Technology Transfer News
ANAXAM on track for success!
Several months have now passed since the new technology transfer centre "ANAXAM" was founded. Under the management of Dr. Christian Grünzweig and in close cooperation with PSI, ANAXAM is on the road to success for industry - time for a brief review.
Debiopharm: New generation radionuclide therapy in the fight against lung cancer
Debio 1124 - a compound developed at PSI and out-licensed to the Swiss company Debiopharm - is being tested in a clinical phase I study in patients with small cell lung cancer, as Debiopharm has published in a press release. The peptide binds highly specifically to proteins found on tumour cells in this type of cancer. If Debio 1124 is coupled to a nuclide, it can be used both to detect the tumour with imaging procedures and therapeutically to destroy the tumour cells bound in this way.
Park Innovaare: The new building is proceeding according to plan
Since the ground-breaking ceremony for the Park Innovaare last November, the construction of the new Innovation Park has been progressing at a rapid pace. Research and industry will work closely together there to bring innovations to market. The new building should be ready for occupancy by the end of 2023.
From the lab to the market: deep tech entrepreneurs talk about their journey
Although Switzerland is championed as a world leader at innovation, it is less celebrated for its start-up culture. Does the country have what it takes to produce, finance and nurture the technology of the future? A new documentary explores that question. Our spin-off Gaia Membranes talks about their experiences as a swiss startup.
ELDICO Scientific AG closes seed financing round of CHF 1.5 million
One year following its incorporation, ELDICO Scientific, benefitting from research and development cooperations with the PSI, has successfully closed a seed funding round. The company raised almost CHF 1.5 million from private and institutional investors, BERNINA BioInvest, several industry-savvy private investors, the Aargauische Kantonalbank (AKB) and Venture Kick. ELDICO will be launching the first electron diffractometer specially designed for nano-crystallographic research.
VentureKick: PSI Fellow wins 40'000 CHF
The PSI Fellow Florian Döring (PostDoc in the «Photon Science» Division) receives Venture Kick's second stage of pre-seed funding, network support, and entrepreneurial training.
Domain Wall Logic (Spintronics) using CMOS compatible production processes
Scientists from Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and ETH Zurich have taken a big step towards making Spintronic devices manufacturable based on processes used in CMOS microchip production. So called Domain Wall Logic circuits can store many different non-volatile magnetic states (bits) directly within the circuit. Such a logic-in-memory device would restart in the exact state it had before a power loss and could immediately continue whatever process was underway at the time of the power loss. The team led by Professors Gambardella and Heyderman demonstrated a working proof of concept Domain Wall Logic Adder that fundamentally merges storage and processing operations in a single circuit opening the doors Spintronic chips.
Supporting the Worlds Scientist in their efforts to against COVID-19
The current Coronavirus pandemic has scientists worldwide collaborating extensively to learn about the virus and develop vaccines as well as therapeutics. Together with scientific and industrial partners including the Paul Scherrer Institute, our spin-off leadXpro has developed a method to provide the research and development community with SARS-CoV-2 M protein. This M protein that is an important part of the virus capsule is a potential target for drugs against the virus. We are happy to invite interested parties wishing to receive protein to contact leadXpro.
«Switzerland Innovation Tech4Impact»: Call for Proposals for Groundbreaking Innovation
The current pandemic is also having a severe impact on Switzerland as a business loca-tion. That is why it is particularly important to invest in innovation now. With this in mind, “Switzerland Innovation” Foundation is launching its first major call for proposals to-gether with renowned partners from the Swiss economy. Funding will be provided for in-novation projects that address the most pressing problems of our time.