A Cambridge (UK) event, which might be of interest to some of you.
The event is free to attend but the number of spaces is limited. If
you are interested, the link to the registration page follows and
further details are shown below:
Have you ever wondered how you can start a company from freely available public resources?
Dear Postdocs/PhDs or anyone else who is interested,
EPOC
has teamed up with Repositive, One Nucleus, and ELIXIR UK to explore
how public bioinformatics infrastructures support innovation in the
life sciences and generate revenue.
The
evening will include talks by ELIXIR UK describing the entrepreneurial
environment
of public data resources and the types of business models that can be
leveraged to start-up a company. The Cambridge based company Repositive
will act as a real-life example of a company operating in this
innovation space and show how a collaborative and open
approach can help to tackle the most challenging scientific questions.
One Nucleus will conclude the evening with a talk on how industry
associations can support academics, start-ups, SMEs and large
multinational companies in their pursuit. The talks will be
followed by a Q&A session in panel style chaired by Gabriella
Rustici (Head fo the Bioinformatics Training Programme, School of
Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge & ELIXIR UK Training
Coordinator), Food and Drinks!
You can sign up for the event here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-public-data-resources-to-build-a-business-model-tickets-47106180855
Speakers include:
Charlotte Whicher (Product Manager, Repositive)
Katharina Lauer (Industry Officer, ELIXIR)
Aline Charpentier (Head of Business Development, One Nucleus)
Repositive
is a social enterprise building software tools and services that
facilitate
open and private data access across genomic and biomedical research
communities in academia and industry. The business model is based on
connecting data producers with data consumers, with the aim of
accelerating genomic research for patient benefit.
One
Nucleus is a not-for-profit Life Sciences & Healthcare
membership organisation supporting
institutions, companies and individuals through providing local, UK-wide
and international connectivity, and enabling members to maximisetheir
performance.
ELIXIR
is an intergovernmental organisation that brings together life science
resources with the goal to form a single infrastructure. These resources
include databases, software tools, training materials, cloud storage
and supercomputers (e.g.Ensembl, ChEMBL, UniProt...). ELIXIR includes 21
member states and over 200 research organisations
supporting researchers in academia and industry to find, analyse and
share data, exchange expertise, and implement best practices more
easily.
