Home for business / Focus onÉScience & Technology | Where science and CCIR and business work together Lloyds TSB The combined space of the Edinburgh One of the University Science Triangle Parks places the Òsuper-campusÓ amongst the 20 largest science parks in the world. The parks and innovation centres are designed to accommodate and support knowledge-intensive of EdinburghÕs largest collaborations in recent years has been through its Centre for Communication Interface Research (CCIR), which has been working with Lloyds TSB on ÒUsability EngineeringÓ. companies at every life stage and Edinburgh BioQuarter facilitate access to EdinburghÕs world- This new discipline measures Andrew Henderson, Life Sciences customer attitudes to new class academic expertise and research. Manager for Scottish Enterprise, said:ÒThe combination of academia, industry and clinical practice on one site will ensure that Edinburgh BioQuarter becomes one of the worldÕs top 10 locations for biomedical research and development. ÒAlexandriaÕs reputation for outstanding life science cluster development combined with ScotlandÕs reputation for producing outstanding science will act as a magnet for some of the worldÕs leading scientists, researchers and companies to locate here.Ó Tel: 0131 200 6303 www.edinburghsciencetriangle.com Ingenza Ltd. has grown rapidly at the Roslin BioCentre banking technologies and channels, and brings together a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, linguists, statisticians and psychologists who examine how customers react to and interact with automated systems. Edinburgh is the new ideopolis, Ò a high growth area linked around universities, a bustling airport and a powerful financial sector that bridges new business formation Will Hutton, Chief Executive, Ó The Work Foundation All the sites are within 30 minutes of each other, the universities and research institutes, the vibrant city centre and the well-connected international airport. Over 200 hectares of parkland will eventually provide nearly 500,000 sq m of built space accommodating around 15,000 researchers and experts. Edinburgh BioQuarter development Alexandria Real Estate Equities was appointed the development partner of Edinburgh BioQuarter in a £600m collaboration between Scottish Enterprise, the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. Edinburgh BioQuarter combines an internationally-renowned university and medical school, an 870-bed hospital with a world-class clinical trials centre, and a commercial research campus that will house some of the worldÕs leading biotech companies Ð all on a single site. AlexandriaÕs involvement is also expected to generate significant interest from the international life sciences community given its impressive track record in developing exemplary life sciences locations such as Mission Bay in San Francisco and Technology Square at MIT in Cambridge, Massachussets. © Roslin BioCentre 2008 Andrew Henderson, Life Sciences Manager for Scottish Enterprise, said: ÒThe combination of academia, industry and clinical practice on one site will ensure that Edinburgh BioQuarter becomes one of the worldÕs top 10 locations for biomedical research and development. Ê ÒAlexandriaÕs reputation for outstanding life science cluster development combined with ScotlandÕs reputation for producing outstanding science will act as a magnet for some of the worldÕs leading scientists, researchers and companies to locate here.Ó Tel: 0131 200 6303 www.edinburghsciencetriangle.com CCIR and Lloyds TSB One of the University of EdinburghÕs largest collaborations in recent years has been through its Centre for Communication Interface Research (CCIR), which has been working with Lloyds TSB on ÒUsability EngineeringÓ. This new discipline measures customer attitudes to new banking technologies and channels, and brings together a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, linguists, statisticians and psychologists who examine how customers react to and interact with automated systems.