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 »
Tag: Technology Transfer
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 »
Five research teams receive IUPUI grants for innovative health, tech, industrial applications
Five teams working on innovative research in medicine, aviation and industrial applications recently received funding from the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis’ Signature Centers Initiative, which is now in its eighth year. Two of the teams received Category A (three-year) funding: Center for Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research, Xiao-Ming Xu, director, IU School of… Read more »
Anagin's work toward improved PTSD therapy featured Thursday in WISH-TV news segment
Anagin LLC’s pursuit of a less-debilitating treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) continues to attract media attention, as WISH-TV multiplatform journalist Teresa Mackin (Channel 8 in Indianapolis) dropped by the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. to interview key personnel. The segment aired Thursday morning (July 30) during WISH’s “Daybreak” morning news program. You can… Read more »
Eric J. Messner named as first CEO, "last founder" for Spin Up startup Anagin LLC
One of Spin Up director Joe Trebley’s goals in helping young companies get off the ground is identifying its “last founder” — an experienced leader with a history of raising capital and managing startups who can take the company to the next level. Eric J. Messner is just such an executive, having played key roles… Read more »
Law professor, privacy/security expert Fred H. Cate named IU's vice president for research
Indiana University’s top research post will soon have a new leader as Fred H. Cate, an IU Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law, has been named vice president for research. Cate, one of the world’s leading experts on privacy and security issues, will serve a two-year term and replaces Jorge José, who… Read more »
IURTC Spin Up companies, along with startups supported by the Innovate Indiana Fund, show their stuff at Innovation Showcase 2015
About a half-dozen companies with Indiana University ties took advantage of the opportunities afforded by the state’s largest exposition for startups — Innovation Showcase 2015 — which was held July 9 at Speedway’s Dallara IndyCar Factory and was sponsored in part by Innovate Indiana. As company representatives spent the day meeting with potential investors, making… Read more »
Under new job title, IURTC tech manager aims to boost entrepreneurship at IU Bloomington
Along with his duties as a technology manager with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., Wes Pennington recently added Discovery Scientist to his title — a nod toward increased efforts to encourage and assist more startup business activity among researchers and innovators at the IU Bloomington campus. Enabled through the Lilly Endowment, Pennington’s new… Read more »