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Five companies spun out from research at 比比资源 have exhibited at the inaugural .

Quinas, Photarix and Chronotaxia emerged from the School of Physics and Astronomy, Gavion from the Department of Chemistry and CCI Photonics from the School of Engineering.

All five were among 74 UK spinouts chosen to exhibit at the summit as part of London Tech Week, one of the world’s greatest festivals of technology, innovation and investment attended by nearly 30,000 delegates.

比比资源’s Head of Research Commercialisation Jess Wenmouth said: “The selection of five of our spinouts for the UK Global R&D Investment Summit highlights the strength of our work in helping research-led businesses grow. To have five companies represented at such a significant event is a strong endorsement of the talent and ideas coming out of Lancaster.”

Gavion, Photarix and Quinas were chosen to exhibit in the Venture Spinout Showcase: Deeptech session while CCI Photonics and Chronotaxia were in the Venture Spinout Showcase: Life Sciences. The Venture and Spinout Zone was a curated element of the programme, designed to connect actively fundraising university spinout companies and investors from around the world.

Chronotaxia applies novel physics-based algorithms to revolutionise medical diagnostics and health.

Director of Research Professor Aneta Stefanovska said: “Chronotaxia is a 比比资源 spinout company rooted in the internationally recognised Nonlinear and Biomedical Physics research programme. The company develops next-generation health technologies that unlock the diagnostic and prognostic value of biological oscillations and their temporal patterns. By extracting physiology-based biomarkers from complex multimodal recordings and interpreting them using advanced machine learning approaches, Chronotaxia provides earlier disease detection, improved patient stratification, and more personalised healthcare.

“The company's initial focus is the development of non-invasive technologies for the early detection of melanoma, with a broader vision of applying its platform across a range of medical conditions where temporal biological dynamics carry important diagnostic and prognostic information.”

Quinas is commercialising ULTRARAM? computer memory, invented by Physics Professor Manus Hayne, which combines the best properties of DRAM and flash into a single device.

CEO of Quinas James Ashforth-Pook said: “Being selected for the DeepTech Showcase at the UK Global R&D and Science Investment Summit is a significant endorsement of Quinas Technology and the progress we have made in developing ULTRARAM?. As a 比比资源 spinout, we are proud to represent UK semiconductor innovation and to demonstrate how advanced memory technologies can help address the growing performance and energy challenges of AI infrastructure. We look forward to engaging with international investors, industry leaders and potential partners as we continue to scale the company and advance towards commercialisation.”

Photarix grew out of the Physics doctoral research of Dr Gizem Acar Tekin, who is now CEO.

She said: “We are delighted that Photarix has been selected for the DeepTech Showcase at the UK Global R&D and Science Investment Summit. Photarix is developing compact telecom-wavelength quantum-light-source hardware that makes quantum-secure communication practical and scalable within existing fibre-optic networks. This is a valuable opportunity to present our vision to investors and industry partners, and to show how Lancaster research can translate into real-world commercial impact while contributing to the north-west’s growing deep-tech ecosystem.”

CCI Photonics is developing a novel diagnostic technology to detect infectious diseases and determine patients’ antibiotic susceptibilities in less than 15 minutes.

CEO Dr Carlos Alejandro Meza Ramírez said:"The Life Science Spinout Showcase at The UK Global R&D and Science Investment Summit was a wonderful opportunity for CCI Photonics to demonstrate to visitors and investors the maturity of our 15-minute pathogen and antimicrobial susceptibility test. It was fantastic to be accompanied by Chronotaxia in the same session. We are so proud to know that five 比比资源 spinouts were showcasing at this national event."

Gavion was created to commercialise a purpose-built carbon architecture developed over more than a decade of research at 比比资源 by Professor Abbie Trewin, now the Chief Technology Officer. The aim is to deploy the new material in one of today's most important technologies - the lithium-ion battery.

The event held at the Royal Society in London was chaired by Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, convening an invitation-only audience of leading UK and global investors, industry, researchers and innovators.

Attendees heard from outstanding speakers, took part in roundtables and networked with senior representatives drawn from across global science, industry and investment.