SHRMP.edu – Spicing Up Student Lives - SHR!MP S02E07

05 December 2025

With the pivot decided, SHRMP.bio's board approves (re)capitalising the company sufficiently to build the prototype and continue with the development for 2025 - subject to finding a home to build it at within Q1/2025 (= 6 remaining weeks).

So we get going. From a reasonably short target list, I try to get in touch with any course coordinator who I thought could be interested in spicing up their students’ educational experience, and/or could have a professional interest in a project like SHRMP.bio.

Focussing on Melbourne CBD locations at first (to be able to get to it easily) - for every 5 emails sent, I get 4 replies, 3 that convert into really enthusiastic face-to face meetings…

And, for once, the stars aligned: with the beginning of March 2025, we have a potential home at the University of Melbourne, the most incredible support at the School of BioSciences, four great biotech students signed up to embark on the SHRMP.edu adventure in 2025 and a whole lot (a whole year!) of SHRMP action in front of us.

The contracts are signed, there is no going back, I am equally excited as I am mortified – we are now responsible for the academic fate of four students, setting up operations, spending real (our own) money, and we have an ambitious goal:

A batch of SHRMPies on the Barbie for Christmas.