At 8 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 19) at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Soccer and Track Stadium on the IUPUI campus, hundreds of Hoosiers with a common cause — the eventual defeat of polycystic kidney disease — will begin gathering for a fundraising walk (with a 1-mile and 3-mile route) that starts at 9 a.m. Among them… Read more »
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Five research teams receive IUPUI grants for innovative health, tech, industrial applications
Five teams working on innovative research in medicine, aviation and industrial applications recently received funding from the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis’ Signature Centers Initiative, which is now in its eighth year. Two of the teams received Category A (three-year) funding: Center for Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research, Xiao-Ming Xu, director, IU School of… Read more »
Simon Atkinson, Anantha Shekhar appointed to research leadership posts at IUPUI, IUSM
A pair of announcements recently were made concerning key research positions at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and the IU School of Medicine. Effective Aug. 16, Simon Atkinson will serve as interim vice chancellor for research at IUPUI while a nationwide search takes place… Read more »
OVPE settles into new campus headquarters on the fifth floor of IUPUI's University Hall
University Hall on the campus of IUPUI is now the new home base for IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement. The move, which took effect July 2, puts OVPE within close proximity to other key IU administrators, IUPUI researchers and unifies more of the OVPE team under one roof. Prior to the relocation,… Read more »
Eric J. Messner named as first CEO, "last founder" for Spin Up startup Anagin LLC
One of Spin Up director Joe Trebley’s goals in helping young companies get off the ground is identifying its “last founder” — an experienced leader with a history of raising capital and managing startups who can take the company to the next level. Eric J. Messner is just such an executive, having played key roles… Read more »
IURTC Spin Up companies, along with startups supported by the Innovate Indiana Fund, show their stuff at Innovation Showcase 2015
About a half-dozen companies with Indiana University ties took advantage of the opportunities afforded by the state’s largest exposition for startups — Innovation Showcase 2015 — which was held July 9 at Speedway’s Dallara IndyCar Factory and was sponsored in part by Innovate Indiana. As company representatives spent the day meeting with potential investors, making… Read more »
Under new job title, IURTC tech manager aims to boost entrepreneurship at IU Bloomington
Along with his duties as a technology manager with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., Wes Pennington recently added Discovery Scientist to his title — a nod toward increased efforts to encourage and assist more startup business activity among researchers and innovators at the IU Bloomington campus. Enabled through the Lilly Endowment, Pennington’s new… Read more »
Startups from Spin Up program, Innovate Indiana Fund among 74 companies on exhibit July 9 during Innovation Showcase 2015
The year’s largest expo for Indiana startups — Innovation Showcase 2015 — is set for Thursday, July 9, at Speedway’s Dallara IndyCar Factory and has 74 companies lined up. At least a half-dozen have substantial ties to Indiana University, with five being products of the Spin Up program offered by the Indiana University Research and… Read more »
Translational research and entrepreneurship seminar set for July 14 at IUPUI to feature founder/director of Stanford's SPARK program
Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen, who founded and directs Stanford University’s SPARK translational research and commercialization program, will discuss “Translational Research in Academia – Correcting Abnormal Mitochondrial Dynamics in Neurodegenerative Diseases” at a Tuesday, July 14, seminar at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. The seminar is scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon in Room 1110 of the Health… Read more »
Summer Scholars Institute now in ninth year at IU's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses
As the need to add more STEM-educated (science, technology, engineering, math) Hoosiers to the state’s workforce gains more and more attention, it seems only appropriate that the Big Ten Network would call attention to IU’s Summer Scholars Institute, an initiative founded by former university President Adam Herbert in 2007. The Institute is an eight-week program… Read more »