Global University Venturing

Kevin Leslie has been appointed Old Dominion University’s first associate vice-president for innovation and commercialisation.

Maha Krishnamurthy will serve as president of University of Tennessee Research Foundation in a permanent capacity, having been interim president since October.

Following the departure of Caroline Dreyer last autumn, SATT Conectus has now brought in Marc Gillmann as its new head.

Today, 1.3 million people die each year because of antimicrobial resistance, a figure that could increase to 10 million by 2050 — Strathclyde’s Microplate Dx hopes to prevent that.

Andy Naylor has left Nottingham Technology Ventures after five years as chief executive to become an investment director for Northern Gritstone.

Alexis Dormandy has reportedly been “forced out” and left the university venture fund shortly before Christmas.

Enzymes to infinitely recycle plastic, a way to make green ammonia and an app to detect early Alzheimer's are among this month's noteworthy technologies.

David Russell, an executive-in-residence at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, has been appointed chief executive of PraxisAuril, following in the footsteps of Maxine Ficarra.

Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Innovation Capital and University of Cambridge are joined by 100 signatories like AstraZeneca and Microsoft for the Innovate Cambridge initiative.

BioBetter’s technology utilises tobacco plants to provide a climate-friendly response to the meat production industry.