Each has been honoured among winners of this year’s KCA Australasian Research Commercialisation Awards for their ground-breaking technology which will help many millions of people globally.
“These awards Celebrate the commercialisation of research that turns brilliant ideas into products and services to help humanity,” Dr Tim Boyle, KCA Director said.
“Australian and New Zealand research ranks among the best in the world, and each award showcases the absolute finest work performed by research commercialisation professionals to get this research into the hands of businesses and entrepreneurs and so they can build meaningful products that create impact for the benefit society and the economy.”
The winners were announced at the 2022 KCA annual
The Golden Banana project spun out from QUT’s Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy’s and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is close to release a pro-vitamin A fortified banana that will deliver life-saving health benefits to millions of people in Africa - that is resistant to the devastating TR4 disease. Likely to be available for commercial production in 2024, this promises to be worth up to US$25 billion annually.
BUNYAD IRON+, an affordable dairy-based drink fortified with a new source of iron in 2022 helping iron deficiency - a killer in India . BUNYAD IRON+ has three times greater absorption than alternative sources. The FERRI-PRO technology, originally developed by the Riddet Institute at Massey University, was acquired by Nestlé in December 2018.
Additive Assurance, a 2019 spin out from Monash University, enables the metal 3D printing industry to undertake mass production with the stringent consistently and reliability tolerances modern manufacturers require. The company does this without the significant downtime or low material yields synonymous with 3D printing. By enabling mass 3D printing, Additive Assurance promises to transform industries from automotive, to aerospace, and even medical devices with specialised, localised, precision production on demand.
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) hub At QUT has: supported over 700 businesses to develop commercial solutions on 2 years , raised $40 million in additional project funds for industry. ARM Hub and has access to a world-leading network of R&D expertise.
UTS iStrip technology is an ultrasensitive quantitative lateral flow strip (LFS) sensor that uses new generation fluorescence probes to detect the presence of single molecules. This invention helps with the diagnosis of cancers, infections, and cardiovascular diseases, and has been licensed to a number of commercial partners for product development in specific disease categories.
Source https://techtransfer.org.au/aussie-innovators-making-global-impact/
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