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In this episode of PharmaTelevision News Review, Fintan Walton talks with Nina Dudnik, Founder and CEO at Seeding Labs. Filmed at BioChicago 2010 in Chicago, USA, they discuss:

• The functions of Seeding Labs

• Sources of lab equipment

• Working with corporate organisations and universities

• How companies and research institutes can work with Seeding Labs

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Purpose of Seeding Labs

Fintan Walton:

Nina Dudnik , could you tell me how, why you set up Seeding Labs and what its purpose is?

Nina Dudnik :

The goal of Seeding Labs is to create the most well trained, well equipped interconnected really global scientific workforce in history and the way to do that is to make sure that scientists in the developing world have the resources they need to do wonderful science. And first way to start that is to get them the equipment and the consumables that they would otherwise not be able to afford.

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Fintan Walton

Dr Fintan Walton is the Founder and CEO of PharmaVentures . After completing his doctoral research on the genetics of cell proliferation at the University of Michigan(US)and Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), Dr Walton gained broad commercial experience in biotechnology in management positions at Bass and Celltech plc (1982-1992).

Nina Dudnik

Founder and CEO

Nina Dudnik was a finalist in the 2006 MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition and was awarded an Echoing Green fellowship in 2007 to formally launch and expand Seeding Labs . Nina Dudnik worked for the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research in Italy where she provided advice on the integration of molecular genetics techniques into conservation and plant breeding activities. Nina Dudnik was a Fulbright scholar in 2000 at the Africa Rice Center in Cote d'Ivoire studying rice introgression using molecular markers. Nina Dudnik obtained her PhD in molecular biology from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a BSc in biochemistry from Brown University.

PharmaVentures

PharmaVentures is a corporate finance and transactions advisory firm that has served hundreds of clients worldwide in relation to their strategic deal making in the pharmaceutical, life science and healthcare sectors. Our key offerings include: Transactions / deal negotiations; Product / technology valuations; Deal term advice; Due diligence & expert reports; Strategy formulation; Alliance management; and Expert opinion for litigation/arbitration cases. PharmaVentures provides the global expertise to ensure our clients generate the highest possible return on investment from all their deal making activities. We have experience of all therapeutic areas and can offer advice on both product and technology commercialisation.

Seeding Labs

Seeding Labs 's mission is to support and expand scientific research in developing countries by providing affordable reclaimed laboratory equipment and facilitating connections within the global scientific research community. Registered as a 501c3 non-profit organization, Seeding Labs ensures researchers all over the world have the resources to solve pressing global problems.