Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are developing a potential treatment for people who have problems processing their emotions after a traumatic brain injury. This promising treatment incorporates a short series of lessons and exercises. The researchers said their newly developed intervention is the first, to their knowledge, to show benefits for people with… Read more »
Entries by Steve Martin
Rocket fuel startup co-founded by IU alumnus receives $80,000 in funding
Congratulations to Indiana University alumnus Chris Stoker, co-founder of Adranos Energetics LLC, a rocket fuel startup. The company received $80,000 in funding from the Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund earlier in January! Adranos’ co-founders Stoker and Brandon Terry, a Purdue postdoctoral research associate on rocket fuel innovation, serve the aviation and aerospace industries through the development of… Read more »
Pharma company based on IU tech receives $200K in funding
Congratulations SAJE Pharma, which licenses IU technology through the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation. The Baltimore-based company has received $200,000 from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation. The funding comes from one of the corporation’s seed investment funds, the Life Science Investment Fund. More information is available here. According to the SAJE Pharma website, the company formed in… Read more »
Photos from today’s reception featuring personnel from the new USS Indiana submarine
Today, U.S. Navy Commander Jesse J. Zimbauer and Master Chief Petty Officer Lafrederick O. Herring of the new USS Indiana nuclear submarine visited the university’s display of the World War II battleship USS Indiana at Memorial Stadium. They spoke about the progress of the submarine, its christening ceremony scheduled for April 2017 and its expected commissioning in 2018…. Read more »
IUPUI entrepreneur receives NSF grant to develop hydrogen storage tech
Peter Schubert has a couple of titles: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Director of the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy. And there’s a third title: Entrepreneur and Founder of Green Fortress Engineering Inc. Schubert has a lot to celebrate these… Read more »
You’re invited to meet personnel from the new USS Indiana nuclear submarine Tuesday, Jan. 10
The name USS Indiana lives on as a nuclear submarine bearing the title will be christened in April 2017, with expected commissioning in 2018. Innovate Indiana is hosting a public reception for personnel of that vessel at the Bloomington campus on Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 8:30-9:30 a.m. U.S. Navy Commander Jesse J. Zimbauer and Master Chief… Read more »
Spotlight Innovation Inc. names IUSM researcher to Scientific Advisory Board
Spotlight Innovation Inc., which has licensed a therapeutic through Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. that could treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy, has created a Scientific Advisory Board that includes the Indiana University School of Medicine researcher who discovered and developed the therapeutic. Dr. Elliot J. Androphy, Chair of the Department of Dermatology, has been named… Read more »
National investing event seeks healthcare startups for pitch contest
Healthcare startup entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply for the Pitch Perfect contest at MedCity INVEST’s national conference, May 17-18 in Chicago. Applicants must meet the following criteria: Products and innovations must come from one of the following sectors: biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health and health IT, or health services. Companies must have completed at least… Read more »
IUPUI students, researchers begin collaboration with Cuban university to study neglected diseases
Researchers William Scott, Martin O’Donnell and Geno Samaritoni have developed IUPUI’s Distributed Drug Discovery, or D3, program to discover treatments for neglected diseases. Its newest partnership with the University of Havana brings its total of global collaborators to seven. Scott, O’Donnell and Samaritoni have contacted technology transfer personnel at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. to protect the compounds they have developed… Read more »
IUPUI entrepreneur speaks on WISH-TV about campus tutoring centers
Kevin Berkopes, director of IUPUI’s Mathematics Assistance Center and Statistics Assistance Center, has been interviewed by WISH-TV about math tutoring on campus. Berkopes also is an entrepreneur who has launched Crossroads Education LLC, an education and logistics technology company. It is part of Indiana University Research and Technology Corp.’s Spin Up entrepreneurial program. Part of the… Read more »