Paule De Blois has stepped down from commercialisation firm Axelys as she accepts a position as deputy minister.

Alex Valiaev has been appointed director of Louisiana State University’s Office of Innovation and Technology Commercialization.

Dean Chang has been named interim chief innovation officer in addition to serving as associate vice-president for innovation and economic development.

Brooke Beier, already responsible for Purdue’s tech transfer office, has been promoted to senior vice-president of commercialisation.

Milo Werner has joined The Engine as general partner as the MIT-founded venture firm confirmed its second fund has reached $302m.

David Muir has joined Western University as its inaugural associate vice-president for innovation and strategic partnerships, which includes overseeing the tech transfer office.

Doron Ben-Meir previously served as vice-president, enterprise, at University of Melbourne until late 2019.

Josh Geballe will become senior associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation at Yale later this month, and will serve as managing director of its OCR.