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Taylor takes over from Baxter at Edinburgh Innovations
Andrea Taylor, director of Strategic Partnerships at Edinburgh Innovations, will become interim CEO when George Baxter leaves for UC Davis at the end of the month.
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Hawai’i finds new tech transfer director in old friend
Jim Deane has been appointed director of the University of Hawai’i’s Office of Innovation and Commercialization, seeing him return to his alma mater after more than two decades.
University of Durham’s Hammond retires
Tim Hammond, who spent the past 24 years at the University of Durham and was programme lead at Northern Accelerator, retired at the end of January.
Rampuri bids farewell to the University of Bristol
After nearly two decades with the University of Bristol, director of enterprise services Mustafa Rampuri has joined startup Duality Quantum Photonics.
Penn promotes Swartley and Dibling
John Swartley is the university’s inaugural chief innovation officer, while Benjamin Dibling will take over from Swartley at tech transfer office PCI.
Auburn appoints Reed to head IPX
Auburn University has named Patrick Reed, who's worked in tech transfer for two decades, as executive director of its Intellectual Property Exchange.
Adams succeeds Keiller at WPI
Terry Lopaka Adams has been appointed to lead the tech transfer office at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute following the retirement of Todd Keiller.
Cambridge promotes O’Brien to pro-vice-chancellor
Diarmuid O’Brien will continue to act as CEO of Cambridge Enterprise for one day a week.
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German AI spinout centre hires Möller
Laura Möller is the new director of K.I.E.Z, a multi-university-backed entrepreneurship centre for artificial intelligence startups.
Quantinuum's $300m round shows growing corporate bets on quantum
Backed by JPMorgan Chase, Honeywell, Amgen, Mitsui & Co, Quantinuum is working both on quantum hardware and software — and is now one of the biggest players in the field.
Rice promotes Burke to AVP for industry and new ventures
Brad Burke will continue to be in charge of entrepreneurship programme Rice Alliance, which has supported thousands of startups to date.
USC Stevens Center brings in Overstreet as executive director
Erin Overstreet is rejoining university tech transfer, having spent the past year at an IP consultancy and earlier career stops at UCSF and UT Austin.
GV makes another bet on CRISPR with Moonwalk investment
GV backs another spinout by MIT’s serial entrepreneur Feng Zhang as epigenetics becomes an emerging area of healthcare.
Russell bids farewell to PraxisAuril
David Russell will move back into the education sector, joining Pearson after having led PraxisAuril as chief executive for the past year.
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GV makes another bet on CRISPR with Moonwalk investment
GV backs another spinout by MIT’s serial entrepreneur Feng Zhang as epigenetics becomes an emerging area of healthcare.
Russell is the new PraxisAuril CEO
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.
100 sign Innovate Cambridge charter
Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Innovation Capital and University of Cambridge are joined by 100 signatories like AstraZeneca and Microsoft for the Innovate Cambridge initiative.
Willey to leave IU Ventures
Teri Willey, whose long list of accomplishments includes founding Cambridge Enterprise, will step down in November this year to focus on other projects.