In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Stephen Tomisich, Co-founder and CEO of Trajan Scientific and Medical.    Based in Melbourne, Trajan develops and manufactures analytical science instruments, devices and solutions for health care, as well as for food and environment analysis – the only company of its kind listed on the ASX.  Stephen has a strong acquisition strategy, having grown Trajan from a kitchen table concept in 2011 to a global collaborator. Over the...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Dr Chris Smith, a partner at Brandon Capital - Australasia's leading life science venture capital firm. Chris has extensive experience in the global biotech industry. With a PhD in immunology and an MBA specialising in innovation and entrepreneurship from the University of Cambridge; he has also previously been a business development manager with CSL; and is currently a Director of Aravax, Denteric, Ena Respiratory, MycRx,...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Professor Steve Wesselingh, CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). An infectious disease physician and researcher in HIV vaccine development and the impact of the microbiome on human health, Steve has a wealth of medical experience, clinical leadership, and national and international success.   The NHMRC is Australia's lead agency, driving innovative health and medical research to improve the health...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Dr Dean Freestone, Co-Founder of Seer Medical.  A modern Australian innovation success story, Seer Medical was founded in 2017 and specialises in the early detection and diagnosis of epilepsy.   The company has developed a highly innovative, portable video-EEG-ECG recording system that patients can take home with them, rather than being limited to hospital use.  Dr Freestone was one of three co-founders of Seer and was...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by the Honourable Jaala Pulford, Chair of MTPConnect, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and former Minister of the Parliament of Victoria.  Jaala is well known for her career in public service where she has held several significant portfolios, including Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Small Business and Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy.  In her role as Minister...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Associate Professor Fiona Brownfoot, specialist obstetrician at the Mercy Hospital for Women, clinician scientist at the University of Melbourne and Co-Founder of Kali Healthcare.    Kali Healthcare is undergoing an exciting commericalisation journey and aims to transform pregnancy monitoring through the development of a wearable device that will allow expecting mothers to monitor foetal heartbeats at home.   In her role...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Professor Max Ortiz Catalán,  Head of the Neural Prosthetics Research Program at the Bionics Institute.  In additional to his role at the Bionics Institute, he is also the Founder of the Center for Bionics and Pain Research (CBPR) in Sweden – a multidisciplinary engineering and medical collaboration between Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Dr Devinder Chauhan, a highly respected retinal ophthalmologist and Founding CEO of Macuject.  Macuject is a digital health company that harnesses AI to provide imaging and data solutions for ophthalmologists to them make clinical decisions when treating age-related macular degeneration.   Dr Chauhan founded Macuject in 2017 and is currently making the transition from clinician to entrepreneur as he and his team aim to roll...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Professor Moira O'Bryan, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne. Professor O'Bryan specialises in andrology and through her impressive research career, she has recently been given the prestigious role of a Dean at the Unversity of Melbourne which is ranked as the 14th best preforming university in the world per the QS rankings. In this episode you will hear about: Moira's journey to becoming Dean of...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, we present a special keynote speech from Kylie Walker, CEO of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), recorded at the Bionics Institute 2023 Innovation Lecture. As CEO of ATSE, Kylie specialises in connecting technologists, engineers and scientists with governments, business, media and society with skills built over many years in senior federal communication and advocacy roles in science, technology and health...

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Professor Anne Kelso AO, CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).  At NHMRC, Anne’s key focus areas have been the restructure of the organisation’s grant program, developments in NHMRC’s peer review processes, and progressing initiatives to improve gender equity in health and medical research. This year, Anne will be stepping down as CEO of NHMRC after eight years. . In this episode, you will hear...

In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by one of Australia’s most successful med tech expats, Dr Jeremy Buzzard,  CEO of Enteralia Bioscience and co-founder of Induction Bio.   Jeremy also notably was a partner at McKinsey and Co., where he led the firm’s global healthcare strategy and corporate finance practice. Jeremy is on the record as being involved in more than 25 major transactions that were executed with an aggregate value of $56Bn USD. In this episode, you...

Storytelling is an important part of successful innovation and entrepreneurship.   Corrie McLeod is a med tech innovation and communications expert who understands the power of effective storytelling from her experience as founder and publisher at InnovationAus.   InnovationAus is an independent publication that reports on the impact of government policy on Australia’s technology sectors, including financial services, cyber security, manufacturing and med tech ecosystems.  In this episode...

The “valley of death” is often seen as a barrier to innovation.  Dr Emma Ball, Head of Illumina for Startups (Australia, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa), challenges this idea on this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks.  Dr Ball helps create and grow start-ups in the field of genomics and is an angel investor. In this episode:  Hear the mission of Illumina and Illumina for StartupsLearn what an angel investor looks for in a startup.Hear Dr Ball’s thoughts on how Australia can improve its...

Australia ranks 25th in the world for innovation as per the Global Innovation Index, but only ranks 32nd for translation of research.  In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs speaks with experienced med tech entrepreneur and founder of Chatsworth Associates, Andrew Maxwell, about what Australia should do to improve the translation of our research.  Andrew has a remarkable record in the international business arena, with a history of successful company launches and business growth...

Cochlear Ltd is an Australian med tech success story and a shining example of how we can build successful innovation in Australia.  Established to commercialise the cochlear implant developed by Bionics Institute founder and bionic ear pioneer, Professor Graeme Clark and his research team, Cochlear holds 60% of the global cochlear implant market. In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs was joined by Dig Howitt, CEO and President of Cochlear Ltd and a renowned international leader...

Engineering prowess is a key attribute when it comes to developing and commercialising a med tech device, but what attributes make a successful engineer?     In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Dr Paul Minty shares the one key attribute that elevates the best engineers above the rest in the med tech industry.  Dr Paul Minty is COO of the highly innovative company, Deep Brain Stimulations Technologies Pty Ltd, which was established in 2019 to commercialise an adaptive deep brain stimulation...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, and many factors prevent clinicians from accurately predicting who is at risk of a heart attack.  Professor Karlheinz Peter may have the solution that could save many lives.   In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs talks to internationally renowned interventional cardiologist Professor Karlheinz Peter, Deputy Director of the Baker Institute at the Alfred Hospital; and Chief Medical Officer at med tech company,...

A bionic eye implant might, at one stage, have seemed like something out of a science fiction movie.   Not anymore.   An Australian bionic eye shows promise of giving functional vision back to people who have lost their sight due to a genetic condition called retinitis pigmentosa.  Being developed by Bionic Vision Technology (BVT), the bionic eye system came out of research at the Bionics Institute, the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA), CSIRO and ANU.   In this episode of Med Tech...

In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs (CEO of the Bionics Institute) chats with Dr Ludovic Labat (CEO of Neo-Bionica) about how Australia should approach the global med tech market to increase our innovation output.  Dr Labat is the inaugural CEO of Neo-Bionica, an initiative of the Bionics Institute and the University of Melbourne.   Neo-Bionica is the first company of its kind in Australia, with the bioengineering expertise, specialised fabrication skills and regulatory...

In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs CEO of the Bionics Institute, chats with Sarah Meibusch, a partner at one of Australia’s largest venture capital firms, One Ventures, about the current life science venture capital climate and how industry stakeholders can best present their organisations to venture capitalists.  Sarah Meibusch specialises in sourcing life science companies and, using her global entrepreneurial and executional experience, plays a key role in shaping their...

In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs CEO of the Bionics Institute, chats with Professor Kate Hoy (Head of Cognitive Disorders Treatment Program, Bionics Institute) about how she is pioneering a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).  Professor Hoy has built an internationally renowned program of clinical research investigating non-invasive brain stimulation. By stimulating key regions of the brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease, TMS...