2022), Usher Institute (due to open in 2024), co-location of Biomedical and Medical Teaching and NHS Lothian’s Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. Community Collaboration in response to COVID-19 The expertise and collaborative nature of BioQuarter’s community was demonstrated in extensive efforts during the COVID-19 crisis. The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI ) COVID-related Research Hub was established as a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing together experimental medicine clinical studies, interdisciplinary research teams, industrial partners and academic collaborators to understand the mechanisms of disease and discover effective treatments, whilst repurposing facilities and expertise to continue essential world-class biomedical pre-clinical research. Up to 150 researchers from the Centre for Inflammation Research were re-deployed to work on a new project – STOPCOVID – focusing on the inflammatory pathways that lead directly to lung injury, associated with the most severe aspects of COVID-19 and to test existing and experimental drugs to find a treatment. In 2022, a new multi-million pound research programme to develop treatments for lung infections such as COVID-19 and future pandemics was announced. Companies at BioQuarter Companies based on Edinburgh BioQuarter include: RoslinCT - GMP contract manufacturing and development organisation (CMDO), originally founded as Roslin Cells in 2006. Fios Genomics – genomic and bioinformatics data analysis services for drug discovery & development. Concept Life Sciences - pre-clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and acquired by Concept Life Sciences, a Malvern Panalytical brand, in 2020. Calcivis - dentistry imaging system Edinburgh Molecular Imaging - clinical phase biotechnology company Galecto, Inc. – biotech developing small molecules for the treatment of severe diseases, including fibrosis, cancer, and inflammation Pharmatics - AI powered digital health converting medical knowledge into predictive software LifeArc - UK registered and self-funding charity, collaborating with scientists on diagnostics and therapies. Resolution Therapeutics - developing macrophage cell therapies to treat diseases characterised by life-threatening inflammatory organ damage See also Midlothian BioCampus, a nearby life sciences enterprise area Inverness Campus, Highland Midlothian Science Zone, a centre of science and research excellence on the southern edge of Edinburgh References External links Edinburgh BioQuarter homepage Biology education Biology organisations based in the United Kingdom Biotechnology in the United Kingdom 2007 establishments in Scotland 2007 in science Economy of Edinburgh Education in Scotland Enterprise areas of Scotland Science and technology in Edinburgh Science parks in the United Kingdom