Tony Armstrong, president and CEO of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., will participate in a panel discussion of industry experts about the life sciences Friday, April 28, in downtown Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Business Journal is hosting the Power Breakfast Series – Life Sciences event at the Marriott Indianapolis, 350 W. Maryland St. Registration… Read more »
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A Call to Invest Locally
In a February 20 Wall Street Journal online article titled “How to Get Venture Capital to Places Left Behind,” Steve Case — the co-founder of AOL and chief executive of investment firm Revolution LLC — spoke about the importance of encouraging and developing startups across the United States, not just in California, Massachusetts and New… Read more »
Indiana University researchers map key protein in the Zika virus
Indiana University researchers are leading a team that has mapped a protein that allows the Zika virus to reproduce and spread. Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has applied for a patent on the method to reproduce the protein in a laboratory setting. Cheng Kao, a professor in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and… Read more »
Grant awarded to IU to assist women, minority entrepreneurs
Women and other minority entrepreneurs will benefit from a National Science Foundation grant awarded to Indiana University, University of Louisville, and Missouri University of Science and Technology. The $225,000 grant is for a pilot program titled AWARE:ACCESS: Building Innovation Capacity through Diversity. The Indiana University grant partners are Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. and… Read more »
Ask the Tech Manager: Bill Brizzard discusses how inventors can help IURTC commercialize inventions (Part 2 of 2)
The first of this two-part feature was published Feb. 2. You can read it here. Q: How can I help with the commercialization of my work? A: Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. typically follows a delayed path of patent prosecution to allow time for the invention to be developed and to find a commercial… Read more »
IURTC Outreach: Jennifer Finefield to speak at March 21 panel discussion
Jennifer Finefield, senior technology manager at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., will speak on a panel titled “How Secure Are Your Patents?” The event will be 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, at the downtown Indianapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg, 11 S. Meridian Street. The event is sponsored by the Indiana Health… Read more »
IURTC Outreach: Five to attend AUTM annual meeting, March 12-15
Personnel from Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. will visit Hollywood, Florida, from March 12-15 to attend the 2017 annual meeting of the Association of University Technology Managers. IURTC protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at Indiana University so it can be commercialized by industry. David Wilhite, Director of Technology Commercialization in Indianapolis, said the… Read more »
Insights e-newsletter now available
The Insights e-newsletter from Innovate Indiana is now available. Read more about innovation and economic development at Indiana University’s campus system here.
Watch Jennifer Finefield of IURTC on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick!
Jennifer Finefield, senior technology manager at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., appeared on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick to speak about a record year in prototype development for a collaboration between IURTC and Rose-Hulman Ventures. You can watch the five-minute interview here. A news release about the collaboration is available here. Well done, Jennifer!
Jennifer Finefield of IURTC to appear on Inside Indiana Business TV!
Jennifer Finefield, senior technology manager at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., will appear on “Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick” alongside Elizabeth Hagerman of Rose-Hulman Ventures. They will speak with Gerry Dick about the collaboration between the two organizations, which culminated in a record eight prototypes being developed in the 2016 calendar year. WFYI,… Read more »