Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: Not Specified

Source: NCNow News

Interest: This high-tech session highlighted the ways in which American high tech companies and research institutions are driving economic growth and advancing technologies to address some of the most important national issues such as health care, energy and education. This event brought together many of the nation's premier innovators and high-tech leaders from the private sector, academia and the government.

Link: http://northcountrynow.com/news/clarkson-president-faculty-participate-high-tech-session-hosted-today-sen-gillibrand-06226

Author: Not Specified

Source: PR Newswire

Interest: Amplimmune, Inc. announced that it has entered into a broad strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to further develop PD-1 targeting therapies that may be effective in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/glaxosmithkline-and-amplimmune-form-global-strategic-collaboration-99938599.html

Author: Not Specified

Source: Jewish Tribune

Interest: Israeli researchers at Ben-Gurion University have discovered a strain of microalgae that could be used as a treatment to reduce cholesterol, blood pressure and inflammation.

Link: http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/201008043280/Ben-Gurion-U-discovery-could-be-treatment-for-diseases-that-are-life-threatening.html

Author: Not Specified

Source: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Interest: This article illustrates how startups and firms launched during recession show resilience in job creation and durability. In it, startup companies are touted as, "the nation's most promising source of new jobs...critical to reducing the current 9.5 percent unemployment rate."

Link: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/jobs-created-by-startup-companies-have-long-lasting-economic-impact.aspx

Author: Not Specified

Source: Science Business

Interest: An M.O., run for the past 15 years to give life science PhD students more commercial awareness has been successful in developing entrepreneurial skills, according to an independent review.

Link: http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net/ebulletins/showissue.php3?page=/548/6103/19169&rec=6139&email= This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it &rec_id=6139

Author: Not Specified

Source: Science Business

Interest: Science can drive both intellectual and commercial dynamism, and when money is tight, it needs to do both, the new UK Science Minister David Willetts said when he made his first major speech at the Royal Institution in London last month.

Link: http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net/ebulletins/showissue.php3?page=/548/6103/19174&rec=6139&email= This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it &rec_id=6139

Author: Not Specified

Source: Standard-Examiner

Interest: The Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative announced two new rounds of the Technology Commercialization Grant (TCG) program for Utah public regional higher education institutions and associated companies.

Link: http://www.standard.net/topics/business/2010/08/05/ustar-announces-technology-grants

Author: JENNIFER HELDT POWELL

Source: Boston Herald

Interest: Leon Noel and his partner, Harley Trung, had spent a year developing Socialsci.com, an online business to match researchers and subjects. Then...funding dwindled.

Link: http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4387273

Author: Ryan Woodard

Source: The Brookings Register

Interest: As South Dakota State University researchers move into the Innovation Campus’s new Seed Technology Laboratory this week, plans are in the works for an addition to the Innovation Center and a third building for the state’s first research park.

Link: http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=76&story_id=8874

Author: Tina Casey

Source: CleanTechnica.com

Interest: As the Gulf of Mexico slowly recovers from BP’s disastrous oil spill, the U.S. Department of Energy has emerged with a way out of this mess: it has just designated the Center for Ocean Energy Technology at Florida Atlantic University as a national center for revving up the commercialization of wave power, tide power, and other forms of clean renewable energy from the ocean.

Link: http://cleantechnica.com/2010/08/07/great-catch-florida-atlantic-university-snags-designation-as-center-for-clean-ocean-energy-research/

Author: Dyan Machan

Source: The Wall Street Journal Digital Network - SmartMoney

Interest: According to a University of Michigan study of entrepreneurs, the lion’s share of initial start-up capital comes from individual savings, friends and family. Though numbers don’t track it, under-the-radar financing may be gaining in this economic climate.

Link: http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/employment/fundraising-from-friends-and-family/

Author: Not Specified

Source: The Economist

Interest: Offering a cash prize to encourage innovation is all the rage. Sometimes it works rather well.

Link: http://www.economist.com/node/16740639?story_id=16740639&fsrc=rss

Author: James Cartledge

Source: BrighterEnergy.org

Interest: Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) has been designated as a national center for ocean energy research and development.

Link: http://www.brighterenergy.org/14795/news/marine-hydro/florida-gains-national-center-for-ocean-energy-research/

Author: TED GRIGGS

Source: 2TheAdvocate.com

Interest: An intriguing article about Louisiana industry tapping resources from the academic/university business sector in Louisiana--more specifically--invaluable R&D resources.

Link: http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/99911274.html

Author: Sriram Peri - GBI Research

Source: Alternative Energy Magazine

Interest: GBI Research’s report, “The Global Fuel Cells Market: Key Trends and Growth Opportunities up to 2015”, gives an in-depth analysis of Global fuel cells market and provides growth opportunities up to 2015. The research analyzes the growth and evolution of the Global fuel cells market up to 2008 and analyzes the market scenarios for this technology and regulatory policies that govern them. GBI URL: http://www.gbiresearch.com.

Link: http://www.altenergymag.com/emagazine.php?art_id=1468