Industry

Industry

Helping you find new business opportunities

Realise your business objectives by working with us. With 96 per cent of Macquarie University’s research disciplines rated at world standard or higher (Excellence in Research for Australia, 2015), we can help you create solutions that are informed by some of the world’s most innovative thinking.

We offer flexible solutions through every stage of the innovation and commercialisation process. Our objective is to achieve win-win deals.

Contact us to discuss your individual needs, or explore our current licencing opportunities below.

Medicine

A novel and disease-modifying approach delivers a mutant neuroserpin molecule that has shown significant protection against glaucoma damage, including RGC degeneration.


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DeepSlice is trained to predict Output Vectors, corresponding to Allen Mouse Brain Atlas coordinates, from coronal histological images prepared using any staining or imaging technique.


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Using diamond Raman technology, a pump beam can be efficiently converted to a longer wavelength output beam using 1, 2 or more Stokes shifts of the Raman medium. For example, a 1.06 μm laser pump beam can be efficiently converted to a 1.5 μm output beam.

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High thermal conductivity Raman materials such as diamond can be used to mitigate thermal lensing enabling operation over a very wide power range without compromising output beam quality.

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Macquarie’s diamond-based High Energy Laser (HEL) tech runs at an eye safer 1.24 µm, with unprecedented ultra-high power potential of 100’s of kW to MWs. This technology is transformative as beam-conversion in diamond can substantially raise the power barrier.

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Design of continuous-wave Raman lasers, particularly yellow.

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Our OAM light modulator integrates an ultrahigh capacity OAM-multiplexing metasurface with ultrafast laser-inscribed photonic waveguides, leading to the world’s first all-on-chip OAM light modulator that uses waveguide inputs and outputs to generate and detect OAM modes.

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Iterative compressive sensing direction of arrival estimation (icsDOA) is the most advanced technology to determine the location of origin for radio, radar or sonar.

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2018058 Power Amplifier Power amplifier with inbuilt thermal sensor

This electronic real-time monitoring system enables microsecond accurate measurements of the temperature of a transistor.

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The elimination of airbridge structures improves bandwidth and reduces the overall size.

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A novel enhancement of the FET mixer concept for GaN FETs with field-plate technology.

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A capillary-force-driven methodology enhancing nanoparticle cohesion to improve the electrical conductivity of nanostructured metal-oxide gas sensors.

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A method for lamination of solar cells

An alternative method of lamination by directly heating the solar cell for improved efficiency.

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A method for delaminating solar cells

A method for delaminating photovoltaic modules without energy-intensive processes or using toxic chemicals.

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A novel repellent effective against several fruit fly species.

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Utilising low-cost organic waste streams as feedstocks and simplified infrastructure for biomanufacturing with minimal use of water.

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Genetically engineered microbial (yeast or bacterial) synthetic strains which will be utilised for enhanced PE degradation and subsequent chemical commodity production (including but without limitation to biofuels, nutrient sources and fertilizers).

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Contact our experts

Kathryn Sunn, Director Commercialisation

Kathryn joined Macquarie University at the beginning of 2023 in the role of Director, Commercialisation.
Kathryn brings a diverse background in commercialisation combined with broad technical expertise and an extensive network across the scientific, industry, commercialisation and investor communities.

With over 20 years of experience in Intellectual Property, IP strategy, commercialisation and business development acquired from roles in two of Australia’s top tier patent firms and Australia’s two largest Universities, Kathryn has established a track record in maximising impact from strategic partnerships and providing pragmatic, commercially focused advice in the translation of IP.

Kathryn has a medical science background with a major in genetics, gaining her PhD from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.  She is a registered patent and trade mark attorney in Australia and New Zealand and an experienced Board Director, previously serving on the Boards of Cicada Innovations, Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA) and several startup companies, as well as the Investment Committee of Uniseed.

T: +61 (2) 9850 4127 | M: +61 (0)481 477 412
E: kathryn.sunn@qqxo.net

Gorjana Mitic, Commercialisation and Innovation Manager

Gorjana joined Macquarie University as a Commercialisation and Innovation Manager in January 2018. She works closely with researchers in life sciences and medicine to assess innovative technologies and facilitate their translation and commercialisation through strategic partnerships, licensing and industry collaborations.

Prior to this role, she was a Business Development Manager at a biotechnology commercialisation consultancy Bio-Link Australia for 4 years. She worked with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and Medical Research Institutes to develop IP and commercialisation strategy, secure partnerships and negotiate licensing deals.  She also provided comprehensive reviews of regulatory, competitive and IP landscapes.

Prior to receiving her PhD at the Children’s Cancer Institute from the University of NSW (Faculty of Medicine), Gorjana completed a BSc (Biotechnology) with First-Class Honours. Her PhD thesis investigated new molecular targets in glioblastoma, a devastating brain cancer. In 2013, Gorjana was awarded a prestigious Women in Cancer Research Scholar Award. Concurrently, Gorjana obtained a Diploma of Innovation Management at UNSW focusing on the biotechnology industry, commercialisation, technology transfer and IP management. She served as an active committee member and a UNSW student representative of the AusBiotech Student Association for several years.

She is currently a mentor and an alumna of the Bridge Program, a government and industry supported training program for science commercialisation and pharmaceutical drug development.

Gorjana also represents Macquarie University and MQ Health as a member of the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) Investment Research Committee.

Gorjana has an extensive industry network and loves creating opportunities for researchers to collaborate with industry. Thrilled by innovative scientific discoveries and compelling data, Gorjana is always pleased to assist researchers and find ways towards translation and impact.

Phone: +61 2 9850 4542 |  M: +61 (0)439 094 133
Email: gorjana.mitic@qqxo.net

Bel Coppock, Intellectual Property Portfolio Manager

Bel has a diverse background in events, regional marketing, customer service and patent management. Bel is responsible for keeping the Office of Commercialisation organised.  She also liaises with Macquarie University's existing pool of inventors and administers royalty payments.

If you have any questions about the commercialisation process at Macquarie University, please talk to Bel.

Phone: +61 2 9850 4598  
Email: belinda.coppock@qqxo.net

Content owner: Commercialisation and Innovation Last updated: 16 Mar 2023 6:22pm

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