A concerted effort to accelerate technology transfer in the life sciences

TOP 50 is a joint project of Freie Universität Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the University of Potsdam and BioTOP Berlin-Brandenburg and is devoted to intensifying technology transfer in the life sciences.

The project TOP 50 aims to accelerate the transfer of promising science projects in the field of the bio- and life sciences to commercial application in the coming years.

Communication and cooperation between science and industry in the early stages of concept development are to be improved considerably so as to further enhance the competitiveness of biomedical research facilities in Berlin-Brandenburg.

TOP 50 is focusing on the decisive step of ‚proof of concept’. The conversion of new scientific insights into innovations often fails because individual projects are not developed far enough or proof of concept is not achieved, so that the concept is not adopted by industry. TOP 50 wants to close this gap between fundamental and applied, commercially oriented research and development.

TOP 50 is aimed at scientists who are planning to commercialize their scientific projects in the form of a spin-off, cooperation with a company or by licensing.

If you have an interesting project, please contact Volker Erb.