Indiana University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Richard DiMarchi will serve as a keynote speaker during the National Academy of Inventors’ fourth annual conference set for March 19 and 20 in Pasadena, Calif. In addition, DiMarchi was elected as an NAI Fellow. The Standiford H. Cox Professor of Chemistry and Linda and Jack Gill Chair in… Read more »
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Drug discovery, new technology expert speaks Thursday as part of Indiana CTSI lecture series
A Harvard University neuroscientist with more than 20 years of experience in drug discovery and new technology development will speak on “Drug Discovery Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 18) at the Riley Outpatient Center Auditorium, 575 Riley Hospital Drive, in Indianapolis. Dr. Marcie Glicksman, co-director of Laboratory for Drug… Read more »
IURTC's Spin Up program featured on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick
An update on the progress of IURTC’s Spin Up entrepreneurial development program was recently featured on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick. Joining the host (right) to discuss Spin Up’s recent successes were Spin Up director Joe Trebley (center) and Anantha Shekhar (left). Shekhar, a professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and neurobiology at the Indiana University School of… Read more »
IU startup EmotEd teams with DeveloperTown in a venture to treat emotion deficit disorder
EmotEd LLC, an Indiana University startup that aims to treat emotional deficits linked to traumatic brain injuries, has partnered with Broad Ripple-based design and development firm DeveloperTown to produce a therapeutic video game that EmotEd hopes to market. So far, DeveloperTown’s collaboration with EmotEd, along with faculty at the IU School of Medicine and the… Read more »
Arrhythmotech, Refer2Input receive a combined $423,215 in NIH grants
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 »
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 »
Two IURTC 'Spin-Up' ventures up for $10K prize in annual BioCrossroads competition
Both finalists in the second annual BioCrossroads New Venture Competition’s “Pre-Venture” category have ties to the IU Research and Technology Corp. Both Emphymab Biotech, a firm developing a first disease-modifying platform drug for emphysema and other chronic diseases; and Rene Medical, which is developing a system to treat contrast induced nephropathy, are up for the… Read more »
Annual CTSI meeting coming to Indy
Hoosiers can get a sneak peak of the latest biomedical advances at this month’s annual meeting of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Registration is open through Sept. 6; the event will take place at Hine Hall on the IUPUI campus. The keynote speaker is Tadataka (“Tachi”) Yamada, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical… Read more »
What will Indiana look like as a life sciences hub in 2023?
What will it take to transform Indiana into a life sciences hub 10 years from now? The aptly named conference “Indiana as a Life Sciences Hub in 2023 – What will it Take?” will address this question by bringing in several prominent speakers, including Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann. Registration is open for the conference, which is Sept…. Read more »