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Why collaborating with industry can provide a career boost

Neuroscientist Blaine Roberts explains how partnering with companies, or a consortium of companies, can bring significant benefits to researchers — from funding and training to expanding professional networks.
  1. Blaine Roberts

    1. Blaine Roberts is a neuroscientist at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia.

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In 2014, I was researching biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia. I’d produced exciting results1,2, early on using a technique assessing protein expression in blood, which led a senior colleague to introduce me to the chief research officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, an industry–academia consortium in Melbourne. After he heard more about my results, it was clear that he wanted me to join the consortium.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01572-1

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  1. Roberts, B. R., Dratz, E. A. & Laffoon, S. Method of identifying Biomarkers of Neurological Disease and Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases. Australia patent AU2013903257 (2014).

  2. Hare, D. J. et al. ACS Chem. Neurosci. 6, 398–402 (2015).

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