Indiana University researchers and physicians have announced progress toward their bold goals of developing cures and preventive treatments for devastating diseases prevalent among Indiana residents. IU Precision Health leaders announced that they have recruited 33 new research faculty from throughout the country and built some of the most advanced research and clinical capabilities in the… Read more »
Research
IU School of Medicine forms research collaboration with Lung Biotechnology PBC
The ability to artificially grow organs may seem futuristic, but Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are closer to enabling that reality than you may think. Burcin Ekser, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery at IU School of Medicine, and his research team are working to print 3D pig liver tissue from genetically engineered pig… Read more »
Indiana Innovation Institute and NSWC Crane sign CRADA with Purdue and IU
The Indiana Innovation Institute (IN3) and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) have joined forces with Purdue University and Indiana University in a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to develop trusted microelectronics that are counterfeit resistant and immune to a wide variety of attacks. Securing the nation’s semiconductor supply chain has national… Read more »
Tech innovations, personal relationships, the Air Force and Indiana University
IU Bloomington campus hosted the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 Initiative More than 300 professionals in higher education, government and industry convened at the Indiana University Bloomington campus May 10 and 11 to conceive products and methods to maintain the U.S. Air Force’s air superiority through 2030 and beyond. The Air Force Science and… Read more »
Women seeking financing for startups are perceived as more trustworthy by crowdfunding investors
While men have benefited from a gender bias against women when seeking financing for business startups, the opposite might be true for female entrepreneurs seeking initial investment through crowdfunding efforts, according to research from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Historically, female-led ventures have found it difficult to procure private equity, bank financing and venture… Read more »
U.S. public companies have increasingly shorter lifespans, IU research says
At a time when more Americans are living longer, the companies where many people spend their working lives have increasingly shorter lifespans, according to research from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. A paper by two Kelley professors, forthcoming in the Academy of Management Annals, found that the odds of a company surviving more than… Read more »
IBM expert to speak on the IU Bloomington campus for April 11 workshop
IBM Distinguished Engineer Linton Ward will provide one of the keynote addresses during an April 11 workshop, “High-Performance Systems and Analytics for Big Data: A path to future Artificial General Intelligence.” Ward is currently focusing on leadership open workloads on OpenPower systems. He has designed and optimized many hardware-software stack solutions and led hardware design… Read more »
IU one of six universities helping Air Force ‘invent the future today’
Indiana University Bloomington is one of six universities nationwide to host innovation workshops as part of the U.S. Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative, which is working to update the Air Force’s science and technology strategy. Hosted on the Bloomington campus May 10 and 11, the conference will feature workshops on a variety of advanced technological and… Read more »
Why IoT? Why IU?
More than 1,000 people attended the grand opening of the Indiana IoT Lab on March 21. The lab is designed for new and established companies working in IoT, or the internet of things. IoT enables internet-connected devices placed in routine objects to send and receive data. Indiana University has a dedicated space at the Indiana… Read more »
Adam Zlotnick, IU researcher and entrepreneur, featured in DDN article
Congratulations to Adam Zlotnick, an Indiana University professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry. His research into drugs that fight hepatitis B has been featured in an article on DDN. Adam is co-founder of Assembly Biosciences, a company that licenses IU intellectual property through the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office.