Innovative and award-winning medical research charity RAFT today announces the appointment of its new Chairman: Dr Niccolo Caderni who will take over the role from Francis Gugen. An astrophysicist by training, Niccolo graduated from the University of Florence, his native city and came to the UK as a European Space Agency Fellow at the University […]
Dr Niccolo Caderni named Chairman of RAFT Read More »
For the second year running, RAFT has received the ‘Medical Research Charity of the Year’ award in the Corporate LiveWire Healthcare & Life Sciences Awards. During the awards process, Corporate LiveWire invited over 100,000 corporate and medical professionals, their subscriber base and the general public to nominate associations, companies and individuals based on their achievements
RAFT receive Medical Research Charity of the Year accolade Read More »
For the second year running, RAFT has received a GHP (Global Health and Pharma) International Life Sciences Award. This year the award was for ‘Most Dedicated Medical Research Company (UK)’. Organisations are selected for GHP awards through a combination of online voting and a rigorous research process.
RAFT receives International Life Sciences Award from Global Health and Pharma (GHP) Read More »
Dr Prasad Sawadkar won the Robert Brown Early Stage Investigator (ESI) Award at the recent Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES) Annual Meeting in Manchester. Prasad’s current work on adipose derived stem cell interaction with elements of the extracellular matrix, as well as his scientific trajectory so far earned him this prestigious award. On a
RAFT researcher collects prestigious award at TCES Annual Meeting Read More »
Scientists from RAFT will be presenting their research at this years Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Annual Meeting in Manchester, which runs from 5th to 7th of July. Three of the scientists have been asked to speak at the event and there will also be two poster presentations from RAFT.
RAFT researchers to present at TCES 2017 in Manchester Read More »
After some horrendous weather at the start of the month we were blessed with some lovely sunshine and a dry day for this years RAFT Clay Shoot at Holland & Holland, which took place last week. There was a nice mix of regular attendees and new faces at this years event and a great time
Another fantastic day at Holland & Holland Read More »
RAFT would like to thank Gibbs Gillespie and Fullers for their generosity in supporting this year’s Clay Shoot. This event couldn’t happen without such support, which will help us raise invaluable funds for our research and make it a day to remember for those attending. More information on the Clay Shoot can be found here.
A big thank you to our Clay Shoot sponsors Read More »
Leonor Stjepic, RAFT’s CEO, won awards in the ‘Most Innovative CEO’ and ‘Nonprofit Organisation (NPO) sector’ categories of the Business Worldwide Magazines CEO Awards 2017. Leonor was interviewed for Business Worldwide Magazine- the article can be found here.
Leonor Stjepic receives accolades at Business Worldwide Magazine's CEO Awards 2017 Read More »
The atmosphere at this years Virgin London Marathon was as incredible as ever and the event was made special by so many truly inspiring individuals. Over 40,000 runners took part and were cheered on by over 800,000 spectators, which included Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. RAFT would like to say huge
A big thank you to our incredible marathon runners! Read More »
After announcing that its Chairman is stepping down after seven years, award winning medical research charity, RAFT, is looking to recruit a replacement. It has taken on Board specialists, Robinson Hambro to lead the search. Chairman Francis Gugen said “I’ve been associated with RAFT for over twenty years – as a supporter, Trustee and, latterly,
RAFT Appoints Board Specialists Robinson Hambro Read More »