Bio2040 - Bottlenecks & Future of Science, Healthcare & Biotech - 07 Translating Science from Academia and the Future of Medicine with Prof. Ernst Hafen

07 Translating Science from Academia and the Future of Medicine with Prof. Ernst Hafen

02/13/18 • 17 min

Bio2040 - Bottlenecks & Future of Science, Healthcare & Biotech

In the 2nd part of the interview with Prof. Ernst Hafen we learn about how the birth of the Bio-Technopark Schlieren shows that if innovative entrepreneurs come together with great scientists, magic can happen. We also learn about a big bottleneck in translating science from academia into startups and how the future of medicine is personal.

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06 Speeding up biomedical research by sharing protocols with Lenny Teytelman

Lenny is the founder and CEO of protocols.io, where scientists can freely share scientific protocols with each other. Similarly to github, others can then try them out in their own lab, comment on them, improve them or fork them. This leads to many benefits for both the original author as well as the scientists who get access to new protocols. 11,000 scientists are already signed up and more are joining each day.

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08 How the Gates Foundation is reshaping how science gets published with Ashley Farley

What does Open Research mean for the Gates Foundation? Why does it matter? How are they implementing it? We speak with Ashley Farley who is in charge of those initiatives at the Gates Foundation.