One of Indiana University’s most distinguished researchers, Richard DiMarchi, will serve as keynote speaker for the IUPUI Innovation to Enterprise Forum & Showcase set for Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the IUPUI Campus Center Theater. The event highlights the research and creative successes of IU faculty, scientists and students, which will be featured during a showcase… Read more »
Tag: Life Sciences
Auricyte wins Best Pre-Venture category at BioCrossroads New Venture competition, while Arrhythotech places second overall
Auricyte LLC, launched by three Indiana University scientists to cure hearing loss by turning human stem cells into hearing cells, won the Best Pre-Venture category Wednesday (Oct. 14) at the BioCrossroads New Venture Competition. The victory marks the third time in four years that a product of IU’s Spin Up program, created by the Indiana… Read more »
IU-related startups comprise half the finalists for BioCrossroads New Venture Competition
Half of the six finalists for this year’s BioCrossroads New Venture Competition announced Monday have ties to Indiana University. The contest, now in its fourth year, recognizes some of Indiana’s best up-and-coming life sciences companies and has awarded more than $180,000 to a dozen startups since its 2012 inception. Finalists linked to IU include: Arrhythmotech:… Read more »
Seattle-based company to sell IU-developed molecular modeling and design software
Through a licensing agreement with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology will incorporate SparksX — a molecular modeling-and-design software package developed by Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing researchers — into its product pipeline. Based on numerous scientific assessments, SparksX offers scientists a “uniquely powerful tool” to recognize protein folds… Read more »
Sixth-annual Watanbe Symposium in Chemical Biology scheduled for Saturday at Simon Hall
One of Simon Hall’s headline events for the year, the Sixth Annual Watanabe Symposium in Chemical Biology hosted by IU Bloomington’s Department of Chemistry, is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Chemistry 122. The symposium honors the late August “Gus” Watanabe, who led research and development at Eli Lilly… Read more »
Spin Up company Anagin LLC to present its PTSD treatment approach at CATTEC VIII
Anagin LLC, part of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp.’s Spin Up program, will present its novel method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder without triggering harmful side effects at CATTEC VIII, an investment forum for promising Midwest startups being held Thursday, Oct. 15 in Chicago. Organized by the Midwest Research University Network, CATTEC —… Read more »
IUSM scientists reap record $302.3 million in research grants and awards during FY 2015
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine set a school record for the amount of research awards and grants received during the 2015 fiscal year. In all, $302.3 million worth of awards were received — a 17 percent increase over the 2014 fiscal year — with $111.5 million coming from the National Institutes of… Read more »
Human clinical trials conducted by Indiana University, Mayo Clinic researchers may stop polycystic kidney disease square in its tracks
Polycystic kidney disease is a debilitating and painful disease, one that stems from a gene mutation and as yet, has no cure or even an effective therapy aside from an organ transplant. Over time, it can cause a kidney — normally the size of one’s fist — to grow as large as a football in… Read more »
Grand Challenges initiative urges IU faculty across all disciplines, campuses to "go big" and attack world's most pressing problems
For those who haven’t heard by now — or were otherwise besieged by early-semester tasks — Indiana University just launched the most ambitious research program in its history. Through a $300 million investment over the next five years, IU’s Grand Challenges program aims to address some of the world’s most pressing issues — such as… Read more »
IU researchers' efforts to combat polycystic kidney disease not limited to the laboratory
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 »