Eight million for new main projects

Eight million for new main projects

Eight million for new main projects No tech crisis: The ten recipients of NTNU Discovery’s main project funding on stage during an event organized by StartupTRD. Photo: Kristoffer Wittrup NTNU Discovery awarded almost NOK 8 million to employees and students...
Small molecule on a big mission

Small molecule on a big mission

Small molecule on a big mission Image: NTNU chemists Bård Helge Hoff and Eirik Sundby with business developer Gaute Brede (NTNU TTO). A research group at NTNU, led by chemists Eirik Sundby and Bård Helge Hoff, has received NOK 1 million from NTNU Discovery to further...
Muting rooms with mushrooms

Muting rooms with mushrooms

Muting rooms with mushrooms Demp founders Guro Stålstrøm and Helle Christiansen believe that the mushroom’s root network can be used in everything from soundproofing panels to replacing asphalt. Text: Per Steinar MoenPhoto: Kristoffer Wittrup Right at the...
Viruses Built to Target

Viruses Built to Target

Viruses Built to Target Rajeevkumar Raveendran Nair at the Kavli Institute of Neuroscience has received NOK 1 million to further develop transport viruses that can transport gene-therapy drugs, but only activate them in specific cells. EDGE-Tx is the virus that may...
New millions for staff and students

New millions for staff and students

New millions for staff and students Faster insulin absorption. A climbing robot that inspects massive industrial piping systems. Next-generation lithium batteries with up to five times greater capacity. These were some of the potentially groundbreaking projects that...
Fifteen minutes in the dragon’s den

Fifteen minutes in the dragon’s den

Fifteen minutes in the dragon’s den “The clock starts now!” With a firm but friendly tone, the new head of the jury for NTNU Discovery’s main project Kristian Onarheim hands over the stage to Maria Johansen, a fourth-year student in the...