| Tittel: | Global Health Biotech: bridging the gap between science and business | | Ansvar: | Catherine Jewell | | Forfatter: | Jewell, Catherine  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2021 | | Omfang: | S. 31-35 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 1/2021 | | Emneord: | Bioteknologi / Forskning / Sysselsetting | | Note: | Open access (CC BY 3.0 IGO) | | Innhold: | Professor Keolebogile Shirley Motaung is a biomedical scientist and Director of Technology Transfer and
Innovation at the Durban University of Technology in South
Africa. In 2015, based on her own scientific exploration
into the use of medicinal plants in tissue engineering of
bone and cartilage, Professor Motaung founded Global
Health Biotech (PTY) Ltd.
Professor Motaung’s passion for biomedical research and
its commercialization has won her many top awards in
South Africa for bridging the gap between science and
entrepreneurship. In 2020, for example, she was awarded
the Shining Light Award for Science and Technology
from the Motsepe Foundation. And in 2018, she won the
Research for Innovation Award of the National Science and
Technology Forum and also was voted Most Innovative
Woman of the Year at the Gauteng Women of Excellence
Awards. Professor Motaung discusses why it is so important to help ensure that university research translates
into products and services that build new businesses
and create employment | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 1/2021 |
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