MBX Biosciences, an Indiana University faculty-created startup that develops peptide therapies for the treatment of endocrine and metabolic diseases, raised $163.2 million in its U.S. initial public offering. The company’s peptides are based on chemistry developed by a research team led by Richard DiMarchi, scientific cofounder of MBX Biosciences and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in… Read more »
IU investments help accelerate development of southern Indiana’s microelectronics sector
Indiana University’s leadership and major investments in microelectronics research and workforce development continue to contribute to significant regional momentum around the semiconductor industry. Last week, Bloomington-based Regional Opportunity Initiatives announced it has received a three-year, nearly $9.6 million contract from the Department of Defense for a multilayered initiative to advance microelectronics education and workforce training… Read more »
Armstrong joins advisory board of NSF’s Industries of Ideas project
Tony Armstrong, Indiana University associate vice president and president and CEO of IU Ventures, has been appointed to the advisory board of Industries of Ideas, a recently launched pilot project of the National Science Foundation to assess the impact of the agency’s strategic investments in research on the development of regional economies and emerging technology… Read more »
Mira Award nominees signal growing success of IU’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem
Indiana University is once again primed to seize the spotlight during Indiana’s “biggest night for innovation.” Several IU-affiliated entrepreneurs and companies are among the nominees, announced earlier this week by Indianapolis-based TechPoint, for the 2024 Mira Awards, honoring the best of tech in the Hoosier state. They’ll vie for several of TechPoint’s biggest honors while… Read more »
Patents awarded to six IU innovations
Six Indiana University-led technologies and methods have recently received patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These innovations include an antiviral drug treatment for HPV, as well as methods for activating T cells in vitro, processing speech, enhancing the study of the gut microbial ecosystem, analyzing lipoproteins through the use of mass spectrometry and… Read more »
IU researcher pioneers new class of antibiotics to treat infectious diseases
An Indiana University researcher is pioneering an innovative approach to develop new antibiotics that could help address the growing problem of bacterial antimicrobial resistance, which is when bacteria and viruses no longer respond to antibiotic medicines. Recent estimates indicate that each year there are 5 million infections globally associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance, with 1.3… Read more »
IU researcher uses revolutionary method to develop anticancer therapeutics
When developing anticancer therapeutics, most researchers aim to kill cancerous cells. However, Hiroki Yokota’s approach is to control their growth by knowing how to grow them. Yokota, a professor of biomedical engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, an adjunct professor of anatomy, cell biology and physiology at the IU School of… Read more »
IU lecturer making waves in the VR/AR realm
Zeb Wood, a lecturer of media arts and science at the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indianapolis, has been one of the leading frontrunners of IU innovation in virtual and augmented reality. Drawing upon a background in 3D animation, Wood has had a string of successes in advancing these prominent… Read more »
NBA startup pitch competition will be IU star-studded show
UPDATE: All of the semi-finalists, including the three Indiana University-affiliated founders spotlighted below, advanced to compete in the All-Star Pitch Competition Finals. The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Indiana Convention Center from 10 a.m. to noon as part of the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend. Watch the semi-final competition on the… Read more »
IU bioengineers are building the intersection of brain organoids and AI
Feng Guo, an associate professor of intelligent systems engineering at the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, is addressing the technical limitations of artificial intelligence computing hardware by developing a new hybrid computing system—which has been dubbed “Brainoware”—that combines electronic hardware with human brain organoids. Advanced AI techniques, such as machine learning… Read more »