Innovus Technology Transfer

Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences identified a gap that brings dignity and respect to body donation programmes.

The faculty developed a 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤, which is a digital management and compliance system designed specifically for anatomical resources.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
• Complete lifecycle tracking – from registration to teaching/research allocation to final disposal;
• Sound audit trail – every interaction is verified, ready for inspections;
• Historical reconciliation – digitise and unify decades of paper records;
• Plug-and-play – works with your existing Microsoft 365 environment, or host it on your own secure server; and
• Cost effective – no bloated commercial features, just what you need.

𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University
Want to know more? Send an email to Innovus TTO at [email protected]
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐔 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: https://sun.portals.in-part.com/

Join Innovus as a 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫! Help turn university research into real-world impact at Stellenbosch University.

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 26 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 2026

Apply now: https://shorturl.at/m4VmS

When we think of the global plastic problem, few of us picture microscopic fungi as the solution. But Prof. Marinda Viljoen-Bloom from Stellenbosch University has spent over 30 years proving that the smallest organisms can solve our biggest problems.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞? Genetically modified yeast.

For decades, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐣𝐨𝐞𝐧-𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦 has been quietly building the foundation of South Africa’s bioeconomy. From renewable biofuels to biodegradable plastics, her work proves that nature-based solutions aren't just an aspiration, they are a scientific reality.
She is also a 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 of an 𝐒𝐔 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲, Urobo Biotech, which made history as the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 to reach the Hult Prize Global Accelerator finals in 2025 (Top 8 out of 188 000 teams from 130 countries).

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝:
• Developing microbial enzymes that rapidly break down bioplastics.
• Managing the bioplastic waste stream more effectively at industrial scale
• Ultimately developing a process to harvest lactic acid from the degraded bioplastic and turn it back into bioplastics

Hats off to Prof. Viljoen-Bloom, Dr. Wessel Myburgh, Dominique Rocher, and the entire Urobo Biotech team. The future of the bioplastic circular economy is brewing in a lab in Stellenbosch.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤: https://www.su.ac.za/en/innovus/news/biotechnology-driving-greener-future

Only 2 days to go!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬?
Innovus Technology Transfer at Stellenbosch University and Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelerator (GHIAA) bring you practical tools to embed access commitments across the R&D value chain.

Register now: https://shorturl.at/l3DDR

Who should attend?
Researchers, technology transfer professionals, funders, and manufacturers working on health innovations.

Read more about the MAPGuide® https://lnkd.in/eyrm4whS
Already registered and have a question(s) for the speaker? Submit in advance: https://lnkd.in/di2JFj-R

For enquiries: [email protected]
Don’t miss this chance to move from principle to binding commitment. See you there!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬?

Join Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University and Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelerator (GHIAA) for an online webinar on embedding equitable access commitments into legal agreements across the R&D value chain.

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 10 June 2026
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 13:00 – 14:00
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Microsoft Teams
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤: https://shorturl.at/l3DDR

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: Saberi Marais, Technology Transfer Specialist at Innovus
𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫: Julia Barnes-Weise, JD, CLP, Founder & Executive Director of GHIAA

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬:
• Navigating the “complex web of contracts” to accelerate access to healthcare solutions;
• Using the MAPGuide® – a database of real-world access provisions;
• Practical tools to align funders, researchers & manufacturers on access goals; and
• Passing access commitments across the agreement chain – from public funders to commercial developers.

If you’re a researcher, technology transfer professional, funder, or manufacturer working on health innovations, this session will give you concrete legal and strategic tools to turn equitable access from a principle into a binding commitment.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐭𝐨@𝐬𝐮𝐧.𝐚𝐜.𝐳𝐚

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As we celebrate 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐲 today, the Innovus Technology Transfer Office at Stellenbosch University shares the exciting innovation ecosystem that is part of in the Southern tip of Africa.

The TTO hosted the 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 last week at Die Stal, Coetzenburg, Stellenbosch University. The forum brought together technology transfer professionals, researchers and industry partners, to engage on innovation, collaboration, and commercialisation opportunities across the region.

The programme featured insightful discussions and presentations from institutions across the Western Cape including a case study and a presentation relating to re-use of human health databases

Thank you to all presenters, delegates, and partners who contributed to the success of the forum and strengthening innovation ecosystems that create impact through research commercialisation.

A huge congratulations to our very own Anne Chisa (PhD) on earning her PhD in Crop Science from the !

Her doctoral research focused on how innovative research can help tackle food security challenges, a perfect fit for the team she joined in December 2025.

Now formally addressed as Dr. Anne Chisa, we're so proud to have you in our team!