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US universities maintain their grip on the top rankings in the 2010 edition of the Shanghai index published this week, with 54 institutions in the top 100.

Frank Gannon, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, is to leave his post a year early to become Director and CEO of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research.

Philips has invested in Dutch VC Gilde’s new healthcare fund, in what the companies say is a unique cooperation.

Edinburgh University has announced that it spun out 40 new firms last year, the most ever generated by a Scottish university in a single year.

The UK’s Human Genetic Commission has drawn up a set of principles for consumer gene testing that it hopes can form the basis of an international code of practice.

Limiting the number of languages used by a unified patent court is not an affront to Europe’s cultural diversity, but a pragmatic move to increase its competitiveness.

The proposal for a unified patent court is incompatible with EU Treaties, says Europe’s Advocate General, a serious setback for the creation of the European Patent.

As it takes an axe to quangos from education to health, the UK government is laying plans for a new single body to supervise clinical trials.

The European Investment Bank has agreed a €220 million loan to support research and development projects at the US agricultural equipment giant, John Deere.

A scheme run for the past 15 years to give life science PhD students more commercial awareness has been successful, says an independent review.