Uni.lu Spinoffs Magrid Learning Solution, NIUM Enter Market

Two spin-offs of the University of Luxembourg, Magrid Learning Solution and NIUM, are about to launch their commercial offer, following the signature of licences negotiated with the university's Office for Partnerships, Knowledge and Technology Transfer (PaKTT Office).

Magrid Learning Solution offers an individualised mathematics programme for children aged three to nine with learning difficulties, conceived by Dr Tahereh Pazouki as part of her PhD at the University of Luxembourg's Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.

NIUM develops solutions for personalised nutritional recommendations through an advanced analysis of the microbiome and the metabolism. This spin-off of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) was founded by Dr Alberto Noronha, also on the basis on his doctoral research.

Both companies were hosted at the University of Luxembourg Incubator. In order to develop their activity, they now benefit from the intellectual property rights of the research that led to their launch.

Through the PaKTT Office, the University of Luxembourg is intensifying its relations with companies and civil society, supporting entrepreneurs in the creation of spin-offs and the transfer of advanced technologies to companies. The research carried out at the university and within its network can thus find social, industrial or commercial applications and participate in the development of the Luxembourg innovation ecosystem.

Dr Christophe Haunold, head of the PaKTT Office, emphasised "the need to conclude balanced agreements that recognise the role and contributions of each party to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation, while respecting mutual interests, with pragmatism and taking into account public support and funding".

Vice-Rector for Research Prof Jens Kreisel, highlighted "the importance of interdisciplinarity in research, in innovation and in the creation of new businesses: success and excellence are born from the combination of disciplines and sectors, as demonstrated by these two spin-offs. The digitalisation highlighted with digital education by Magrid Learning Solution and the democratisation of high-performance computing (HPC) for metabolic data analysis by NIUM are major facilitators of innovations".

"Magrid Learning Solution was born from research at the University of the Luxembourg and is all about education, which is why we are glad to continue to collaborate", explained Dr Tahereh Pazouki of Magrid Learning Solution. "This commercialisation agreement allows us to make our programmes available for children and schools in Luxembourg and abroad".

"We are very happy to achieve yet another milestone in a fruitful collaboration with the University of Luxembourg", commented Dr Alberto Noronha of NIUM. "The licensed software is the outcome of many years of research and will allow NIUM to commercialise its food analysis services to companies in the agri-food industry and in the future expand this technology for healthcare applications".