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An academic perspective A university-industry collaboration manager is skilled in the art of matchmaking for scientific impact. The premise is simple: either the academic is looking for industry partners to translate fundamental research or industry is seeking academic partners to further their R&D. The problem is to find ways to meet the right people. Continue reading →

  A whole lot of post it notes or a journey through the three thirds of your mind   I’m not a scholar on creativity.  However, whether I’m in the lab or managing collaborations or learning a new music score, I use creativity every day to solve problems.  I’ve always done so and we all do it without thinking about it.  There are loads of books on creativity and ways to harness our creative potentials so I’m not going to discuss creativity. Continue reading →

Naivety when entering university As an undergraduate, I thought that work – at least not before my third year – would be the farthest thing from my mind. Influenced by my childhood love for dinosaurs, my undying passion to be the next David Attenborough as well as a never ending curiosity with the mechanics of the human body, it was always clear that a BSc Biology degree was for me.  I had a wide range of interests and a passion to learn. Continue reading →

It is easy to discard social media as another gimmick for big international companies to collect information about us or as a platform to promote insignificant exchange of information about our daily lives.   The point has been made before, social media is a vast network and, yes, it promotes the dissemination of futile information, but it has something traditional media do not always offer: it is democratic – if you have access to the internet - and it is free. Continue reading →

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