News

Booster Innovation Montpellier: January session focused on enhanced support

[] - Published on in University Innovation Hub (PUI), Entrepreneurship

The January session of Montpellier Innovation Booster led by the University Innovation Cluster (PUI), brought together six research projects with a common goal: to accelerate the maturation of innovative ideas with high potential.

Enhanced support prior to BIM

This new edition is part of a dynamic of enhanced support. Ahead of the session, project leaders benefited from structured preparatory work, via a pre-BIM book inviting them to clarify their needs, structure their value proposition, and anticipate the key elements of their pitch.

Over two days, the support focused on coaching on content, dedicated to structuring the pitch, promoting the project, and formulating the request; and coaching on form, focused on scientific communication, posture, rhythm, and oral impact.

This approach is fully in line with the program's philosophy, which combines workshops, personalized coaching, and preparation for pitching in front of a panel of experts.

Projects supported during the January session

  • Host–microbe interactions & sustainable bioproduction (project led by the DGIMIlaboratory – INRAE)
    Development of innovative tools to analyze host–microbe interactions and explore the use of insects as a lever for sustainable bioproduction.
  • New generation therapeutic mRNA (project led byIRIM – CNRS)
    Design of more stable mRNA incorporating viral sequences to improve vaccine efficacy and durability.
  • Biomechanical analysis of the iris via smartphone (project led by the PhyMedExplaboratory – UM, Inserm, CNRS)
    Development of a mobile application for non-invasive assessment of the biomechanical properties of the iris and the functioning of the autonomic nervous system.
  • Augmented reality educational tours (project led by the Amaplaboratory – UM, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD)
    Creation of immersive augmented reality experiences to raise awareness of the interactions between fauna, flora, and humans in tropical botanical gardens.
  • Detection of vertigo using artificial intelligence (project led by Lirmm – UM, CNRS, Paul Valéry Montpellier University, UPVD, Inria)
    Deployment of an AI-based application to detect vertigo via smartphone and improve care from the first consultation.
  • Photonics bench for industrial metrology (project led byIES – UM, CNRS)
    Development of an innovative photonics bench dedicated to the metrology of optical sensors for strategic industrial sectors.

Schedule for the next session