Prof John Lowenthal

The Advanced Medical Biotechnologies CRC (AMB) proposes to assemble a collaborative network across industry and researchers to support Australian SMEs in getting their medical therapeutic products to the market.

The AMB will address key roadblocks along the product development pipeline that are currently impeding companies by developing new technologies for advanced manufacturing of products, tailored support for clinical services and dedicated workforce training.

For further information on participating in our bid, contact me at: john.lowenthal@deakin.edu.au

Advanced Medical Biotechnologies CRC
Your interests

I am leading the bid for an Advanced Medical Biotechnologies CRC (AMB) for the 2018 round. AMB proposes to assemble a collaborative network across industry and researchers to support Australian SMEs in getting their biological medical therapeutic products to market. The AMB will address key industry problems and roadblocks along the product development pipeline that are currently impeding companies by; developing new technologies for advanced manufacturing of biological products (including live viruses, antibodies and proteins); building and connecting a national capability for GMP protein manufacture; tailored support for pre-clinical and clinical services and dedicated workforce training.

I would like to meet with SMEs involved in development of biological medical products and organisations that could provide capability and technologies to help solve their problems. To see our prospectus go to:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-lowenthal-61230967/?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pi

Ms Fiona Madden

RMIT University
LinkedIn logo Senior Advisor, Research Initiatives, RI&E 
Your interests

Support CRC and CRC-P engagement between universities, industry and consortiums. Interested in learning about national and industry research priorities, best practice supporting CRC-P engagement and progressing research opportunities for RMIT in existing and new collaborations.

Ms Catherine Marriott

CRC for Developing Northern Australia
WA Project Manager 
Your interests

Looking to learn from people who have been working in the CRC space for a period of time. What works well, what are the challenges.

We are a new CRC focussing on northern Australian agriculture, food and tropical health, with an overlay of indigenous business opportunities and research within the aforementioned spaces.

I'm interested in what other CRC's are doing and how we can potentially work together to share networks, experiences and knowledge.

I have worked primarily in the northern beef industry so am particularly interested in meeting people from the medical proession who can share insights into what is needed in the northern health space.

A particular passion of mine is accountabilitiy and impact delivery to the communities we work within.

Dr Alfredo Martinez-Coll

MTPConnect
General Manager - Stakeholder Engagement 
Your interests

MTPConnect is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to accelerate the rate of growth of the medical technologies, biotechnologies and pharmaceuticals sector to achieve greater commercialisation and establish Australia as an Asia-Pacific hub for MTP companies. It was formed in November 2015 as part of the Federal Government’s $250 million Industry Growth Centres Initiative.

MTPConnect is an independent and trusted voice, calling for change to support the sector. It fosters collaboration and competition, aggregates existing knowledge and shares it with the broader sector. It also jointly funds projects that address the Sector Growth Priorities and the constraints and gaps identified in the sector. Growth Centres get involved in providing feedback to government on CRC and CRC-P applications as well as other grants. We can work with potential applicants to assist with the proposal development, finding collaborators/partners, and identifying competitive advantage.

Mr Simon Martinovic

DST Group
Deputy Director Strategic Engagement 
Your interests
I will be coming up from a meeting at Uni Wollongong and should be available to meet with people in the afternoon should they have any interest in understanding DST engagement models or collaborating with DST.

Mrs Laura Matthews

Clarivate Analytics
Senior Business Development Manager 
Your interests
scientific data, patent data, biomedical output tracking, data analytics, bibliometrics, Intellectual Property (IP) analytics, science and innovation policy

Mr Jed Matz

CRC for Developing Northern Australia
CEO 
Your interests
Agriculture, Food, Health Service Delivery and Traditional Owner led business in Agriculture, Food and or Health Service Delivery

Dr Barry McGookin

Food Innovation Australia Ltd
General Manager Innovation 
Your interests
All aspects of food and agribusiness especially for value added products from seed in ground to waste in ground

Mr Joe McLean

The University of Queensland
Director 
Your interests
Joe McLean commenced as Director Research Partnerships in February 2018 and provides strategic and operational support to industry-facing funding schemes and ensures UQ is well positioned to adapt to changes in the policy environment that affect partnerships. Joe has spent 20 years working at the interface of research and industry/government. He has experience project managing CRC proposals and has helped facilitate numerous research partnerships between UQ Researchers and a variety of private sector, government and NGO partners. He has also managed the commercialisation of a number of UQ discoveries, including Latch-on and Leximancer. Joe was recently Head , Strategy and Growth, Triple P International Pty Ltd and is well known at UQ through his previous roles, including Director, UQ international Development and a variety of roles at UniQuest.

Mrs Jodi McLean

The CRC for High Performance Soils (Soil CRC) is bringing together scientists, industry and farmers to find practical solutions for Australia’s underperforming soils.  We aim to enable farmers to increase their productivity and profitability by providing them with knowledge and tools to improve the performance of their soils.  The Soil CRC is the biggest collaborative soil research effort in Australia’s history.

Mrs Jodi McLean
CRC for High Performance Soils
LinkedIn logo Operations Manager 
Your interests

Setting up new CRC Operations (commercialisation; IP; research, students, partners). To learn about about the Soil CRC.