Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: GARDINER HARRIS

Source: The New York Times

Interest: The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government drug development center to help create medicines.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/health/policy/23drug.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=homepage

Author: David J. Skorton

Source: The Post-Standard

Interest: There is a huge, untapped resource in New York that could help fuel a more diversified economy and power the Empire State to the national leadership role it once enjoyed: it is the too-often underutilized wealth of innovation and discovery on our college and university campuses.

Link: http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/01/transform_research_on_campus_i.html

Author: Dan Dickson

Source: Business Lexington

Interest: A bio-tech start-up owned by the University of Kentucky and completing its fourth year of operation is "turning the corner," according to its president and CEO, and could break even this year, with expectations to become profitable a year after that.

Link: http://www.bizlex.com/Articles-c-2011-01-19-96778.113117-Kentuckys-Bio-BuyIn.html

Author: Media-Newswire

Source: Media-Newswire.com

Interest: In recognition of Oregon State University’s rapidly growing research portfolio and the increasing number of faculty innovations moving toward the marketplace, OSU has transformed its Office of Technology Transfer to a larger and more robust Office for Commercialization and Corporate Development, university officials announced today.

Link: http://media-newswire.com/release_1139719.html

Author: Steve Habel

Source: Houston Business Journal

Interest: A substantial source of funding for Houston-area entrepreneurs probably won’t be as significant in the future.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/01/21/texas-emerging-tech-fund-could-dwindle.html

Author: Melissa Burden

Source: The Detroit News

Interest: A partnership between Procter & Gamble and Michigan's top research universities could spur interest from more powerhouse companies and attract more research dollars to the state, university officials said Thursday.

Link: http://www.detnews.com/article/20110121/POLITICS02/101210339/P&G-deal-is-potential-seed-for-research

Author: Cliff White

Source: Centredaily.com

Interest: Penn State professors John Hellmann and Barry Scheetz, who together developed a product that may aid in the extraction of natural gas from tight shale formations, including Pennsylvania’s own Marcellus Shale, founded Nittany Extraction Technologies fou

Link: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/01/19/2462254/professors-hope-to-open-path-to.html

Author: University at Buffalo News Center

Source: University at Buffalo - The State University of N.Y.

Interest: The success of Buffalo-based Medical Acoustics, a medical device company expecting to turn a profit for the first time in 2011, exemplifies how partnerships with universities like the University at Buffalo can help businesses bring new products to the market.

Link: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12168

Author: Leslie Brooks Suzukamo

Source: TwinCities.com

Interest: Saying the United States no longer can afford to rest on its laurels with rising economic powers like China and India waiting in the wings, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Tuesday proposed a series of steps the federal government can take that she said will jumpstart innovation and boost job creation.

Link: http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_17131663?nclick_check=1

Author: cbinette

Source: UCF Today

Interest: The University of Central Florida now ranks among the nation’s top research institutions, according to an independent analysis released today.

Link: http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-researchers-join-harvard-mit-in-prestigious-national-ranking/

Author: Mike McInally

Source: Gazzette-Times

Interest: Seeking to build on efforts to find commercial uses for technology and research developed at Oregon State University, OSU officials said Tuesday that they were revamping the university department charged with that task.

Link: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_effd46b6-23a6-11e0-b1ee-001cc4c03286.html