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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.
Thierry Heles hosts The Next Leap, a business show with 14 episodes published.
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 unive
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 Un
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
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, parti
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 Aust
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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 thes
There aren't many university venture funds in central and eastern Europe but that could all be about to change if Károly Szántó has his way. The COO of OUVC, the venture fund and studio set up by Óbuda University in Buda
Towards the end of last year, the University of the Arts London secured a grant from Research England to lead a consortium of six universities that would develop a shared TTO focused on creative and social sciences. The
What does the future hold for quantum technologies, what are the pitfalls and how can academia, startups, industry and government work together to solve the challenges ahead? Earlier this month, I chaired a panel tacklin
So, you've spun out of a university to sell your shiny new invention. How do you attract customers? You'll need a marketing strategy, which isn't a fancy way of saying “put ads on Google" or “post on social media". Rathe
If you've never been in a licensing negotiation, you might think big pharma always has the upper hand over startups desperate to get a deal done to secure licensing fees and milestone payments. Actually, these are two pa
Stuart Wilkinson, chief executive officer of Knowledge Exchange UK (the professional body for tech transfer practitioners in Britain), has personally experienced the myriad ways university research commercialisation can
2025 marks 100 years since the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) became the first-ever tech transfer office. It's been a very successful first century for the non-profit organisation as we heard last week, but
The story of technology transfer begins with Harry Steenbock's discovery of how to create vitamin D- fortified food. Steenbock, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, established the first-ev
Patrick Speedie
Inpart
1 appearance on this show
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton
Ploughshare Innovations
1 appearance on this show
Brechtje Vreenegoor
Wageningen University & Research
1 appearance on this show
Peter Devine
Uniseed
1 appearance on this show
Linda Koschier
University of New South Wales
1 appearance on this show
Kirsty Collinge
University of Edinburgh
1 appearance on this show
Koenraad Debackere
KU Leuven Research & Development
1 appearance on this show
Paul Cheek
MIT Sloan School of Management
1 appearance on this show
Károly Szántó
OUVC
1 appearance on this show
Gavin Clark
University of the Arts London
1 appearance on this show
Francesco Raffaelli
KETS Quantum Security
1 appearance on this show
Ruth Oulton
University of Bristol
1 appearance on this show
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