The 'EctoDecto' team which won the regional heat of the competition.
A group of postgraduate students from the School of Pharmacy formed a team, called 'EctoDecto', which won the regional heat of the Biotechnology YES competition last week (14-16 October, 2015). The business idea for the competition was a head lice detection and treatment spray. The team's tag line was 'revealing life's little critters'. The team members (from left to right in the photograph) were Georgina Marsh, Monica Mistry, Claire Lewis, Gudrun Fridgeirsdottir and Rosa Catania.
The final will take place in London on Thursday 10th December. Congratulations and good luck!
The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Biotechnology YES) is an innovative competition developed to raise awareness of the commercialisation of bioscience ideas among early career researchers. The competition, funded by sponsorship, aims to encourage an entrepreneurial culture for the benefit of the UK economy.
Biotechnology YES is organised jointly by The University of Nottingham’s Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HGI), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).
Posted on Monday 26th October 2015