Pankhurst/Northern Gritstone Seminar, Panel & Drop-in Session
| Dates: | 9 December 2024 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | The Christabel Pankhurst Institute |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Jess McCreadie, Professor Alejandro Frangi, Elliott Jennings |
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Thinking about turning your research into a business? Professor Alex Frangi, Northern Gritstone’s Jess McCreadie, and University of Manchester Innovation Factory's (UMIF) Elliott Jennings, will join a panel session followed by a Northern Gritstone drop-in session tailored to academics at the University of Manchester.
Interested in Startups? This is the perfect opportunity to explore the process of developing an academic spinout and see if it’s right for you.
Date: 9th December
Time: 2.00pm- 3.00pm
Venue: Christabel Pankhurst Building
During this session, Jess (Investment Director at Northern Gritstone), Alex (Director of the Pankhurst Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine, University of Manchester, and adsilico Co-founder), and Elliott (Senior Investment & Licensing Manager, Life Sciences, UMIF) will:
· Discuss the experience of taking research from the desk to potential investors based on Alex’s recent spinout experience
· Explore what an investor looks for in a potential company founder
· Discuss the process of developing an academic spinout
· Answer questions about Northern Gritstone and how they can support projects from the Faculty
· Discuss how the university supports academic teams to commercialise their research
· Discuss what investors are looking for from ambitious academic researchers
Find out more information and register for the event via Eventbrite:
Speakers
Jess McCreadie
Role: Investment Director
Organisation: Northern Gritstone
Professor Alejandro Frangi
Biography: Director of the Pankhurst Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine, University of Manchester, and adsilico Co-founder
Elliott Jennings
Biography: Senior Investment & Licensing Manager, Life Sciences, at University of Manchester Innovation Factory,
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Christabel Pankhurst Building
Dover Street
Manchester
