Congratulations to undergraduate Biology student Weronika Slesak whose company Evolvere Biosciences, has been awarded laboratory space and business support with the BioEscalator for 3 months, as a prize for winning the Oxford Biotechnology Society Biohackathon 2021.

Weronika co-founded the company with fellow Oxford students Piotr Jedryszek (Biology, St Johns) and Adam Winnifrith (Biochemistry, Corpus Christi) to develop an idea for a novel treatment for antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.

Having the support of the BioEscalator – an Oxford University Biotech hub for academic scientists and entrepreneurs to collaborate –  has already allowed the young company to obtain initial proof-of-concept results; they are now seeking further funding to commence the lead optimisation process.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats facing humanity — both in humanitarian and economic terms and Evolvere has envisioned a method to combat the evolution of antibiotic resistance by administering a safe and predictable cocktail of biologic therapeutics. This platform could not only treat patients without running the risk of inducing further resistance but also enable a relatively quick generation of cocktails targeted at new strains.