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Nesta and the Longitude Prize have partnered with the Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast and the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre (C-TRIC) in Derry/Londonderry to hold two exciting events.
15 May 2015
First assessment window closing in two weeks
If you think your team has a diagnostic test that is capable of winning the Longitude Prize you now have only two weeks to go to submit your entry and be the first to try and cross the finishing line.
15 May 2015
AMR Cross-Council Initiative: New funding call
The anti-microbial resistance cross-council initiative has launched a new funding call: Accelerating therapeutic and diagnostic development.
The MRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, and ESRC are supporting this call and the MRC is managing it on behalf of the funding partners.
06 May 2015
The race is on and the stakes are high
At the end of May, for the first time, applicants will be able to submit their ideas to the Longitude Prize panel of judges.
24 Apr 2015
Meningitis Day 2015 - diagnosing better outcomes
Meningitis poses a difficult problem for doctors as it can present either as a bacterial or viral infection; finding out which is present in a patient as quickly as possible is crucial. Rachel Beaton from the University of Stirling shares her personal story of being diagnosed with meningitis, with a doctor's perspective from Prize Advisory Panel member Professor Chris Butler.
How much do you know about antibiotics? Take our Quiz over on the Nesta website to find out!
On 16th March Longitude Prize held an event bringing in a range of speakers to try and sum up what makes a Longitude Prize winner. Get insights from some of the panellists in the event video over on Nesta's Youtube channel.
24 Mar 2015
World Tuberculosis Day 2015
World Tuberculosis Day brings attention to this terrible disease which affects so much of the world's population. With the help of a few stats, we take a look at the burden of TB and how Longitude Prize might help with battling TB in the future.
Today marks the 322nd birthday of British inventor, John Harrison. For centuries now Harrison's story has captured the public's imagination: the working class joiner and watchmaker who won against the Goliath might of the astrological community.
Longitude Prize is looking for a diagnostic that can help determine if antibiotics are needed and, if they are, which ones to use. But what is a diagnostic? Doris Ann-Williams from the British In Vitro Diagnostic Association briefly summarises what diagnostics do and why they're so important.
What will it take to win Longitude Prize? What will it take to win Longitude Prize? Do you think that you could win the Longitude Prize?
The Longitude Prize Committee and Nesta would like to invite you to hear about the £10m Longitude Prize and how you could get involved.
The European Commission launched a €1million prize for diagnostics to help antibiotic resistance last week.