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Issue 1 Volume 2 2014 Mercator NovioTech Science Meets Business Nijmegen Treaties of Nijmegen Medal 2014 Neelie Kroes Technology iLAB Nijmegen Interview Radboud Medicine Alliance Faculty Club Heyendael Mansion A special location for: – a stylish meeting – lunch or dinner – a symposium or seminar Once the proud centre of the Heyendael estate, now the most stylish meeting place on campus. Here you can enjoy a delicious lunch or tasteful dinner in the à la carte restaurant. The Faculty Club Heyendael Mansion is the place to be for a workshop, a meeting, and for parties and celebrations. Information and bookings: www.ru.nl/facultyclub [email protected] Geert Grooteplein Noord 9 6525 EZ Nijmegen T +31 24 3611282 Location manager: Mr. M.A. Buijs BV Campus matches your accommodation BV Campus needs with the availability at the Mercator Technology & Science Park, or elsewhere within the bounds of the Radboud University. More information: www.ru.nl/bvcampus Visiting address: Heyendaalseweg 141 6525 AJ Nijmegen Postal address: PO Box 9044 6500 KD Nijmegen T. +31 24 3611653 E-mail: [email protected] BV Campus account manager: Ms. M. Bronkhorst Colophon Editorial Mercator NovioTech Magazine 3 Mercator NovioTech Magazine Science Meets Business Nijmegen Published by Craanen Communication Management & More interaction between Consultancy science & business In cooperation with Technological innovation and new productivity can stimulate economic growth Mercator Incubator and help overcome the economic crisis. The increasing interaction between sci Nijmegen ence & business and the cooperation between partners in Nijmegen’s ecosystem for young entrepreneurs are invaluable. The magazine ‘Mercator Novio Tech, Science meets Business Nijmegen’ offers examples of that interaction, and con BV Campus Radboud University Nijmegen nects the two locations in Nijmegen for knowledgebased companies: the Novio Tech Campus and the Mercator Technology & Science Park Nijmegen. First and foremost, we aim to give an insight into the growth and diversity of connections, partnerships and the results of science & business. This combination will certainly Novio Tech Campus contribute to the external profiling of our region. Modesty is a praiseworthy vir tue, but ‘be good and tell it’ suits us much better, certainly considering our high level results and large number of (inter)national business relations. A digital ver sion of this magazine in English is therefore available, which shall be widely dis tributed. SMB Life Sciences Our main topics in this issue are: the Radboud Nanomedicine Alliance, iLABs Nijmegen, and ICT expertise. This expertise has recently been demonstrated at Radboudumc the award ceremony of the Treaties of Nijmegen Medal, awarded to Neelie Kroes. Three ICT companies from Nijmegen have also been admitted to the Magic Quadrant of Gartner: Planon, GX and Aia Software. We therefore offer a platform Postal Address Craanen Communication (CCM&C) both for young entrepreneurs and for initiatives and facilities that stimulate the PO Box 1326, 6501 BH Nijmegen setup and growth of innovative companies. The partners of Mercator NovioTech magazine have mainly a supporting role in strengthening these dynamics. Visiting Address Companies, knowledge and carebased institutions form a strong foundation for Groesbeekseweg 4, 6581 BH Malden innovations and startups to be created and expanded. It is here, therefore, that www.ccmc.nl we find most of the content of this magazine. +31 024 3881179 [email protected] There still is a vast growth potential in science & business that can be addressed with more supporting and accelerating activities. Unfortunately innovations do Publisher and editor-in-chief not happen overnight. Nor do researchers become entrepreneurs in the blink of Drs. Arie Craanen eye. Not every starting business survives the socalled ‘valley of death’, or becomes a fastgrowing innovative company. That is why we work with various partners to Editors Drs. Arie Craanen, Lous van Oijen, Jannine Liebrand, strengthen the ecosystem of Nijmegen, to stimulate more successful innovations, Drs. Roel van der Heijden MSc and to start and help young knowledgebased businesses to develop. For this pur pose, many initiatives have been designed in collaboration with both larger com Photography panies and knowledge and carebased institutions. 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Participating companies receive Mercator UBC: an inspiring business location 9 copies for distribution amongst their business relations. Entrepreneurship emphasised in the RU curriculum 10 Further distribution amongst research centres, relevant Tokyo Future Style at Novio Tech campus 12 public organizations and institutions. Innovation impossible without legal sounding board 14 All rights reserved Mercachem collaboration strategy 15 © Craanen Communicatie Management & Consultancy iLab Nijmegen, two complementary locations 16 No part of this publication may be reproduced or made Hezelburcht scores an impressive number of grants 18 public without the prior written permission of the Treaties of Nijmegen Medal 2014 awarded to Commissioner Neelie Kroes 19 publisher. All information is taken from sources considered reliable. The editors and publisher cannot, Han BioCentre 20 however, be held accountable for any inaccuracies. Patent application Endo Exo Click Safety Adaptor 22 Herald Labels & Tags: high standard labels 24 Combined advise for successful growth 26 European Union European Regional Development Fund NovoLanguage spinoff language and speech technology 27 Hannover Messe and ICT Network Nijmegen 29 Investing in your future! 4 Mercator - Noviotech Magazine Radboud Nanomedicine The management team of the Radboud Nanomedicine Alliance, from left to Alliance central to right: professors John Jansen, Wilhelm Huck, Hub Zwart, Jan van Hest and Jan Smeitink. cooperation The Radboud Nanomedicine Alliance (RNA) is a cooperation between the Radboud University, Radboudumc and select companies. Within the Alliance, molecular scientists and organic chemists work closely with biologists and medical specialists, ensuring that the right materials are developed for specific medical applications. Professor dr. Wilhelm Huck is professor of physical organic chemistry at the Radboud University and director of the Radboud Nanomedicine Alliance; Prof. Dr. Jan Smeitink (professor of Mitochondrial Medicine Radboudumc) is vice- director. Other board members are Prof. Dr. Jan van Hest (professor of Bio-Organic Chemistry RU), Prof. Dr. John Jansen (professor of Biomaterials and Experimental Implantology Radboudumc) and Prof. Dr. Hub Zwart (professor of Philosophy at the faculty of Science RU). Nanomedicine Nanomedicine is the medical application of roundings, and targeting mitochondrial disor we try to enhance the integration of implants nanotechnology, working with microscopi ders. These subjects have been chosen specifi and biomaterial into body tissue. “ cally small components at the nanometre cally as the Radboud University Nijmegen and level, i.e. a billionth of a metre. In nanomedi the Radboudumc are renowned worldwide for Cooperation is crucial cine, these tiny nanoparticles are used in a their scientific expertise in these areas. “Cooperation with other disciplines is ex targeted manner and enabled with special Nanomedicine is a way to find solutions for tremely interesting,’ says Jan Smeitink. “It re properties, such as for the early detection of disorders that are difficult to treat, by check sults in new ideas and new opportunities. diseases, targeted administering of medica ing parts of the cell or its surroundings at a Linking scientific research with the UMC is a tion to the right parts in the body, and for fix nanometre level. This can be the case with mi golden combination: scientific treasures are ing defects. In short, nanomedicine contrib tochondrial diseases, where disorders in the there for the taking. There are leading groups utes to molecular diagnostics, drug delivery energy supply of a cell play an important part. both on the side of the RU and the and regenerative medicine. The topic ‘extracellular matrix’ refers to struc Radboudumc, who share their ambitions and “Radboud Nanomedicine Alliance is a virtual tures that are part of biological tissue but are willing to work. The research topic ‘mito institute,” begins Wilhelm Huck. “We start placed outside the cells, and deals with such chondrial disorders’ has been chosen specifi with two research topics: checking the extra things as different types of cancer. In addition cally because of available knowledge and past cellular matrix