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I’m thrilled to announce an incredible opportunity to join my team at UK Innovate as the Expert Connect Program Director and R&D Partnerships Manager for the College of Engineering. This role is pivotal in shaping how we connect world-class research with industry needs—creating partnerships that accelerate innovation and drive economic growth. You’ll lead our Expert Connect program, streamline collaboration processes, and champion the visibility of engineering expertise across the country. I’m looking for a strategic thinker and relationship builder who thrives on turning possibilities into real-world impact. If you’re passionate about fostering partnerships that matter and want to help define the future of innovation at UK, I’d love to see you apply. 📍 Location: Lexington, KY 💼 Apply by: December 3, 2025 🔗 Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eW7eNezs Let’s create bold opportunities together.

SIGNALS is Halo’s invite-only forum for senior R&D and innovation leaders. In our latest session—“R&D Metrics for the Long Game: Redefining Progress in an Uncertain Future”—Professors Sebastian Fixson (Babson College) and Tucker Marion J. Marion (Northeastern University) joined a select group of R&D leaders to explore how organizations measure progress in a discipline defined by uncertainty and discovery. Key themes 📊 Treat KPIs as a compass, not a scoreboard—use them to guide learning, not just track outcomes. 🔍 Prioritize predictive indicators of long-term innovation success, not just short-term deliverables. 🤖 Pinpoint where AI is reshaping measurement, from early signals to reinvestment decisions.

Happy Friday! One week remains to submit a response to our RFP with Halo - Sample Preparation for Droplet Digital PCR Applications. Do you have novel equipment, chemistry, processes or other expertise that can be applied to this challenge? Yes? Click the link below and get your proposal in then! Looking forward to hearing from you ☺️ https://lnkd.in/gUW4KSac

Measuring the ROI of R&D has never been straightforward, and maybe that’s the point. Building on insights from McKinsey & Company, Delft University of Technology researchers, and Michael Ringel at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Consulting Group, this article explores why traditional R&D metrics fall short, and how a mix of leading and lagging indicators can tell a fuller story of innovation performance.

🦷Got ideas for fresh-breath oral care? Haleon is seeking new ingredients, technologies, and formats that deliver long-lasting fresh breath and can be integrated into everyday oral-care products. Looking for: • Proven anti-halitosis mechanisms and microbiome-friendly approaches • Formats like rinses, toothpastes, sprays, lozenges, gums, or strips • Measurable efficacy, safety, and great consumer experience 🗓️ Apply by: January 30, 2026 👉 https://hubs.la/Q03RztCV0 Aniket Sabnis, Ph.D | Bikash Rajkarnikar | Leela Ganesh

In case you missed it, Anthropic recently launched a new offering, Claude for Life Sciences, that it says could support “a meaningful percentage of all life-science work.” Based on a typical work week and the global population of research scientists, that amounts to 500 million hours of "life-science work", give or take a 100 million. Ultimately the company's goal is "to make Claude capable of supporting the entire process, from early discovery through to translation and commercialization." If achieved, that would reshape not just how research gets done, but entire industries that rely on how research gets done. I'm curious - what do real-life human researchers and industry folk think about this? Will we immediately begin seeing more meaningful discoveries in shorter amounts of time? Will this make scientists and R&D teams more productive or replace them outright? For researchers who have used Claude for Life Sciences, what is your take? As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about how technology and science intersect, I find this inspiring but remain a tad skeptical about the immediate impact it will have on R&D and productivity. Would love to hear others’ perspectives. #LifeSciences #AI #Claude #Anthropic #DrugDiscovery #FutureOfScience #RandD #TranslationalResearch https://lnkd.in/gZnC5A_v

Happy Friday! One week remains to submit a response to our RFP with Halo - Sample Preparation for Droplet Digital PCR Applications. Do you have novel equipment, chemistry, processes or other expertise that can be applied to this challenge? Yes? Click the link below and get your proposal in then! Looking forward to hearing from you ☺️ https://lnkd.in/gUW4KSac

🌱 Do you have solutions that make crops more efficient and more nutritious? OCP Nutricrops is inviting proposals for two ag-innovation requests on Halo: 1) Boosting Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) Help crops achieve equal or better yields with less nitrogen by improving uptake and cutting losses. Solutions of interest include: · Natural nitrification and urease inhibitor compounds · Biodegradable analogs of common nitrification and urease inhibitors · Microbial inoculants for nitrogen fixation or soil cycle modulation · Enzyme-based solutions to suppress urease or nitrifying bacteria · Biodegradable polymers or coatings for controlled urea release · Smart delivery systems for timed inhibitor release 🗓️ Apply by: Nov 28. 👉 https://hubs.la/Q03MYT090 2) Enhancing Crop Quality & Nutrition Monitoring Improve nutritional quality in staple crops, fruits, and vegetables—and develop low-cost tools to monitor and verify nutrition from soil to harvest. Solutions of interest include: · Micronutrient-enriched fertilizers to boost crop nutritional value · Foliar sprays that enhance vitamins and antioxidants in crops · Biostimulants for improved nutrient density · Soil or crop amendments that increase mineral bioavailability · Post-harvest treatments that preserve nutritional compounds · Portable sensors for rapid nutrient testing in crops and soils · Low-cost field kits to monitor crop nutritional content · Handheld spectroscopy devices for quick nutrient analysis · Traceability systems tracking nutritional quality from field to market 🗓️ Apply by: Nov 28. 👉 https://hubs.la/Q03N2HHF0 

Basic research powers the breakthroughs that industry scales. When the “R” weakens, the “D” follows. Keep the “R” strong, and move science forward.