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Ever wondered how a discovery in a university lab becomes a game-changing product that impacts millions of lives? Join Thierry Heles as he explores the fascinating world of research commercialisation, where science meets innovation. Through in-depth conversations with experts – including tech transfer practitioners, venture fund managers, startup founders, and lawyers – you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the strategies and best practices that turn groundbreaking research into real-world solutions. From the anticoagulant warfarin to the sports drink Gatorade, and even the Covid vaccine, you’ll hear the fascinating stories behind some of the world’s most influential innovations, uncovering the secrets of turning research into life-changing products and services.
Episodes
How can universities instil the entrepreneurial mindset in faculty, staff and students? Is this even something you can teach? And if you can, what are some of the challenges and pitfalls?
Figuring out the answers to these questions, and more, is a panel of experts from around the world: Kirsty Collinge, the head of research strategy at the University of Edinburgh; Linda Ko...
At the end of last year, Uniseed CEO Peter Devine stepped down after two decades at the helm of a venture fund that has not only survived and thrived for a quarter of a century, but which has completely reshaped the Australian innovation ecosystem. It was a good excuse to sit down with Peter and reflect on how far the world of research commercialisation has come, what lessons have been learned, and wha...
Wageningen University & Research is a truly unique organisation combining a higher education institution with an applied research institute. This dual nature makes commercialising research an interesting challenge, particularly with Wageningen’s focus on agtech and food tech, where, for decades, each component in the supply chain has been optimised for cost. So, how do you give spinouts a fig...
War in Ukraine. Conflict in the Middle East. Daily cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. As geopolitical tensions spike, capital is flooding into defence, and even a growing number of universities are open to research in this space. Yet, money invested in security innovation is money not spent on global aid. So should we really be doing this?
Is AI about to steal your job? Today, we’re tackling the messy, complicated reality of generative AI, and asking a simple question: is it actually creating anything worthwhile?
Sue Turner OBE and Richard Cole from the University of Bristol, Ben Ackland from Meaning Machine, and Megan Butler from KPMG aren’t here to wax poetic about robots. They’re staring...
It's tempting to automate tech transfer: matching algorithms, data lakes, and AI summarising research papers in seconds.
Patrick Speedie, co-founder and chief business officer of Inpart, has built software to match university research with corporate partners. And Inpart is integrating increasingly sophisticated AI into its platform, but Patrick is no evangelist.
He's thought long and hard about the role the technology can, and sh...
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