Idea Evaluation for researchers considering startups
Channel: BPEP UCB
Date: 2022-02-19

Factors that researchers should consider while evaluating the feasibility of launching a startup based on their research.
About this event

Topic: Idea Evaluation for researchers considering startups

Do you have a research idea that you would like to commercialize? How would you go about it? Have you ever considered the commercial value of a product created / inspired from your research findings? What does the industry or the consumer actually need and who will pay for the product? What do you need to productize your research and solve a problem for the end customer? How can you reach your customers efficiently and get high market penetration? What is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)? Does filing a patent mean you can't publish your research? If you are unsure how to answer these questions, this BPEP workshop will help!

Speaker: Marco Lobba, Co-founder of Catena Biosciences
Marco Lobba, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder of Catena Biosciences which is focused on developing transformative protein and cell-based therapies using patented coupling technology. Marco received his Ph.D. in 2020 from UC Berkeley where he worked jointly between the labs of Prof. Matt Francis and Prof. Jennifer Doudna on protein modification approaches to CRISPR/Cas9 delivery. Prior to his Ph.D. Marco worked as the Quality Manager for Anresco Laboratories, and received his undergraduate degree from Pomona College

Speaker: Darren Cooke , Executive Director, UC Berkeley Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center
Darren Cooke is the Executive Director of the Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center, and adjunct faculty at the Berkeley Haas School of Business. Prior to leading Berkeley LSEC he chaired the Bio Track at Berkeley SkyDeck. Darren teaches entrepreneurship at Haas, and the I-Corps program for the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. As an attorney, he led the IP legal team for the life science tools group of Bio-Rad Laboratories, and was a life sciences patent litigator at Covington & Burling. Before law school Darren was a mechanical engineer developing cochlear implants at UCSF.