During recent meetings in Washington D.C. to discuss patent legislation reform, our assistant vice president for federal relations at Indiana University, Doug Wasitis, passed along an insightful article published on Forbes.com. It discusses the importance of making intellectual property (IP) a key part of a new company’s business strategy so its value for potential investors… Read more »
Tag: Technology Transfer
IURTC delegates visit China to explore tech transfer, startup business partnerships
Two Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. officials recently visited Beijing and Xi’an, China, to explore future partnerships in technology transfer and bringing startup companies to that nation’s market. The five-day visit for Marie Kerbeshian, IURTC’s vice president of technology commercialization, and Jeremy Schieler, director of technology commercialization for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, began Nov…. 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 »
Universities warn that new tech patent, licensing growth may halt if reductions in federal research funds persist
Despite steady patent and licensing growth and a 16 percent increase in new technology startups in 2013, technology managers at major U.S. research universities are worried this trend will wane if federal research funds continue their decline. In its annual Licensing Activity Survey that covers the 2013 fiscal year, the Association of University Technology Managers… Read more »
Encouraging Hoosier innovation through Sen. Coats' proposed TRANSFER Act
Recognizing the contributing role Indiana’s research universities play in introducing innovative technologies and spurring economic growth, Indiana’s Senator Dan Coats recently co-introduced bipartisan legislation designed to enhance the effectiveness of the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency (TRANSFER) Act would facilitate proof-of-concept research and… Read more »
Indiana University receives Campus Technology Innovators Award for IUanyWARE
Indiana University has received a 2012 Campus Technology Innovators Award for the development of IUanyWARE, a cloud-based service that provides students, faculty and staff with on-demand access to hundreds of software applications. The Innovators Award recognizes universities that deploy extraordinary technology solutions to meet campus challenges. With IUanyWARE, IU enables its 100,000 students — and all faculty and staff… Read more »