A pair of companies formed through IURTC’s Spin Up program recently received Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer awards totaling $423,215 from the National Institutes of Health. Arrhythmotech LLC received $212,634 in support of work on its neuECG, a device that can record and process both sympathetic nerve activity and electrocardiogram signals without entering the… Read more »
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IU startup Anagin takes top honors in BioCrossroads New Venture Competition
Drug developer Anagin, a company launched by two Indiana University scientists through the aid of IURTC’s Spin Up program, won BioCrossroads’ third annual New Venture Competition on Tuesday. The contest, held in tandem with the 2014 Indiana Life Sciences Summit at the JW Marriott hotel in Indianapolis, awards $25,000 to the first-place winner. The top… Read more »
IU startup Anagin wins $692,706 NIH grant to battle PTSD, named as BioCrossroads finalist
Anagin, a company co-founded by Indiana University scientists Anantha Shekhar (left) and Yvonne Lai (right) is one of the latest success stories to emerge from IURTC’s Spin Up program. With nearly $800,000 in seed money, which includes a recent $692,706 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health and… Read more »
Indiana CTSI Translational Science Master's Program Prepares New Generation of Research Scientists
Although scientific discoveries in the field of medicine are advancing at an increasingly rapid pace, the amount of time it takes for these discoveries to travel from the research laboratory to your local doctor’s office or hospital has not undergone a similar transformation. Many experts estimate it can take as long as 17 years for… Read more »
Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge conference – July 13
The Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge will be from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 13, at the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI. This event will bring together leaders from Indiana’s healthcare, technology and entrepreneurial communities to foster cross-sector collaborations aimed at improving patient care, reducing healthcare costs and continuing to establish Indiana as… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 4
Now that I have highlighted three of the twelve research projects that reached the technology transfer phase of their development and filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC), I will wrap up this series of blogs by highlighting one last project. I have enjoyed the opportunity to share a few of the projects that contributed to the Indiana Clinical… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 3
I have now highlighted two of the twelve research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development and filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC). All twelve have contributed to the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) setting a record last year for supported research projects reaching sufficient development to initiate technology transfer activities. I am… Read more »
Business and engineering students partner to bring patented invention to market
Business students at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Indianapolis along with students from the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI are partnering to bring a patented invention to market. Two business students and three biomedical engineering students are joining forces to research how to commercialize a new kidney dialysis invention by IU surgeon George Akingba,… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 2
As mentioned in the first of the four blogs in this series, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) set a record last year for supported research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development, including twelve projects that filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC). I am highlighting four of… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC Report a Record Year for Technology Transfer
The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) set a record last year for supported research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development. Twelve projects supported by the Indiana CTSI in 2011 have filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC), a not-for-profit agency affiliated with Indiana University that… Read more »