The document outlines Lund University in Sweden, describing its size, faculties, research areas, international outlook, and role in supporting innovation through the Professor's Privilege, which allows academics to own inventions from publicly funded research, and its innovation office LU Innovation System, which has helped launch over 40 startups, including examples like Thylabisco, which licensed a new appetite suppressant, A1M Pharma, which raised funds for preeclampsia research, and Probation Labs, which developed high resolution protein analysis technology.

1. Visit from Belgian Limburg
WEDNESDAY 8TH OF MAY 2013
HELENA LJUSBERG; LU INNOVATION SYSTEM

2. Outline of presentation
• Lund University
• Professor's Privilege and
Innovation Support in Sweden
• Three examples of spinout companies from
Lund University

3. Lund University in numbers
• Founded in 1666
• 47 000 students
• 7 200 employees
- 820 professors
- 4 030 lecturers/researchers
and doctoral students
• Turnover EUR 750 million – 1/3
education, 2/3 research

4. A comprehensive university – 8 faculties
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and Theology
• Economics and Management
• Law
• Fine and Performing Arts
(Music, Theatre, Fine Art)

5. One university – multiple campuses
Lund – main campus
Malmö
Art Academy
Academy of Music
Theatre Academy
Skåne University Hospital
Helsingborg
Campus Helsingborg
Ljungbyhed
School of Aviation

6. Sweden’s most international university
• Exchange students (individuals)
outgoing 1 100
incoming 1 900
• Non-exchange international
students: 3 700
• 680 partner universities
in 50 countries worldwide

7. Strong research areas
• Risk and safety management
• Synchrotron radiation
research
• Laser spectroscopy
• Climate and environment
• Quaternary geology
• Biodiversity
• Animal migration patterns
• Materials science and
nanotechnology
• Automatic control
• E-science
• Manufacturing
engineering
• IT and mobile
communications
• Food
• Transport and logistics

8. Strong research areas
• Cancer
• Epidemiology
• Neuroscience and
neurodegenerative diseases
• Stem cells
• Health and ageing
• Bioimaging
• Diabetes
• Cognitive science
• Linguistics
• Music education
• Economic history
• Economic demography
• Innovation and
entrepreneurship
• Middle Eastern studies

9. An entrepreneurial university
• Integration of entrepreneurial
perspectives into Master’s
programmes and graduate schools
• IKS – joint innovation office
for all HE institutions in southern
Sweden
• The Science Park
– 290 companies, the majority of
which have their origins in
research from Lund University

10. Outline of presentation
• Lund University
• Professor's Privilege and
Innovation Support in Sweden
• Three examples of spinout companies from
Lund University

11. Professor's Privilege
In Sweden, the Professor's privilege gives university faculty
the right to own inventions from publicly funded research.

12. Academic Entrepreneur

13. Lund University Innovation System
”By ensuring research from Lund University is utilised,
LU Innovation System will contribute to increased growth in Sweden.”

14. Publications
Commissioned education
Commissioned research
Collaboration with industry
Venture creation
Research utilisation

15. Innovation
Invention

16. Public funded Innovation support to
Researcher at Lund University
Researcher at
Lund
University
LU Inno.
LU Inno. AB
VINNOVA - Swedish
Governmental Agency for
Innovation Systems - invests
around 2 billion SEK per year.
Spinout Company

17. LU Innovation System in figures
During 2012 LU Innovation System generated:
• 104 ideas
• 70 projects
• 22 patents
• 16 companies
• 6 company equity

18. Innovation outcomes since 1999
• Investments in over 60 new
research companies
• Over 2 000 full-time
equivalent jobs
• Over SEK 600 million in tax
revenue

19. LU Innovation System AB- 40 start-ups

20. Outline of presentation
• Lund University
• Professor's Privilege and
Innovation Support in Sweden
• Three examples of spinout companies
from Lund University

21. Thylabisco AB
Per-Åke AlbertssonCharlotte
Erlanson-Albertsson
Research result:
Plant cell membranes retard fat digestion and induce satiety.

22. Support from LU Innovation - early phase
• Patent and IP advice
• Useful networks
• Advice on business development
• Help with grant applications

23. Support from LU Innovation AB - later phase
• Investments
• Company formation and licensing agreements.
• Administrative and legal support

24. June 15th, 2011
” Thylabisco AB has licensed all patent
rights for the new appetite suppressant
ingredient "thylakoider" to Greenleaf
Medical AB.”

25. The NutrAward (2013) for best new
functional ingredient was presented to
Greenleaf Medical AB for its all-natural,
spinach extract called “Appethyl”.

26. A1M Pharma
A1M Pharma's
vision is to improve women's
health by developing tools for
the effective prediction and
diagnosis of the disease as well
as a cure for preeclampsia.
• Raised 40 MSEK for
preclinical
development.
• Listed in April 2013 on
”Aktietorget”.

27. Probation Labs Sweden AB
Probe Drum
delivers data with higher
resolution, better repeatability
and higher precision than
traditional methods.
Fields of Application;
• Protein stability
• Enzymatic kinetics
• Ligand bindning

28. Contact Information:
helena.ljusberg@innovation.lu.se
Phone; +46 46 2221277
Mobil; +46 703 49 49 85