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EcoAlert Ltd

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) has been conducting research into marine organisms for more than 20 years funded by NERC. EcoAlert Ltd has been formed by PML's wholly owned technology transfer company, Plymouth Marine Applications Ltd (PMA), to commercialise a novel bioassay technique arising from this work. The Company has exclusive rights to ECOBOX, a portable bioassay kits for in-situ analysis of marine, estuarine and freshwater aquatic environments.

Pathfinder Investments

Oestrogen removal from sewage
Researchers at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have developed a technique to increase the level of bacterial activity in sewage treatment works by an order of magnitude, so as to substantially reduce the amount of oestrogens in both sewage sludge and effluent.

Microbial degradation
Ian Thompson and colleagues at the NERC - funded institute, CEH Oxford, have developed a unique technology for creating a defined bacterial consortium, specifically for treating metal working fluids.

Electrical Resistivity Tomography
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) is a relatively new and rapidly evolving geophysical technique for the non-invasive mapping of subsurface geology and anomalous ground conditions. ERT has potential applications for a wide-range of geoscientific problems, particularly in the shallow environmental, engineering and construction sectors.

Luteovirus diagnostic
NERC researchers have developed a diagnostic for the family of luteoviruses, which affect crops such as potatoes and barley. Luteoviruses are also commonly used as a vector for genetic modification, and so their presence can be used as a marker for identifying genetically modified organisms.

Our Partners:

Rainbow Seed Fund partners with these organisations...

The Rainbow Seed Fund provides seed capital to commercialise scientific research at our partner organisations:

BBSRC, CSL, Dstl, NERC, VLA, HPA, SCRI, STFC, Macaulay, NPL and UKAEA

The Rainbow Seed Fund is managed by Midven Ltd, which is regulated by the FSA.