Announcing a New Collaboration
We are excited to announce a new collaboration with Dr Alex Corbett, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, following his award of a prestigious Royal Society Industry Fellowship!
Introducing the MultiScope: A Game-Changer in Drug Discovery
We will be partnering with Dr Corbett to develop the MultiScope, an innovative high-throughput imaging system designed to transform drug discovery workflows.
The MultiScope enables rapid, sequential acquisition of microscopic images from individual wells of standard microtiter plates, providing a scalable solution to assess cellular and tissue responses to new drug candidates. By addressing a longstanding bottleneck in high-throughput screening, this technology can significantly accelerate the pace of drug development.
Licensing and Collaborative Development
We are proud to have licensed the MultiScope technology from the University of Exeter and look forward to combining Dr Corbett’s research expertise with our team’s optical design, engineering, and product development capabilities.
Expert Perspectives on the Partnership
Dr Sam Swift, Technical Product Manager at Cairn Research, commented:
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with Dr Corbett on this groundbreaking project. The MultiScope has the potential to make a real difference for researchers tackling the challenges of drug discovery. This is a fantastic example of academic innovation moving toward commercial application, and we are excited to develop and manufacture this technology and bring it to the scientific community.”
Dr Alex Corbett, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, added:
“I am delighted to be awarded the Royal Society Industry fellowship to work with the experienced team at Cairn Research. I strongly believe that parallelised imaging in high throughput screening is a powerful tool that could significantly accelerate drug discovery. Making the technology commercially available is the first step in that process”
About the Royal Society Industry Fellowship
The Royal Society Industry Fellowship fosters collaboration between academia and industry, supporting projects that drive innovation and deliver real-world impact.
For more information about this collaboration, please contact us at sales@cairn-research.co.uk.