STARTLAB THE INCUBATOR OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE SCIENCE
Applications are now open to welcome 10-12 startups in a fully equipped incubator located in brand new premises as from January 2018. For more information, please download the press release here. For the French version, please click here.
Sulfiscon Sàrl, founded by Sonia Nasi, Nathalie Busso and Alexander So, is the first start-up company from the CHUV to have benefitted from an InnoTREK grant.
The applications for the Swisscom Startup Challenge 2017 are open
This Challenge is a unique opportunity for Swiss early and extension stage tech start-ups in the fields of IT and telecommunications, Internet of Things, Big Data and Fintech – who want to conquer the world with their products or services.
CHUV’s technological innovation has made the front page of the international journal *ASAIO*.

The adjustable mitral ring, a device designed to improve surgical repair of the mitral valve, devised and developed at theCHUV by Professor Piergiorgio Tozzi of the Department of Cardiac Surgery with the support of thePACTT, has been featured on the cover of the March issue of the *ASAIO*.
InnoPACTT: a financial support to create your start-up

Spring CALL 2017 You are a UNIL-CHUV scientist and would like to create a start-up and need a financial support to start
Conference: CTI projects in Life Science: make them successful!
Do you have an innovative idea you would like to develop? The CTI, commission for technology and innovation, is the funding tool you are looking for.
The applications for two venture leaders programs are open
Venturelab, a swiss start-up Accelerator, has opened the applications for the following venture leaders programs : Venture leaders Life Science (Boston), June 2017 For more information, please click here or download the flyer here. Venture leaders China, July 2017 For more information, please click here download the flyer here. Application deadline for both programs is March 5th, 2017.
The MassChallenge Switzerland applications 2017 are open
Since January 1st, Switzerland has regained the “Associated Country” status for the “Horizon 2020” EU Programme.
To read the complete newsletter from Euresearch, please click on the following link : Euresearch newsletter January 2017
Nagoya Protocol

The Nagoya Protocol, negotiated under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), governs access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their use.