Under an agreement with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. obtained an exclusive option to acquire intellectual property rights to “next-generation” offshoots of gentamicin. Gentamicin is part of a class of hospital-grade antibiotics known as aminoglycosides that are commonly used to treat staph, urinary tract, heart and pregnancy-related infections. Despite… Read more »
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June 1 deadline is fast approaching to enter Centric's 2015 Indiana Innovation Awards
Monday, June 1 is the entry deadline for the fifth annual Indiana Innovation Awards. Presented by Centric, the awards seek to recognize people and organizations who are leading the charge toward making the Hoosier State a more innovative place. To be eligible for the awards, a product, service or company must have been introduced within… Read more »
Workshop to better understand proposals and submissions for NIH funding slated for May 27
“Writing/Designing Winning NIH Proposals,” a workshop to help participants better understand procedures for writing and submitting research funding proposals for the National Institutes for Health is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, at the IUPUI Campus Center. Areas covered will include navigating the NIH website, improving proposal-writing skills and the… Read more »
Regenerative medicine symposium set for May 19-20 at The Athenaeum in downtown Indy
Researchers with an interest in regenerative medicine are invited to attend a two-day symposium May 19-20 titled “Regulatory Pathways for Regenerative Medicine: Cell and Biological Therapeutics.” The event will take place at The Athenaeum at 401 E. Michigan St. in Indianapolis. Didactic sessions, as well as abstract and poster sessions will run from 8:30 a.m…. Read more »
APLU advises member universities to review IP policy management, ensure transparency
As part of my duties as IU’s assistant vice president for federal relations, I have spent the past few months serving on a new task force formed by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. It focused on innovation, technology transfer and commercialization, with the specific purpose of examining various policies and values that universities… Read more »