News Updates

  • November 2008, Highland Biosciences are in the final for the John Logie Baird innovation award in December 2008.

  • September 2008. Emma Day recognised by the Association of Scottish Businesswomen for founding the “Most Enterprising Business of 2008”, beating off rivals from across Scotland.

  • July 2008. Highland Biosciences gain a HIE R&D award to demonstrate a miniaturised test strip for the measurement of Prothrombin Time.

  • July 2008. Highland Biosciences and Edinburgh University collaborate to research computer simulation of biosensors techniques under the HI-LINKS scheme.

  • June 2008. Highland Biosciences to present at the BERR “Diagnostics 2008” showcase, London.

  • June  2008. Highland Biosciences gain a SMART Scotland Award to develop and prove a disposable and rapid endotoxin test strip.

  • May 2008. Highland Biosciences and UHI collaborate to research new technologies for blood analysis under the HI-LINKS scheme.

  • March 2008. Emma Day recognised by the “HWBL – Most Enterprise Business in the Highlands”

  • January,2008. Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Awards 08: Highland Biosciences was nominated as a finalist for the "Most Promising New Life Science Company in Scotland".

  • January , 2008. Highland Biosciences to present at the prestigious BIA “Rising Stars” showcase event in Edinburgh.

  • July 17, 2007 Highland Biosciences wins £10k of NESTA funding for biosensor research.

  • April 24, 2007 Highlands and Islands Enterprise fund an early stage research project to explore the feasibility of thick film printed viscometers.

  • December 28, 2006. Highland Biosciences files its first biosensor patent.

 

About the company

The company was formed in 2006 by Dr. Richard and Emma Day.

Dr Richard Day.  Co-founder of Highland Biosciences Ltd. and the inventor of the biosensor platform.  Previous roles were in biosensor research for Cranfield University, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson & Johnson.

Emma Day.  Co-founder and expert in sensor technology. Six Sigma Black-belt engineer with over 15 years experience of bringing new products to market through varied sectors including medical devices at TI Group, Ford Motor Co. and Johnson and Johnson.

Since then the team has grown to provide a true convergent technology team with a diverse set of disciplines to give broad capability.

Facilities

HBL has dedicated biosensor research facilities at its head office in Inverness Scotland.  Established research and development agreements enable HBL to run sensor fabrication from controlled manufacturing experiments to production volumes.

Partners

HBL has already well established partnerships with material suppliers and manufacturers who are capable of producing high volumes of devices to medical device standards.