KROBS : a game to learn how to protect yourself from microbes

PACTT is pleased to announce the signature of a license agreement between CHUV and JeuPRO Sàrl for a card game focused on microbes: KROBS. Easy to learn, mischievous, and beautifully illustrated, KROBS is an educative and entertaining card game about microbes created by Prof. Gilbert Greub, Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the University […]

5 YEARS : HAPPY ANNIVERSARY INNOPACTT !

InnoPACTT is celebrating its 5th anniversary. Since the launch in 2013, 16 laureates of UNIL and CHUV have benefited from an InnoTREK grant. This represents an investment of 1.6 million Swiss francs. In order to promote innovation within UNIL and CHUV and encourage the creation of start-up companies in the Canton of Vaud, InnoTREK supports […]

BIOINNOVATION DAY 2018

Apply now to pitch your project at BioInnovation Day 2018 PACTT is co-organising the 8th edition of BioInnovation Day on November 15, 2018 at Campus Biotech. This dynamic event provides academic researchers, scientist-entrepreneurs and start-up companies the chance to pitch their innovative life science projects to an audience of up to 200 peers, industry representatives, […]

Prof. Tozzi talks to us about the Rolling Heart on RTS

Professor Piergiorgio Tozzi, a consultant in the Cardiac Surgery Department at theCHUV, and an associate professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at theUNIL, is currently developing a truly remarkable artificial heart, the Rolling Heart. Thanks to support from the ‘PACTT’, a patent has been filed to protect this invention. Watch the interview with […]

Two new InnoTREK grants awarded to Semira Gonseth Nusslé and Florentin Coppey

In response to the 2018 spring call InnoTREK, Mrs. Semira Gonseth Nusslé and Mr. Florentin Coppey submitted two innovative projects. They were both chosen to benefit from the InnoTREK grant of CHF 100’000.-. These funds will be a great help to continue developing their project and subsequently create their own start-up. The project of Semira […]

Academia-Industry Training India Camp

For the 5th time, Venturelab, together with the ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences), offers 10 “Scientrepreneurs” the chance to discover the market potential of their applied research in India. The AIT program aims to support scientists in transforming their high-level applied research into market application and discovering their entrepreneurial potential. By connecting scientists from […]