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First Solutions award made

Professor Robin Williams from Royal Holloway, University of London, has become the first recipient of CRACK IT Solutions funding. Working with GlaxoSmithKline and Syngenta, Professor Williams will use the award to further develop his social amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum) model of emetic liability and to explore the potential of the model for assessing palatability of new drugs and chemicals. GlaxoSmithKline and Syngenta will provide appropriate test compounds and associated data, as well as their expertise in making the model viable for industrial use.

26 July 2013

CRACK IT 2013: Call for Challenges

The CRACK IT call for challenges 2013 is now closed. The new CRACK IT Challenges will be announced in July 2013.

16 April 2013

£993,000 Challenge funding awarded to Phase 1 finalists

CRACK IT seeks proof-of-concepts to replace, reduce and refine animal use across efficacy and safety testing

The CRACK IT open-innovation platform has awarded £993,000 to 11 challenge finalists who have been given just six months to develop the most successful proof-of-concepts for five business and technology challenges in preclinical research.

14 February 2013

Latest information on CRACK IT 2012

The 2012 Challenges competition has now closed. If you would like to keep up to date with the latest CRACK IT information, you can register to get email our alerts and join our LinkedIn group to start discussions with other CRACK IT users.

28 November 2012

2012 CRACK IT Challenge competition

Register with the SBRI/TSB by 16 November to apply for 2012 CRACK IT Challenges . This year the competition consists of four Challenges and one mini Challenge.

2012 Challenges:

Rodent Little Brother: Measurement of mouse activity, behaviour and interaction in the home cage (sponsored by MRC Harwell)

12 September 2012

CRACK IT 2012 competition themes announced

The Launch Event for the 2012 CRACK IT Challenges competition will be held on Wednesday 12 September 2012 in London. The aims of the event are to provide potential applicants to the 2012 CRACK IT Challenges Competition with:

09 July 2012

CRACK IT 2012: Call for Challenges

CRACK IT 2011 showcased 6 Challenges, invested £3.5 million and connected 19 organisations from 5 sectors in 5 new projects to develop innovative products to address bioscience needs.

We are continuing to invest in Challenges which will benefit science, business and the 3Rs. CRACK IT stimulates three way partnerships between NC3Rs, industry sponsors and the research community to provide solutions to global challenges in the pharmaceutical, chemical and consumer products industries.

03 May 2012

CRACK IT winners announced

Winners of the 2011 CRACK IT Challenges competition have been announced by the NC3Rs at the NC3Rs Annual Science Review on 28 February 2012. The five Challenges are funded by NC3Rs with in-kind contributions from industry sponsors AstraZeneca, Huntingdon Life Sciences, Lilly, Syngenta and Unilever.

The winners are:

Wireless recording of the electrophysiology of cognition in psychiatric disease models
Dr Esther Rodriguez-Villegas of Imperial College and Ervitech.

28 February 2012