Our History
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Bionow was formed when Dr Linda Magee was appointed as the Head in March 2000.
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The Bionow Steering Committee was formed in July 2000.
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The Bionow Team was completed in September 2000.
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A Cluster Mapping Report was completed in August 2000 & updated in August 2002.
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Bionow was officially launched by Sir Tom McKillop at The Lowry Centre, Salford in November 2000.
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The website also became live in November 2000.
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Bionow was recognised as a 'best practice' case study for the Regions in Government's Knowledge Economy White Paper in February 2001.
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Bionow supported the successful bid for the Northwest Genetics Knowledge Park in January 2002.
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Bionow was key in securing funding for the development of the Core Technology Facility, Manchester in 2002.
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Bionow hosted the first NW Biotechnology Awards Dinner in November 2002.
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The region was identified as one of top 3 biotech clusters in UK (alongside Scotland & London/South East) in February 2003.
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Bionow leads on the development of the £34m National Biomanufacturing Centre (NBC) in Speke, Liverpool in March 2003.
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Bionow secures DTI funding under the Harnessing Genomics Programme to support the Northwest Biotech Finance Advisory Service (NWBFAS), Realising Synergy Project and NW Institute for Biohealth Informatics in January 2004.
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Bionow launches the NBC Access Fund to support biologics manufacturing for UK start-ups in May 2005.
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We have held quarterly network evenings since May 2000 (attendance c. 80 people) & the monthly newsletter is now distributed to over 1,000 people worldwide.
