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MORF-Bio Secures Funding to Accelerate Microbial Digital Twin Platform
We're pleased to share that MORF-Bio has secured an Innovate UK Investor Partnerships Award, unlocking a new investment round led by Deeptech Seed Fund and matched by Helix Research and Enterprise. The funding marks an important step in the next phase of MORF's...
MORF-Bio Turns One: From University Spinout to Accelerating Discovery
One year ago, MORF-Bio officially incorporated as a company. What began as a research-driven platform developed at the University of York has rapidly evolved into a growing biotechnology company helping researchers unlock more value from microbial data. And what a...
Interactive insight: visualising the physiological shifts of industrial yeast
While industrial paper-making creates a massive bottleneck of toxic, lignocellulosic waste, a new multi-omics study has mapped exactly how a unique yeast strain overcomes this hostile environment to unlock new possibilities for bio-production. If you are a plant,...
Our origin story: it began with DETOX
MORF-Bio began with a challenge familiar to many researchers, not a lack of data, but a lack of accessible insight. The DETOX project, funded by IB Catalyst and led by Prof. Gavin Thomas at the University of York, set out to improve microbial strains for industrial...
MORF reveals new biology in a foodborne pathogen
MORF reveals new biology in a foodborne pathogen How do pathogenic bacteria sometimes gain a foothold in the human body? Why do the same bacteria sometimes cause infections, and sometimes remain harmless? These are questions of vital importance for modern medicine,...
MORF-Bio announces successful pre-seed funding round
MORF-Bio is delighted to announce the successful closing of its pre-seed funding round to accelerate development of its microbial bioinformatics software.
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