Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: SHERYL JEAN

Source: The Dallas Morning News

Interest: Frisco business incubator NTEC Inc. recently launched a new program with 10 mostly out-of-state venture capital partners to reinvigorate investments in Dallas and beyond.

Link: http://www.chrysalisventures.com/2010/07/ntec-launches-program-to-find-venture-capital-for-dallas-area-firms/

Author: WADE MALCOLM

Source: Delaware Online - The News Journal

Interest: A year and a half ago, professor Del Levia met with a group of lawyers and a University of Delaware administrator to pitch an invention. The non-scientists in the room seemed unimpressed. Still, Del Levia found the right audience, and VC funding, to boot....

Link: http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100725/NEWS03/7250360/UD-looking-beyond-cash-as-payoff

Author: Robert Gavin

Source: The Boston Globe / University Business

Interest: At University of Massachusetts Medical School, excavation has begun on one of the largest building projects in New England. The $400 million science center is expected to create hundreds of construction jobs, attract millions of dollars in federal research money, and provide another catalyst to the state’s vital health science industry.

Link: http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?postid=23468

Author: Scott Shane

Source: Small Business Trends

Interest: America is supposed to be a place where independent inventors and small firms play a key role in the creation of new technology. As New York University economics Professor Will Baumol wrote in the 2008 Small Business Economy, "small enterprises have made a critical contribution to innovation accomplishments. Without breakthroughs such as the airplane, FM radio, and the personal computer, all introduced by small firms, life in the industrialized economies would be very different..."

Link: http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/07/how-smart-is-the-average-entrepreneur.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed: SmallBusinessTrends (Small Business Trends)

Author: Kevin O'Connor

Source: The Huffington Post

Interest: Venture Capital firms screen through hundreds--if not thousands--of investment "opportunities" each month. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, it's important to avoid the classic mistakes companies make...

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-oconnor/seven-secrets-to-raising_b_676267.html

Author: Not Specified

Source: PR Newswire

Interest: Ciespace Corporation, a privately held engineering software company, announced that it has secured $4 million in a Series A funding from a consortium of investors, led by ARCH Venture Partners (ARCH) and the University of Tokyo-Edge Capital (UTEC). Ciespace will use this capital to advance the company's innovative 3D digital modeling platform and bring this exciting new technology to the commercial marketplace. The company's patented BubbleMesh™ technology, developed by Dr. Kenji Shimada...

Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ciespace-secures-4-million-series-a-for-3d-digital-modeling-software---names-kevin-kerns-as-chief-executive-officer-100353954.html

Author: Sharon C. Fitzgerald

Source: The Daily Progress

Interest: Kyle Hawke is co-owner of Whinot, a consulting firm for small businesses that matches clients with a team of consultants to answer marketing questions. The company uses a technique called crowdsourcing, which takes a problem traditionally performed by an employee or contractor and outsources it to a group of people.

Link: http://www2.dailyprogress.com/business/2010/aug/07/darden-incubator-uses-crowdsourcing-consult-ar-417238/

Author: Sherri Box

Source: Virginia Tech News

Interest: Virginia Tech announced today the establishment of the National Tire Research Center (NTRC), an advanced tire research and test facility to be established in Southside Virginia.

Link: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2010/08/080510-vtti-tirecenter.html

Author: Carolyn Y. Johnson

Source: The Boston Globe

Interest: A Cambridge start-up, Myomo Inc., is making an expensive stroke therapy available directly to patients, an effort to encourage use of the novel device.

Link: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/08/09/robotic_arm_reads_muscles_messages/

Author: Nathan Bomey

Source: AnnArbor.com

Interest: A Texas-based network security service provider and product manufacturer has reached an agreement to acquire Arbor Networks, an information technology security firm founded 10 years ago by a University of Michigan professor and doctoral student. UMich's Rob Malan says, "We're hiring aggressively now," Malan said. "We've been hiring aggressively for quite a while. It doesn't look to stop..."

Link: http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/university-of-michigan-spinoff-arbor-networks-sold-to-tektronix-in-major-it-security-deal/

Author: Margie Manning

Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal

Interest: Extended Human Corp.’s cancer research is poised to turn into sales after a jumpstart from MBA students at University of Tampa.

Link: http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2010/08/09/story6.html?b=1281326400^3762021

Author: Camille Tuutti

Source: ExecutiveGov

Interest: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 33 researchers at 24 U.S. universities to participate in DARPA’s Young Faculty Award program.

Link: http://www.executivegov.com/2010/08/darpa-taps-young-researchers-for-innovation-in-dod-related-areas/

Author: Not Specified

Source: CORDIS

Interest: Science Research Meets Web 2.0: Scientific knowledge has been shared in the same way for centuries. A European research project advocates replacing papers and peer reviews with a new process inspired by the social Web.

Link: http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=91404

Author: NCET2.org

Source: http://project.liquidpub.org/

Interest: Liquid Publications is an EU-financed research project that seeks to revolutionise how scientists share their work and evaluate the contributions of their peers.

Link: http://project.liquidpub.org/

Author: Chris Jablonski

Source: ZDNet

Interest: Scientists at Ohio State University have demonstrated a form of plastic computer memory that uses the spin of electrons to read and write data.

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/researchers-successfully-create-new-semiconductor-based-on-spintronics/2354

Author: Not Specified

Source: Media Newswire

Interest: Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) businesses and Sandia National Laboratories sites in the research park spent $1.2 billion on goods and services and $2.3 billion in wages for more than a decade, giving the local economy a major boost, according to a new report by the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG).

Link: http://media-newswire.com/release_1124194.html

Author: Not Specified

Source: CityBizList Baltimore

Interest: "TEDCO's Applied Research Development Project underscores two of our nation's proudest traditions: innovation and education," Senator Mikulski said. "A stronger America begins at home, and I am so proud that Maryland's Historically Black Colleges and Universities are leaders in developing the technology that will make America safer, stronger and smarter."

Link: http://baltimore.citybizlist.com/yourcitybiznews/detail.aspx?id=87862

Author: NCET

Source: http://www.microtransponder.com/

Interest: This is a biomedical start-up company that works in conjunction with UT Dallas researchers and has helped bring in more than $6 million in grants in the past two years. MicroTransponder is developing the SAINT™ System*, a wireless neurostimulation technology platform to treat neurological disease.

Link: http://www.microtransponder.com/

Author: Not Specified

Source: MarketWatch.com

Interest: New Findings Published in Nature Highlight Applications of RNAi Technology in Genome-Wide Association Studies.

Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alnylam-scientists-contribute-to-discovery-of-a-new-disease-gene-in-cardiovascular-disease-2010-08-05?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Author: Not Specified

Source: US Department of Energy / Energy.Gov

Interest: US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that $30 million in funding from the Recovery Act and FY 2010 budget appropriations will be made available to qualified small businesses to support the commercialization of promising new technologies.

Link: http://www.energy.gov/news/9209.htm