
Background
Dr Jenny Molloy is a Shuttleworth Foundation Research Fellow in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, studying the role and impact of open approaches to intellectual property for a sustainable and equitable bioeconomy. Dr. Molloy's work focuses on better understanding problems facing researchers accessing biological research tools in low-resource contexts, particularly Latin America and Africa. She is analysing existing innovative solutions and the potential for local, distributed manufacturing of enzymes to improve access and build capacity for biological research. The broader aim of her research is to contextualise "open source" approaches to biotechnology within current narratives of innovation and the bioeconomy policy agenda.
Publications
- Kahl, L., Molloy, J., Patron, N., Matthewman, C., et al. Expanding Options for Science & Translation via the Open Material Transfer Agreement (manuscript accepted by Nature Biotechnology, 2018)
- GOSH Community. Open Science Hardware Roadmap: making open hardware ubiquitous in science by 2025. (2018) Report available at http://openhardware.science/global-open-science-hardware-roadmap/
- Wintle, B. C., Boehm, C. R., Rhodes, C., Molloy, J. C., et al. (2017). A transatlantic perspective on 20 emerging issues in biological engineering. eLife, 6.
- Molloy, J., Haseloff, J., Allen, L., Patron, J. et al. (2017). Capacity building for the bioeconomy in Africa: harnessing fast, frugal and open technologies for education and sustainable development. Report available at https://www.openplant.org/global-challenges/

- Institute for Manufacturing
- 17 Charles Babbage Road
- Cambridge CB3 0FS
Research
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asset Management
- Business Model Innovation
- Complex Additive Materials
- Decision-Making for Emerging Technologies
- Design Management
- Digital Manufacturing
- Distributed Information & Automation Laboratory
- Fluids in Advanced Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Industrial Photonics
- Industrial Resilience
- Industrial Sustainability
- Inkjet Research
- Innovation and Intellectual Property
- International Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Industry Education Research
- NanoManufacturing
- Science, Technology & Innovation Policy
- Strategy and Performance
- Technology Enterprise
- Technology Management
- Service Alliance
- University Commercialisation and Innovation Policy Evidence Unit