Commercialisation and impact in Life Sciences
We are committed to ensuring that our research has a real and significant impact on the quality of people’s lives – their health, the economy and the environment.
Parkwalk-Beauhurst 2022
Octopus Ventures 2021
The School's global reputation for research excellence has enabled us to forge important strategic partnerships and attract inward investment from industrial collaborators as well as create new high-growth life sciences spin-out companies.
This has had significant local impacts, stimulating the emergence of a regional life sciences cluster which makes a major contribution to the Tay Cities regional economy.
Our activity is supported by the specialist team in Research and Innovation Services.
Translation and collaboration with industry and external organisations
Nurturing new talent and business ideas
We offer our decades of expertise to external clients and also offer access to our world-class facilities.
Enterprise news
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A new University of Dundee spinout opportunity hopes to create vaccines against Strep A as well as novel vaccines for other human and animal diseases, while reducing our reliance on antibiotics.
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University of Dundee spinout Amphista Therapeutics has been designated as one of the world’s most promising biotechnology companies.
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The University of Dundee and Bio-Techne, a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents, will partner to commercialise technology developed at Dundee that enhances the understanding of undruggable diseases.