexes, today announces that Birgitte Volck MD, PhD has joined its Board as a non-executive director.
OXcan President and Co-Founder features as guest speaker on TheHill Digital Innovation Podcast
19 February 2025
Andreas Halner, president and co-founder of Oxford Cancer Analytics (OXcan), who chats to our director, Megan Morys-Carter, about the company's inception, what makes the technology so revolutionary and the ever increasing success OXcan have been met with recently.
Enara Bio embarks on a research collaboration with George Washington University to deepen understanding of Dark Antigen® biology and expression
18 February 2025
Collaboration may inform future combination strategies that can maximise the efficacy of Enara Bio’s pipeline of TCR-based immunotherapies targeting Dark Antigens®
New ‘Super Test’ for prostate cancer developed in the UK by EDX Medical
17 February 2025
CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scientists in Cambridge have developed a new ‘super test’ for prostate cancer in an effort to revolutionise screening and diagnosis of the disease and accelerate personalised treatment for patients.
BioEscalator Bulletin – Annual Review 2023/24 launched
29 January 2025
The BioEscalator is delighted to have launched its inaugural Annual Review, ‘Driving innovation, advancing human health ’. It provides for the first time a discussion of our achievements in 2023/24, plus the milestones from our initial five years of operation.
Enara Bio listed in the inaugural edition of The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025
22 January 2025
The guide showcases Britain's fastest-growing private tech companies from The Sunday Times, commercialising innovation across the UK. "This recognition is a testament to our innovative science and the hard work of our incredible team as we strive to develop safe and effective treatments for cancer patients." Enara Bio
U-Ploid Biotechnologies announces the appointment of Professor Alison Campbell to its advisory board
15 January 2025
U-Ploid, a venture-backed biotechnology company developing next-generation fertility therapeutics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Alison Campbell to its Advisory Board. In this key role, Professor Campbell will provide strategic guidance on company research programmes, working closely with the U-Ploid team to drive innovation in fertility treatments.
Oxford Cancer Analytics raises USD$11M in series A funding to transform early lung cancer detection and enable curative treatments
9 January 2025
Dr. Heinrich Roder, expert in lung cancer proteomics liquid biopsy, appointed as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at OXcan.
Alchemab Therapeutics enters into collaboration with Lilly to discover, research and develop novel therapies for ALS
9 January 2025
The agreement supports the research and development of up to five novel therapeutic antibodies identified through Alchemab's antibody discovery platform.
Theolytics appoints David Apelian MD, PhD, MBA as CEO
17 December 2024
David Apelian MD PhD MBA, an experienced CEO with significant development and regulatory experience in virology and immune-oncology joins Theolytics. Dr Apelian joins as the company advances its first clinical trial with lead candidate THEO-260 in ovarian cancer.
Alethiomics – using Artemis to hunt down blood cancers
12 December 2024
Spin-out company Alethiomics, focused on the development of innovative treatments for blood cancers, is Oxford through-and-through. Founded by Clinician Scientists who run neighbouring laboratories at the University’s MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, seed financed by Oxford Science Enterprises and located at the BioEscalator, the company’s early years have been immersed in the Oxford innovation ecosystem.
OMass Therapeutics strengthens its leadership team with the promotions of Hsin Loke to Chief Operating officer and Jon Roffey to Senior Vice President, Discovery and Non-Clinical
6 December 2024
OMass Therapeutics (‘OMass’ or ‘the Company’), a biotechnology company identifying medicines against highly validated target ecosystems such as membrane proteins or intracellular complexes, today announces that the Company has promoted Dr Hsin Loke to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Jon Roffey Ph.D. to Senior Vice President, Discovery and Non-Clinical, effective immediately.
Theolytics doses first patient in Phase I/IIa Trial of THEO-260 in ovarian cancer
19 November 2024
Theolytics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation oncolytic immunotherapies, has dosed the first patient in its Phase I/IIa multi-centre, open-label first-in-human trial (OCTOPOD - NCT06618235) of THEO-260 in patients with advanced-stage platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC).
OMass Therapeutics appoints Professor Steven Charlton as Chief Scientific Officer
15 November 2024
OMass Therapeutics (‘OMass’ or ‘the Company’), a biotechnology company identifying medicines against highly validated target ecosystems such as membrane proteins or intracellular complexes, today announces the appointment of Professor Steven Charlton as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), effective 1 December 2024. He will take on the role from Dr Ali Jazayeri, who is leaving OMass to pursue other opportunities.
CyanoCapture at the forefront: H2Boost deployment and COSEC Horizon grant to scale biogenic CO2 capture
10 November 2024
CyanoCapture is making significant strides in advancing sustainable carbon capture technologies with its involvement in two major projects. Both initiatives highlight CyanoCapture's commitment to pioneering carbon-negative solutions and driving progress toward a sustainable, low-carbon future.
Infinitopes to showcase breakthroughs on cancer vaccine development at SITC 2024: Insight into a double-blind, Phase I/IIa clinical trial
8 November 2024
Infinitopes, an integrated cancer biotech combining world leading platforms in precision antigen discovery with vaccine vectors capable of durably stimulating protective immune responses, today announces that it will be presenting three posters on its pioneering cancer vaccine discovery and development, including one that has been recognised as a ‘top 100’ poster presentation, at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2024, held in Houston, US, from 6-10th November.
Leading academics and innovators join refreshed BioEscalator Management Board
30 October 2024
In its first major refresh since its establishment in 2018, the BioEscalator is delighted to welcome five leading University of Oxford academics and innovators to its Management Board. Professors Catherine Green OBE, Beth Psaila, Molly Stevens DBE, Krina Zondervan and Peter Callow, Financial Controller of the Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford. The Management Board provides a source of expertise for BioEscalator tenants and works to enhance research at the University by building strong links with small life sciences companies.
Nucleome Therapeutics announces a strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson to map genetic associations linked to autoimmune disease
21 October 2024
Nucleome Therapeutics (‘Nucleome’ or ‘the Company’), a biotechnology company using 3D genomics to discover precision medicines for complex diseases, announces today it has entered a research collaboration with Johnson & Johnson*.