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What a fun and insightful night on Thursday! Thanks to University of Melbourne Biotechnology Club for hosting a fabulous ‘speed dating’ networking event - while I hope I have given some insights into the IP profession, I learned something too: there is a new generation of motivated biotech undergrads and masters students who love science but want to work in science adjacent industry from the outset, rather than pursue traditional laboratory research first and then branch out. So, to my industry peers: How do we help them to help us progress our industry now, while they are motivated and driven, without imposing onerous research requirements (like having a PhD) for roles where although it may be tradition, it is not strictly necessary? 💡

6th International PhDays Conference: A Forum for Early-Career Researchers The PhDays Conference, taking place March 5-7, 2025, at the Ingenio (CSIC-UPV) facilities in València, Spain, is an event designed by and for PhD students. It offers early-career researchers a supportive environment to share their work, enhance communication skills and receive feedback from peers and senior academics. This year’s theme, Re-focusing Innovation: Governance Frames, Innovation Ecosystems, and Co-creation Networks, will encourage discussions on innovative governance strategies, dynamic innovation ecosystems and interdisciplinary networks to tackle social, environmental and economic challenges. The main topics include boundary-pushing innovation and new ways of generating innovation. Call for Contributions: Researchers are invited to submit a bio and abstract (up to 1,500 words) no later than December 6, 2024. Abstracts must be submitted in English and should include the title of the contribution, main research objectives, research questions, methodology and key findings or expected results. Applicants will also need to specify which of the conference themes best aligns with their contribution. After the event, the conference proceedings will be published online. Visit our website to learn more here

💷🧫 £3 million to drive growth in Engineering Biology https://hubs.ly/Q031Yp4m0 Transformative technologies like Engineering Biology that drive growth and jobs will benefit from new investment from UK Research and Innovation via its SynbiCITE initiative at our White City DeepTech Campus Delivered by SynbiCITE at Imperial College London's, the programme offers access to advanced facilities like the London Biofoundry in I-HUB. Successful applicants will bring projects with significant commercial potential to proof-of-concept stage, attracting investors or enabling industry product development.

Bridging the university-industry divide in R&D collaborations The article “Bridging the University-Industry Divide in R&D Collaborations” delves into the complexities and benefits of collaborations between academia and industry in research and development (R&D). It highlights the cultural divide between the two sectors, where research priorities in academia are often set by individual investigators, while in industry, they are determined by management. This difference can lead to challenges in aligning goals and expectations. Read the whole article:

💡 Want to know the key research areas within pharma and physical sciences that are attracting the most interest and collaboration opportunities? Learn more by watching this video featuring Daniel Judd, Head of Universities at Inpart. #techtransfer #knowledgeexchange #openinnovation

"Re-focusing Innovation: Governance Frames, Innovation Ecosystems and Co-creation Networks" A three-day event, organized by PhD students for PhD students, providing early career researchers with an opportunity to present their work in a comfortable environment, improve their communication skills, and receive feedback from fellow PhD students and senior researchers. Although this is not explicitly mentioned in the Call, the International PhDays 2025 Conference welcomes submissions from the field of art-science and society (deadline Dec 6th). If you're applying do indicate "For the session on innovation and Science-Art-Society link"

Funding opportunity for your research project: HALRIC welcomes life science projects that work cross-border and will utilise at least one research infrastructure in the Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak-Hamburg region. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with upcoming deadlines on 17 September and 28 November.   The Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC) aims to be a springboard for innovation capacity in the life science sector by increasing access to and use of cross-border front-end technologies, instruments, expertise, and data-handling solutions. This includes large-scale infrastructures such as MAX IV, ESS, DESY, and European XFEL, as well as cutting-edge complementary infrastructures at universities and hospitals in the ÖKS-Hamburg region.   Through pilot projects, HALRIC facilitates collaboration between academia, hospitals, SMEs, and larger biotech and pharma companies, and we invite more research project proposals for the use of one or more research infrastructures within the HALRIC consortium.   The 21 partners in the Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak supported project aim to open the door to new techniques and methodologies that help solve research questions. We also work to strengthen the life science ecosystems and strategic dialogues between the four countries involved in the project (Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden).   Link to more information in comment below.   #funding #lifescience #sciencepark HALRIC Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium | Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet | Lund University | Malmö University | Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak

What are CQD? Carbon quantum dots are carbon nanomaterials that can be made from organic wastes for many valuable uses. Eg. fluorescence of CQD made from fruit peel waste can detect water contaminants. CQD can be designed to remove pollutants in water like hydrocarbons, cadmium, lead and chromium. See Shima's post 👇 highlighting new PhD scholar Yasaman 👏👏and research team 🤝 with a link to our journal pre-proof.  #waste2resources #watertreatment #sustainablepackaging #biosensing #biomedical #DeakinUniversity

💡 Want to know the key research areas within pharma and physical sciences that are attracting the most interest and collaboration opportunities? Learn more by watching this video featuring Daniel Judd, Head of Universities at Inpart. #techtransfer #knowledgeexchange #openinnovation