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.
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Translation and collaboration with industry and external organisations
Nurturing new talent and business ideas
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We offer our decades of expertise to external clients and also offer access to our world-class facilities.
Enterprise news
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Press release
Clinical trials to accelerate research into treating chronic kidney disease will be strengthened as a result of a new partnership between the Scottish Government, academia and industry.
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Press release
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes joined Scottish Enterprise Chief Executive Adrian Gillespie to announce an £8million grant contribution to the construction of the University's Life Sciences Innovation Hub
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News
The University of Dundee, School of Business had the honour of hosting the Ronald Coase Lecture last week, and it was delivered by the esteemed Professor Werner De Bondt (DePaul University, Chicago, US), a pioneering figure in behavioural finance.