USC BIOMEDICAL GRADUATE & TERRAGEN RESEARCHER TAYHLA WEIRE ON LIFE AFTER UNI
Like most students, I had no idea of what my future had in store for me after graduating from USC. I graduated in 2015 with a First-Class Honours Bachelor of Biomedical Science. I was lucky to be able to complete a very interesting Honours project…
IC Members Pitch to Greencross Vets Founder & Shark Tank Investor Glen Richards
Epic entrepreneur Glen Richards of Greencross Vets, Petbarn and Shark Tank Australia stopped by the Innovation Centre last week to hear pitches from some of our members including outdoor brand WandsPro, back and body lotion applicator bakslap, VR education consultancy Bundle of Rays, medical cannabis…
FEDERAL MINISTER VISITS IC
[LIVE FROM THE IC] Business.gov.au (AusIndustry) Information session Check out the update from AusIndustry and the Karen Andrews MP – Federal Minister for Industry, Science & Technology. Also featuring presentations by Federal Member for Andrew Wallace – LNP Federal Member for Fisher, Tracy Constable from…
LEANNE KEMP, QUEENSLAND’S NEW CHIEF ENTREPRENEUR, VISITS IC
Newly appointed Chief Entrepreneur and blockchain tech pioneer Leanne Kemp stopped by the Innovation Centre Friday, 23 November 2018 during a day-long tour to innovation hubs across the Sunshine Coast. After a quick Q&A presentation with IC CEO Mark Paddenburg and software guru Peter Grant,…
CLEANTECH CONFERENCE LAUNCHES AT IC
It’s already been called the ‘entrepreneurial capital’ of Australia by leading social commentator Bernard Salt, and now the Sunshine Coast is fast becoming the ‘cleantech capital’ of Australia too. On 24 October, Mayor Mark Jamieson officially launched the National Clean Technologies Conference & Exhibition at…
MEET OUR NEWEST MEMBER STRUCKET
New IC member Strucket has now fully commercialised the world’s first strainer-bucket and will be delivered to eager customers in early December 2018. The Strucket has so many uses and was created on the Sunshine Coast by mum-of-three Kelly Lavery following an intense R&D, design…
USC STUDENTS POWER TERRAGEN & [ui!] GROUP
Innovation Centre member companies continue to recruit talent from USC, with both Terragen and the [ui!] GROUP staffing their ranks with both former graduates and current students. Terragen Biotech Terragen is an Australian agricultural biotech company whose technology is based on naturally occurring micro-organisms. They…
HIVE HAVEN’S STINGLESS NATIVE BEES LANDING AT AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Parliament House in Canberra has gained a new community of native bees, following an invitation to Sunshine Coast start-up Hive Haven to install one of their innovative hives in the nation’s capital. With the support of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tony Smith,…
FROM USC SIPPY DOWNS TO LONDON — MY EXPERIENCE AT THE INNOVATION CENTRE
Two years ago when I began my internship at the Innovation Centre, I had no idea what to expect. I certainly did not foresee the years of incredible support, invaluable experience and abundance of opportunities that would follow. I began as a first-year university student,…