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 »
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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 »
Five Spin Up companies advance to the next phase of BioCrossroads New Venture contest
Five companies founded through the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp’s Spin Up program have moved to the next round of the fourth-annual BioCrossroads New Venture Competition. Finalists in the competition are expected to be announced later this month, with the winners revealed Oct. 14 in conjunction with the 12th annual Indiana Life Sciences… Read more »
IU to expand STEM education toward diverse student pool through $1.66 million Navy grant
Expanding STEM-related skills (science, technology, engineering, math) within an increasingly diverse pool of talented students and researchers is the impetus behind a five-year, $1.66 million grant recently awarded to Indiana University by the U.S. Navy. Successful STEM initiatives with historically black colleges and universities (HCBUs) — such as IU’s Summer Scholars Institute with 12 partner… Read more »
First Tedx event for IU Bloomington campus scheduled for November 13 at IU Auditorium
Since 2011, TedX events have taken place in Bloomington. So far, IU’s Bloomington campus has yet to host such an affair. But that will change at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 when IU Auditorium hosts TedxIndianaUniversity. Tedx is an offshoot of the TED program, a non-profit organization based in New York City and Vancouver, B.C…. Read more »
Auricyte's 'ear-in-a-dish' technology among Best in Show at Innovation Showcase 2015
Spin Up company Auricyte LLC, which looks to cure hearing loss by transforming human stem cells into functioning hearing cells, is one of five companies that will be recognized Thursday as being among the Best in Show at the recent Innovation Showcase 2015 held in Speedway. The company was co-founded in 2014 by IU School… Read more »
EmotEd's Neumann among top researchers at brain trauma conference in Washington D.C.
The founder of Spin Up company EmotEd LLC, which seeks a novel approach in treating emotional disorders linked to traumatic brain injuries (TBI), joined a host of presenters earlier this week in Washington, D.C., at a conference held by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Research and Development. Dawn Neumann was among more than… Read more »
New video highlights research by Spin Up company Anagin to develop PTSD treatment
The cutting-edge research being performed by IU Spin Up company Anagin LLC to develop a novel, non-debilitative treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is the subject of a new promotional video produced by Indiana University. The two-minute spot briefly explains Anagin’s mission, as well as what the Spin Up program does for promising companies whose… Read more »
Anagin, EmotEd present strategies to treat PTSD, alexithymia at military research forum
Key researchers behind two rising Spin Up companies, EmotEd’s Dawn Neumann and Anagin’s Anantha Shekhar, presented their novel methods of treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alexithymia this week at the 2015 Military Health System Research Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event is described… Read more »