Axol Bioscience Ltd., based in Cambridgeshire, U.K., has licensed technology developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The license agreement with Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. is for technology that creates cells found on the interior of blood vessels. It was developed by Dr. Mervin C. Yoder and Nutan Prasain, Ph.D. “We developed… Read more »
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IU-developed cells licensed to Canadian firm
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at Indiana University so it can be commercialized by industry, has licensed cells developed at IU to Applied Biological Materials Inc., a life science company based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The Kupffer cells are mouse liver cells that can… Read more »
National Inventors Month: May marks national and IU celebration of invention and creativity
For many around Indiana University, May means graduation, the start of summer break and the world’s greatest auto race, the Indianapolis 500. Yet it also marks a month of recognition for those whose creativity and perseverance improve the human condition, as May is National Inventors Month. As IU approaches its bicentennial, among its strategic goals… Read more »
Cell therapy company licenses IU School of Medicine tech that creates blood vessels
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which protects intellectual property developed in the Indiana University campus system, has licensed technology that creates human blood vessels to Cellular Dynamics International, a Fujifilm company based in Madison, Wisconsin. The technology was developed by Dr. Mervin C. Yoder, the Richard and Pauline Klinger Professor of Pediatrics and professor… Read more »
South African company licenses IU’s "One" campus services discovery solution
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has licensed a search-based, mobile-friendly solution to discovering campus services to OPENCOLLAB, a South African software development company. OPENCOLLAB will market the product, known as One, to other companies, institutions and municipalities. Faculty, staff and students at Indiana University campuses use One.IU.edu to find campus services like course search,… Read more »
Startup licenses technology from IUPUI's School of Engineering and Technology that could improve solar panel installation
Entrepreneurs who have licensed a patent-pending innovation developed by an engineering professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis say their startup can help people who install solar panels. Lee Saberson, manager of business development at Delta Microinverter LLC, said installing contractors usually decide which solar photovoltaic system components to buy for clients. This includes the inverters,… Read more »
A biochemist and cancer researcher at IU Bloomington delves into craft brewing as well
Craft brewing, one could say, is the “yeast” of Matt Bochman’s worries as an assistant professor at IU Bloomington’s Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department. Although most of his research focuses on the maintenance of genomic integrity — particularly on DNA helicases and other factors involved in how DNA replicates, recombinates and repairs itself — he… Read more »
Newly launched Faros Healthcare licenses technology from IURTC to create advanced predictive analytics for health care providers
Faros Healthcare LLC, a spin-out of Centerstone Research Institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving behavioral health care through research and information technology, is bringing patent-pending artificial intelligence technology and software to health care providers through an exclusive license from Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. “Faros provides a cloud-based platform that integrates with existing… Read more »
Life sciences company licenses IU School of Medicine enzyme-production technology
Pharmaceutical companies that need to test how well drug candidates inhibit glycogen synthase can now purchase technology developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine that produces the difficult-to-make enzyme in larger quantities, more quickly and in a purer form than traditional methods were able to achieve. Thomas Hurley, Chancellor’s Professor and interim chair of… Read more »
IU ranked among world's 50 most innovative universities, based on patent, publishing data
According to a Reuters News analysis of patent and publishing data from hundreds of research institutions around the globe between 2008 and 2013, Indiana University ranks among the world’s 50 most innovative universities. IU placed 49th in the list of Top 100 World’s Most Innovative Universities and 33rd among U.S. universities. Twelve of the Top 100, including… Read more »