UCLB Big Talks on Big Impacts

To mark World Haemophilia Day, we sit down with Professor Amit Nathwani of the UCL Cancer Institute to explore his journey to commercialising the groundbreaking haemophilia A treatment, Roctavian. Host Nigel Campbell is joined by Prof Nathwani and Dr. Rick Fagan, UCLB Director of Biopharm, to explore how Amit’s work looking after patients with haemophilia in the NHS instilled a mission to develop...

This episode we explore Positive Impact. UCLB is helping to create a new generation of businesses from UCL academics specifically with positive societal impact at their heart. The commercialisation process can be a long road requiring financial, legal, and practical support. Nigel Campbell meets two inventors, Buffy Price Co-founder and COO of Carbon Re, an AI and Climate Tech company spinout from...

In this episode, Katy Bruce, CFO of UCL Business, and Charu Gorasia, CFO of UCL, will discuss the mutually beneficial relationship between the technology transfer office, such as UCLB, and the university. They will dive into the research income financial cycle and how the commercialisation income is distributed back into the research ecosystem. This podcast will also cover the challenges around co...

In the tenth episode, Dr Anne Lane, CEO of UCLB and Dr Chris Hollowood, CEO of Syncona Investment Management, discussed the collaboration between their respective organisations in commercialising research. Syncona is a leading healthcare investment company focused on creating, building and scaling a portfolio of global leaders in life science; and Chris has been instrumental in the foundation and...

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 Health Digital CIC, a Community Interest Company incorporated in 2015 to commercialise HeLP-Diabetes. It is also an opportunity to celebrate Professor Elizabeth Murray’s lif...

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...

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. The Project Management team at UCLB provides support and direction to any number of project at UCLB, working towards a commercial endpoint. The team have been providing bespoke project management services to...

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 h...

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. Daniel and Marina discuss how AI can help businesses make better and faster operational decisions by le...

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 ( https://e-lucid.com/ ).  Early in her UCLB career, Marina recognised that there was a need for m...

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. Date of episode recording: 2023-03-16 Duration: 00:28:39 Language o...

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. Date of episode recording: 2023-02-16 Duration: 00:39:05 Language of episode: English P...

Date of episode recording: 2022-11-11 Duration: 00:37:59 Language of episode: English Presenter: Dr. Anne Lane, CEO of UCL Business Ltd Guests: Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) Producer: UCL Business Ltd