Big Talks on Big Impacts

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Thursday 21 September 2023

HeLP-Diabetes: From early-stage social venture to national roll-out

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In the ninth episode of this podcast series, Ana Lemmo Charnalia, Senior Business Manager at UCLB, is in conversation with Orla O’Donnell , Divisional Manager at the UCL Div of Biosciences and former Chief Operating Officer of HeLP Digital CIC, a Community Interest Company incorporated in 2015 to commercialise HeLP-Diabetes. It is also an opportunity to celebrate Professor Elizabeth Murray’s life, who led in the development of HeLP-Diabetes. Join them in this discussion about their experiences and learnings from an early-stage social venture to the national roll-out of an online programme for people with type 2 diabetes.

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Thursday 31 August 2023

Episode 8: Senceive Ltd: An organic growth success story

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Over a 15 year journey, UCLB spinout company Senceive Ltd became the world leader in the design, manufacture and supply of wireless enabled remote condition monitoring solutions for use in rail and construction applications. Recognition of the innovative and scalable nature of Senceive’s solutions to keep people and critical infrastructure safe, led to the company being acquired by Eddyfi in April 2021. In this podcast, Senceive’s now retired CEO Graham Smith and Dr Steven Schooling from UCLB discuss their experiences and learnings as they turned an early-stage university spinout into a highly successful and profitable commercial enterprise, which at exit generated strong returns for all shareholders.

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Friday 21 July 2023

Episode 7 : Project Management for Technology Transfer

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In the seventh episode of this podcast series, Jessica Bolton-Murray, Head of Project Management at UCLB, is in conversation with Tanel Ozdemir, Investment Manager for the UCL Technology Fund.

Rick and Chris
Friday 16 June 2023, 1:00pm

Episode 6 : A journey from Senior Business Manager to Corporate Development at Autolus

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In the sixth episode of this podcast series, UCLB’s Director of BioPharm, Dr Richard Fagan, is in conversation with Dr Chris Williams. Dr Williams is formerly a Senior Business Manager at UCLB; he is now the SVP, Corporate Development at Autolus. Chris was part of the team that founded Autolus in 2014. Autolus, as a company, is focused on the development of engineered CAR T cell therapies, which has been transformational for patients, particularly in blood cancers.

Wednesday 31 May 2023

Dr Anne Lane appears on AUTM On The Air

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UCLB CEO Dr Anne Lane appeared on the AUTM On The Air podcast to share her thoughts on the power of collaboration between universities, private, and public organisations, and how TenU (which she previously chaired) has helped foster international collaboration and innovation.

Marina and Daniel
Thursday 18 May 2023

Episode 5: Evolving AI solutions in business

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In the fifth episode of this podcast series, Marina Santilli, UCLB Associate Director, Engineering & Physical Sciences is in conversation with Dr. Daniel Hulme, CEO and Founder of Satalia. Satalia was UCL’s very first AI spinout company which is now part of the WPP Group of global companies.

Thursday 20 April 2023

Episode 4 : e-lucid: developing an innovative express licensing platform

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In the fourth episode of this podcast series, UCLB’s Director of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Dr Steven Schooling, is in conversation with Marina Santilli, UCLB Associate Director, Engineering & Physical Sciences about the development and scaling of UCLB’s express licensing platform e-lucid. 

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Monday 13 March 2023

Episode 3: Beating Cancer

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In the third episode of this podcast series, UCLB Director of BioPharm, Dr Richard Fagan, is in conversation with the co-founder of UCL spinout Achilles Therapeutics, Professor Charles Swanton. They discuss Achilles Tx’s achievements and how TRACERx, the first study to track the evolution of cancer cells, will help us beat cancer.

Aidan and Mark
Tuesday 14 February 2023

Episode 2: Saving the Planet

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In the second episode of this podcast series, UCLB Senior Business Manager, Dr Mark Harding, explores UCL spinout Carbon Re’s journey to market and their impact on reducing carbon emissions in heavy industries. He is joined by the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Carbon Re, Professor Aidan O’Sullivan.

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Thursday 19 January 2023, 12:00pm

Episode 1: Overview of UCLB

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In the very first podcast episode, Dr Anne Lane, CEO of UCL Business (UCLB), speaks to Professor Geraint Rees, Vice-Provost of UCL (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) about what UCLB does, its unique role in UCL, and their future plans to help UCL academics create impact across society.