Q&A: Horst Domdey

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 533; no. 7601; pp. S30 - S31
• Main Author: Wald, Chelsea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.05.2016
• Subjects: 706/703/253; 706/703/66; Biotechnology - economics; Biotechnology - history; Biotechnology - organization & administration; Entrepreneurship - economics; Entrepreneurship - history; Entrepreneurship - organization & administration; Entrepreneurship - trends; Germany; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humanities and Social Sciences; Investments - economics; Investments - statistics & numerical data; Investments - trends; Licensure - economics; multidisciplinary; outlook; Politics; Research - economics; Research - organization & administration; Research Personnel - economics; Science; Technology Transfer; Universities - economics; Germany

After starting one of Germany's first biotech companies, biochemist Horst Domdey co-founded BioM, a non-profit organization that has managed and developed Munich's biotechnology cluster since 1997. He talks to Nature about nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit in “a country of competitions”...