Dr Xavier Berthet is scientific director at IPD responsible for all biomedical research and innovation. He trained as a research scientist (infectious diseases) with extensive experience in Technology Transfer, Business & Product Development in various fields, including the Life Sciences, Pharma/Agro, Biotechnology and Mobile markets. His areas of expertise are Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Development in the life sciences. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Ecole supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, a PhD from the Institut Pasteur in Paris in antigen discovery and molecular biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and a Masters’ degree in Mobile Business from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Xavier is a passionate rock climber, hiker, chess player and software/app developer (Android/Java, Python, Processing).