I think there's almost a feeling that, once you patent something, it's ready to go. There's so much more to making something commercially successful than simply filing a patent. I think that's exactly what you're talking about.
We really need to find those resources to put people on projects to accelerate them. Most researchers don't have the skills or expertise to immediately start a successful company. How do we connect them with the right people to add to the team to advance that technology?
That's the space that TRIUMF Innovations is in. It's providing business development support and providing the people who are going to figure out what companies are in this space, call them or receive calls from companies that are interested in working with trials, and then work to translate that.
I think this is what Dr. Singh was talking about with culture change. The academic culture and what academic researchers focus on are quite different.