PhD Student wins Innovation Cup

Atif Syed, a PhD student at Edinburgh, has won the Innovation Cup with his business idea NanJect in June 2014.

The Innovation Cup is a business pitching competition for researchers, students, and graduates of the University of Edinburgh. It’s open to research or technology based business ideas or young business ventures.

Out of the 6 finalists Atif was chosen as the winner of the cup, and received a prize of £5,000.

Atif's business idea NanJect is a novel pharmaceutical patch which uses nano-needles to deliver drugs into the bloodstream. He has synthesised the nano-needles here at the SMC. At the moment the target application for NanJect is insulin delivery for diabetic patients.

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Mr Atif Syed, PhD student of the School of Engineering, in a laboratory clean suit
Mr Atif Syed

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