Biotech firm adds expert DNA to team

TWO more experts have joined the advisory panel at BigDNA as part of the Roslin-based biotech firm's expansion plan.

Dr Jill Makin and Douglas Thomson will advise the firm on its scientific developments, while three new frontline staff – Dr Tracy Rosser, Ashley Johnston, and Dr Isabel Dodd – are also joining the company.

The technique being developed by BigDNA uses bacterial viruses to deliver vaccines, which has the potential to lead to quicker and cheaper vaccine development, cutting laboratory time from months to weeks.