NeuroSphere hosts a variety of informational sessions from experts, entrepreneurs and guest speakers from the innovation ecosystem. During these webinars and training sessions, participants receive valuable insight into navigating through the pathways of commercialization, innovation, entrepreneurship and more.
Past sessions:
- Career and Professional Development Workshop Series
- Career in Precision Medicine Seminar
- Pitching your Neuro-Related Innovation to Industrial Partners
- Identifying Practical Applications in Neuroscience Research
- From Lab to Patient Webinar Series
Career in Precision Medicine Seminar听
Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives/NeuroSphere听补苍诲听/听have come together to offer graduate students a seminar dedicated to听precision health and professional development.
Hear ,听Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine and Professor in the Department of Human Genetics at 91丝瓜视频,听talk about his own professional path and offer a career-development perspectives on precision health and medicine.听
Career and Professional Development Workshop Series听
Interested in growing within and beyond the academic world?
This workshop series provides you with the expertise, insight and connections you need to succeed in neuroscience-based academic areas and industry.
Workshop 1:听From Academia to Industry in Neuroscience
Are you considering a career outside of academia after you complete graduate studies?
In this workshop, you will gain insight and skills to navigate the challenges and opportunities of industry.
Learn from professional recruiters and , from t and acquire the transferable skills commonly learned through neuroscience research training and tools for you to use to identify your own transferable skills.
You will also hear firsthand from , Technical Director at, about her career path and how she transitioned from academic research to industry.
Workshop 2: Navigating Through the Pathway of Commercialization
Ready to learn more about how the process of commercialization can take you towards a successful career in neuroscience industry?
This interactive workshop provides you with an understanding of licensing, intellectual property, how to secure funding and more from speakers Noha Gerges and Jean-Philippe Valois from Mitacs.
Workshop 3: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Learn from听, professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at HEC, about听how to successfully raise capital, navigate a competitive landscape and grow your company while avoiding common mistakes entrepreneurs make.
Pitching your Neuro-related Innovation to Industrial Partners
Are you a researcher seeking industrial partners? Do you want to know how to effectively pitch to a potential听neuro-related innovation to make long-lasting collaborations or co-developments?
In this webinar, Naeem Komeilipoor from Aavaa and Garth Smith from the Ontario Brain Institute tell you how to effectively pitch a potential industrial partner by highlighting the collaboration鈥檚 benefits while avoiding common pitfalls.
Identifying Practical Applications in Neuroscience Research
Research that works to find practical applications for scientific discovery is becoming increasingly important. In this webinar, Patricia Silveira, scientific Director at the Ludmer Center, and Chris Corkery, Technology Transfer Manager at 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 I+P, address these questions and provide insights to identify the key characteristics that can determine whether a research project has potential for application.
From Lab to Patient Webinar Series
Webinar 1: The basics of moving your CNS therapeutic from lab to patient
The phases of drug development can be complex to navigate. This presentations provides you with insight from drug discovery specialists from Charles River Laboratories about the challenges around preclinical development. They present the steps involved in the development of novel potential neurodegenerative diseases therapies from the early stages of discovery to preclinical validation studies.
Webinar 2: Getting your neuro medical device from lab to patient
How do you go from a proof of concept in a lab to selling an actual product? This webinar explores the different stages in bringing a neuro-related medical device to market. Speakers include experts from NeuroSphere, NeuroTechX Services and guest speakers from the industry, who share their journeys and lessons learned.
听Webinar 3:听Moving your neuro-related software from the research lab to the patient
Explore the different stages in bringing a neuro-related medical application from the lab to the market. Experts from NeuroTechX Services, as well as guest speakers Robert Fratila from Aifred Health and Bimal Lakhani from HealthTech Connex/NeuroCatch Inc., share their journeys and lessons learned. If you are considering bringing neuro(science/technology)-related software to the market, this webinar will provide you with valuable information and insight.
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