organisation - the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

INNOVATION
AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
David Cristina Head
PhD in Genetics of Ageing, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008
Head of Service since 2009
Technology Transfer (TT) is the exploitation, commercial or otherwise, of scientific
research for the direct benefit of society. Its activities include sourcing
invention disclosures, guaranteeing patent protection, licensing technologies,
forming spin-out companies and managing consultancy opportunities for scientists.
Technology Transfer is an undisputed source of social and economic
growth internationally and an absolute necessity for institutions set on seeing
their research have a direct, global impact on society, such as the IGC. Our
Technology Transfer Office works as a liaison between industry and academia,
facilitating communication between these two, very different, sectors. We offer
several services to researchers, including: counselling on industry relations,
assistance with intellectual property issues and sourcing of sponsored research
agreements.
INFORMATICS
João Sousa Head
PhD in Theoretical Biochemistry, Universidade de Lisboa, 2004
Head of facility since 2005
The Informatics Unit at the IGC (ITI) manages most of the IT needs of the institute.
We manage the IGC servers and network and provide various levels of support
for the heterogeneous workstations and servers dedicated to research.
We rely almost exclusively on Open Source for the services we provide. These
services include E-Mail, VPN, printing, hosting of servers and services for
researchers, administrative and collaborative Intranet services, central data
storage, database and web site maintenance, surveillance and access control,
consulting, training and, evidently support.
FACILITY STAFF
João Garcia (Systems Analyst)
Fernando Azevedo (Technician)
Manuel Carvalho (Technician)
Ana Maya (Technician)
Mário Neto (Systems Administrator)
The IGC network infrastructure is almost exclusively gigabit, for servers and
desktops, and we have full Wi-Fi coverage indoors and in selected areas outdoors.
The IGC Internet connection is provided by FCCN Academic Network
RCTS Services with a bandwidth of 50 Mbit/sec.
IGC ANNUAL REPORT ‘11
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