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APRIL 2014 SHARE | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE | WEB VIEW
New Technologies Released for Licensing
Engineering amp Physical Sciences Case Title Keywords
2014shy129 Active color controllable membrane coating sensing display
2014shy134Selfshydoping materials for solutionshyprocessed organic nshytypethermoelectrics
advanced materialsthermoelectrics
2014shy140 Flexible porous aluminum oxide films coating flexible materials
2014shy151 Corroles for clean substrate attachment by click chemistry sensing imaging catalysis
2014shy167 Regenerative Thermophotovoltaicsthermophotovoltaicspower systems
Healthcare
Case Title Keywords
2005shy124Modified viral capsids as targeted delivery vectors fordiagnostic and therapeutic agents
drug delivery reagentimaging
2012shy099Compositions and methods for the treatment of respiratoryconditions via NKG2D inhibition
drug lead respiratory
2014shy1083D differential phase contrast imaging by computationalillumination
medical imaging researchtool
2014shy122 Individualized helmet for improving brain measurements MRI MRT positioning
See more technologies
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Patents Awarded ndash April 2014
Heterologous expression of extremophile heat shockproteins and chaperones in microorganisms to increasetolerance to toxic compounds
Inventors ndash Douglas S Clark Timothy Whitehead Frank T Robb
Pongpan Laksanalamai Anchalee Jiemjit
Patent Number ndash US 8685729 B2
Licensing Status ndash Available
Colorimetric bioassay for perchlorate
Inventors ndash John D Coates Mark L Heinnickel
Patent Number ndash US 8685892 B2
Licensing Status ndash Available
Compositions and methods for modification ofbiomolecules
Inventors ndash John C Jewett Carolyn R Bertozzi Ellen May
Sletten Chelsea G Gordon
Patent Number ndash US 8703936 B2
Licensing Status ndash Available
Researcher and Entrepreneur Toolkit
New records in international IP filings attest to the importance of intellectualproperty in the global innovation ecosystem2013 international patent applications surpassed recordshysetting 200000 mark University of Californiawith 398 published applications is the top applicant among educational institutions US and China werethe main drivers accounting for 56 and 29 of total growth respectively China surpassed Germanyto become the third largest filer Panasonic of Japan overtook ZTE of China as the largest filer more
Answers to frequently asked SBIRSTTR funding questions more
NIH joins NSF Innovation Corps (IshyCorps) programThrough its partnership with the NIH IshyCorps will advise researchers on intellectualshypropertyreimbursement systems regulatory strategy and commercialization game plan more
NSF research opportunities for undergraduatesNSFs Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation
by undergraduate students in any NSFshyfunded research areas more
Most recent award to Berkeley Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Systems Research PrincipalInvestigator S Shankar Sastry CoshyPrincipal Investigator Chris Hoofnagle Award Amount$300000
Five accelerator programs to help you launch your startupAcceptance rates ndash between 1 and 3 ndash are notorious for being more competitive than Ivy Leagueschools Read on for each accelerators typical funding amount more
Paul Grahams lessons from 630+ YC startups high IQ isnrsquot everythingGraham took the stage at The Launch Festival to share some lessons learned after nine years guidingentrepreneurs through the mad science of startup creation and development more
Pivot funding database for Berkeley scientific communityPivot offers a comprehensive database of $33 billion funding opportunitieswith a unique database of 3 million scholar profiles more
Office and Portfolio Startup News
IPIRA capitalizes on FireEye stock holdingsUC owns equity in FireEye as a result of FireEyes acquisition of EnsightaSecurity a licensee of security software developed by Professor Dawn Songrsquosresearch team The IP served as the core IP of Ensighta Security UC sold aportion of its shares generating a total gain to date of approximately $600000inclusive of Ensightas license fees and the conversion and sale of FireEyestock Proceeds from the stock sale are distributed to the authors thedepartment and the campus according to Berkeleyrsquos copyright policy
IPIRA hosted equity lecture on April 25 in partnership with SkyDeck | BerkeleyDiscussions were centered around major equity pitfalls to avoid as an entrepreneur Emailipiraberkeleyedu to request a copy of the presentation
IPIRAs Industry Alliances Office facilitated newresearch collaboration between BASF andBerkeleys College of ChemistryThe California Research Alliance (CARA) will offer funding forten postdoctoral research projects from the College ofChemistry CARA is led by professors Peidong Yang andOmar Yaghi research topics will be focused on inorganicmaterials and techniques for the electronic industryAcademic partners include UCLA and Stanford Universitymore
Patentshyreform legislation spurs controversy amonguniversitiesThough the legislation is designed to serve as a deterrent to patenttrolls attempting to sue other parties universities worry it willinvariably impede their efforts to enforce their own patent rightsCarol Mimura UC Berkeleyrsquos Assistant Vice Chancellor ofIntellectual Property and Research Industry Alliances explained thatthe threat of incurring additional fees could discourage universitiesfrom filing lawsuits against actual infringers ldquoThe provision favorslarge deep pockets not the little guysrdquo more
Kessler Foundation selects Ekso GT for pilot study on robotics in mobility The new study examines the effectiveness of wearable robots for neuroshyrehabilitation and gaittraining more
Amyris and BASF reach agreement for strain engineering collaboration more
Amyris to begin selling biofene online more
Campus News
Berkeley Lab proposal for Berkeley Open Biofoundry (BOB) passes first testDARPA has awarded the Lab $15 million to proceed with a ldquoTask Area 1rdquo (TA1) design and study phasefor the establishment of a biomanufacturing scientific center The proposal was submitted in partnershipwith Amyris Agilent Lockheed Martin and 20n Labs more
SanDisk donates $1 million to UC Berkeley College ofEngineeringThe donation will fund renovations to Cory Hall home of the Departmentof Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and theundergraduate student Computing Lab which has been renamed theSanDisk Computing Lab more
JH Technologies and Leica Microsystems provide support to Dillin LabUndergraduate students will have the opportunity to use research grade fluorescence microscopes in aGenetics Laboratory course taught by Professor Andrew Dillin more
IPIRA and Community Events
Splash by Vator May 6shy7 Oakland Jack London SquareAn event for entrepreneurs to learn how to innovate raise money and scale a company Vator alumnihave raised $150mm+ in followshyon capital Past keynote speakers range from Peter Thiel (FoundersFund) Aaron Levie (Box) Dick Costolo (Twitter) to Phil Libin (Evernote) more
Berkeley Emeryville Bio Meetup May 7 EmeryStationPresentations by UC Berkeley students from BioshyManufacturing to Market program more
University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 Millbrae WestinThe forum is organized by the University of California Office of the President and showcases technologyinnovations from across the UC system This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant recipients more
DataBeat May 19shy20 San Francisco Grand Hyatt
Hosted by VentureBeat and brings together top data scientists analysts investors and entrepreneurs inbig data DataBeat is focused on helping companies increase profitability through big data and smartanalytics tools more
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 UCSFThis event offers opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory service and supplycompanies Free admission to researchers and graduate students more
Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is a Founder of M34 Capital M34 is an investmentcompany that focuses on seed and earlyshystage projects beingspun out of academic and corporate research labs Typicalinvestments range from $50000 to $250000 and usuallyrepresent the first outside capital deployed M34 focuses onturning science projects into companies across a broadspectrum of technologies and geographic distributions He isalso a Founder of USRCAorg a nonshyprofit with a focus onentrepreneur education for science and engineering graduates
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st Thursday each month 400 pm shy 530 pm To sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Build Your Financial Model Office Hours
Rob Schock is a finance specialist with over 30 years of seniormanagement experience His experience spans Fortune 100companies to Silicon Valley startshyups As Chief Financial OfficerRob has installed management control systems createdbusiness models run accounting departments designedcompensation programs and managed investor bank andauditor relationships Rob is currently a partshytime Chief FinancialOfficer at Picture Marketing a marketing company on the list ofBay Area 100 fastest growing companies for two years and afounding member of the Venture Consulting Group (ldquoVCGrdquo) anetwork of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companiesRob has served as a mentor for Keiretsu EntrepreneurAcademy and UC Berkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UCDavis Business Schools Annual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 330 pm shy 500 pmTo sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Property
and Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
Patents Awarded ndash April 2014
Heterologous expression of extremophile heat shockproteins and chaperones in microorganisms to increasetolerance to toxic compounds
Inventors ndash Douglas S Clark Timothy Whitehead Frank T Robb
Pongpan Laksanalamai Anchalee Jiemjit
Patent Number ndash US 8685729 B2
Licensing Status ndash Available
Colorimetric bioassay for perchlorate
Inventors ndash John D Coates Mark L Heinnickel
Patent Number ndash US 8685892 B2
Licensing Status ndash Available
Compositions and methods for modification ofbiomolecules
Inventors ndash John C Jewett Carolyn R Bertozzi Ellen May
Sletten Chelsea G Gordon
Patent Number ndash US 8703936 B2
Licensing Status ndash Available
Researcher and Entrepreneur Toolkit
New records in international IP filings attest to the importance of intellectualproperty in the global innovation ecosystem2013 international patent applications surpassed recordshysetting 200000 mark University of Californiawith 398 published applications is the top applicant among educational institutions US and China werethe main drivers accounting for 56 and 29 of total growth respectively China surpassed Germanyto become the third largest filer Panasonic of Japan overtook ZTE of China as the largest filer more
Answers to frequently asked SBIRSTTR funding questions more
NIH joins NSF Innovation Corps (IshyCorps) programThrough its partnership with the NIH IshyCorps will advise researchers on intellectualshypropertyreimbursement systems regulatory strategy and commercialization game plan more
NSF research opportunities for undergraduatesNSFs Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation
by undergraduate students in any NSFshyfunded research areas more
Most recent award to Berkeley Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Systems Research PrincipalInvestigator S Shankar Sastry CoshyPrincipal Investigator Chris Hoofnagle Award Amount$300000
Five accelerator programs to help you launch your startupAcceptance rates ndash between 1 and 3 ndash are notorious for being more competitive than Ivy Leagueschools Read on for each accelerators typical funding amount more
Paul Grahams lessons from 630+ YC startups high IQ isnrsquot everythingGraham took the stage at The Launch Festival to share some lessons learned after nine years guidingentrepreneurs through the mad science of startup creation and development more
Pivot funding database for Berkeley scientific communityPivot offers a comprehensive database of $33 billion funding opportunitieswith a unique database of 3 million scholar profiles more
Office and Portfolio Startup News
IPIRA capitalizes on FireEye stock holdingsUC owns equity in FireEye as a result of FireEyes acquisition of EnsightaSecurity a licensee of security software developed by Professor Dawn Songrsquosresearch team The IP served as the core IP of Ensighta Security UC sold aportion of its shares generating a total gain to date of approximately $600000inclusive of Ensightas license fees and the conversion and sale of FireEyestock Proceeds from the stock sale are distributed to the authors thedepartment and the campus according to Berkeleyrsquos copyright policy
IPIRA hosted equity lecture on April 25 in partnership with SkyDeck | BerkeleyDiscussions were centered around major equity pitfalls to avoid as an entrepreneur Emailipiraberkeleyedu to request a copy of the presentation
IPIRAs Industry Alliances Office facilitated newresearch collaboration between BASF andBerkeleys College of ChemistryThe California Research Alliance (CARA) will offer funding forten postdoctoral research projects from the College ofChemistry CARA is led by professors Peidong Yang andOmar Yaghi research topics will be focused on inorganicmaterials and techniques for the electronic industryAcademic partners include UCLA and Stanford Universitymore
Patentshyreform legislation spurs controversy amonguniversitiesThough the legislation is designed to serve as a deterrent to patenttrolls attempting to sue other parties universities worry it willinvariably impede their efforts to enforce their own patent rightsCarol Mimura UC Berkeleyrsquos Assistant Vice Chancellor ofIntellectual Property and Research Industry Alliances explained thatthe threat of incurring additional fees could discourage universitiesfrom filing lawsuits against actual infringers ldquoThe provision favorslarge deep pockets not the little guysrdquo more
Kessler Foundation selects Ekso GT for pilot study on robotics in mobility The new study examines the effectiveness of wearable robots for neuroshyrehabilitation and gaittraining more
Amyris and BASF reach agreement for strain engineering collaboration more
Amyris to begin selling biofene online more
Campus News
Berkeley Lab proposal for Berkeley Open Biofoundry (BOB) passes first testDARPA has awarded the Lab $15 million to proceed with a ldquoTask Area 1rdquo (TA1) design and study phasefor the establishment of a biomanufacturing scientific center The proposal was submitted in partnershipwith Amyris Agilent Lockheed Martin and 20n Labs more
SanDisk donates $1 million to UC Berkeley College ofEngineeringThe donation will fund renovations to Cory Hall home of the Departmentof Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and theundergraduate student Computing Lab which has been renamed theSanDisk Computing Lab more
JH Technologies and Leica Microsystems provide support to Dillin LabUndergraduate students will have the opportunity to use research grade fluorescence microscopes in aGenetics Laboratory course taught by Professor Andrew Dillin more
IPIRA and Community Events
Splash by Vator May 6shy7 Oakland Jack London SquareAn event for entrepreneurs to learn how to innovate raise money and scale a company Vator alumnihave raised $150mm+ in followshyon capital Past keynote speakers range from Peter Thiel (FoundersFund) Aaron Levie (Box) Dick Costolo (Twitter) to Phil Libin (Evernote) more
Berkeley Emeryville Bio Meetup May 7 EmeryStationPresentations by UC Berkeley students from BioshyManufacturing to Market program more
University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 Millbrae WestinThe forum is organized by the University of California Office of the President and showcases technologyinnovations from across the UC system This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant recipients more
DataBeat May 19shy20 San Francisco Grand Hyatt
Hosted by VentureBeat and brings together top data scientists analysts investors and entrepreneurs inbig data DataBeat is focused on helping companies increase profitability through big data and smartanalytics tools more
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 UCSFThis event offers opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory service and supplycompanies Free admission to researchers and graduate students more
Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is a Founder of M34 Capital M34 is an investmentcompany that focuses on seed and earlyshystage projects beingspun out of academic and corporate research labs Typicalinvestments range from $50000 to $250000 and usuallyrepresent the first outside capital deployed M34 focuses onturning science projects into companies across a broadspectrum of technologies and geographic distributions He isalso a Founder of USRCAorg a nonshyprofit with a focus onentrepreneur education for science and engineering graduates
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st Thursday each month 400 pm shy 530 pm To sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Build Your Financial Model Office Hours
Rob Schock is a finance specialist with over 30 years of seniormanagement experience His experience spans Fortune 100companies to Silicon Valley startshyups As Chief Financial OfficerRob has installed management control systems createdbusiness models run accounting departments designedcompensation programs and managed investor bank andauditor relationships Rob is currently a partshytime Chief FinancialOfficer at Picture Marketing a marketing company on the list ofBay Area 100 fastest growing companies for two years and afounding member of the Venture Consulting Group (ldquoVCGrdquo) anetwork of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companiesRob has served as a mentor for Keiretsu EntrepreneurAcademy and UC Berkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UCDavis Business Schools Annual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 330 pm shy 500 pmTo sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Property
and Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
by undergraduate students in any NSFshyfunded research areas more
Most recent award to Berkeley Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Systems Research PrincipalInvestigator S Shankar Sastry CoshyPrincipal Investigator Chris Hoofnagle Award Amount$300000
Five accelerator programs to help you launch your startupAcceptance rates ndash between 1 and 3 ndash are notorious for being more competitive than Ivy Leagueschools Read on for each accelerators typical funding amount more
Paul Grahams lessons from 630+ YC startups high IQ isnrsquot everythingGraham took the stage at The Launch Festival to share some lessons learned after nine years guidingentrepreneurs through the mad science of startup creation and development more
Pivot funding database for Berkeley scientific communityPivot offers a comprehensive database of $33 billion funding opportunitieswith a unique database of 3 million scholar profiles more
Office and Portfolio Startup News
IPIRA capitalizes on FireEye stock holdingsUC owns equity in FireEye as a result of FireEyes acquisition of EnsightaSecurity a licensee of security software developed by Professor Dawn Songrsquosresearch team The IP served as the core IP of Ensighta Security UC sold aportion of its shares generating a total gain to date of approximately $600000inclusive of Ensightas license fees and the conversion and sale of FireEyestock Proceeds from the stock sale are distributed to the authors thedepartment and the campus according to Berkeleyrsquos copyright policy
IPIRA hosted equity lecture on April 25 in partnership with SkyDeck | BerkeleyDiscussions were centered around major equity pitfalls to avoid as an entrepreneur Emailipiraberkeleyedu to request a copy of the presentation
IPIRAs Industry Alliances Office facilitated newresearch collaboration between BASF andBerkeleys College of ChemistryThe California Research Alliance (CARA) will offer funding forten postdoctoral research projects from the College ofChemistry CARA is led by professors Peidong Yang andOmar Yaghi research topics will be focused on inorganicmaterials and techniques for the electronic industryAcademic partners include UCLA and Stanford Universitymore
Patentshyreform legislation spurs controversy amonguniversitiesThough the legislation is designed to serve as a deterrent to patenttrolls attempting to sue other parties universities worry it willinvariably impede their efforts to enforce their own patent rightsCarol Mimura UC Berkeleyrsquos Assistant Vice Chancellor ofIntellectual Property and Research Industry Alliances explained thatthe threat of incurring additional fees could discourage universitiesfrom filing lawsuits against actual infringers ldquoThe provision favorslarge deep pockets not the little guysrdquo more
Kessler Foundation selects Ekso GT for pilot study on robotics in mobility The new study examines the effectiveness of wearable robots for neuroshyrehabilitation and gaittraining more
Amyris and BASF reach agreement for strain engineering collaboration more
Amyris to begin selling biofene online more
Campus News
Berkeley Lab proposal for Berkeley Open Biofoundry (BOB) passes first testDARPA has awarded the Lab $15 million to proceed with a ldquoTask Area 1rdquo (TA1) design and study phasefor the establishment of a biomanufacturing scientific center The proposal was submitted in partnershipwith Amyris Agilent Lockheed Martin and 20n Labs more
SanDisk donates $1 million to UC Berkeley College ofEngineeringThe donation will fund renovations to Cory Hall home of the Departmentof Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and theundergraduate student Computing Lab which has been renamed theSanDisk Computing Lab more
JH Technologies and Leica Microsystems provide support to Dillin LabUndergraduate students will have the opportunity to use research grade fluorescence microscopes in aGenetics Laboratory course taught by Professor Andrew Dillin more
IPIRA and Community Events
Splash by Vator May 6shy7 Oakland Jack London SquareAn event for entrepreneurs to learn how to innovate raise money and scale a company Vator alumnihave raised $150mm+ in followshyon capital Past keynote speakers range from Peter Thiel (FoundersFund) Aaron Levie (Box) Dick Costolo (Twitter) to Phil Libin (Evernote) more
Berkeley Emeryville Bio Meetup May 7 EmeryStationPresentations by UC Berkeley students from BioshyManufacturing to Market program more
University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 Millbrae WestinThe forum is organized by the University of California Office of the President and showcases technologyinnovations from across the UC system This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant recipients more
DataBeat May 19shy20 San Francisco Grand Hyatt
Hosted by VentureBeat and brings together top data scientists analysts investors and entrepreneurs inbig data DataBeat is focused on helping companies increase profitability through big data and smartanalytics tools more
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 UCSFThis event offers opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory service and supplycompanies Free admission to researchers and graduate students more
Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is a Founder of M34 Capital M34 is an investmentcompany that focuses on seed and earlyshystage projects beingspun out of academic and corporate research labs Typicalinvestments range from $50000 to $250000 and usuallyrepresent the first outside capital deployed M34 focuses onturning science projects into companies across a broadspectrum of technologies and geographic distributions He isalso a Founder of USRCAorg a nonshyprofit with a focus onentrepreneur education for science and engineering graduates
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st Thursday each month 400 pm shy 530 pm To sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Build Your Financial Model Office Hours
Rob Schock is a finance specialist with over 30 years of seniormanagement experience His experience spans Fortune 100companies to Silicon Valley startshyups As Chief Financial OfficerRob has installed management control systems createdbusiness models run accounting departments designedcompensation programs and managed investor bank andauditor relationships Rob is currently a partshytime Chief FinancialOfficer at Picture Marketing a marketing company on the list ofBay Area 100 fastest growing companies for two years and afounding member of the Venture Consulting Group (ldquoVCGrdquo) anetwork of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companiesRob has served as a mentor for Keiretsu EntrepreneurAcademy and UC Berkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UCDavis Business Schools Annual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 330 pm shy 500 pmTo sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Property
and Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
Patentshyreform legislation spurs controversy amonguniversitiesThough the legislation is designed to serve as a deterrent to patenttrolls attempting to sue other parties universities worry it willinvariably impede their efforts to enforce their own patent rightsCarol Mimura UC Berkeleyrsquos Assistant Vice Chancellor ofIntellectual Property and Research Industry Alliances explained thatthe threat of incurring additional fees could discourage universitiesfrom filing lawsuits against actual infringers ldquoThe provision favorslarge deep pockets not the little guysrdquo more
Kessler Foundation selects Ekso GT for pilot study on robotics in mobility The new study examines the effectiveness of wearable robots for neuroshyrehabilitation and gaittraining more
Amyris and BASF reach agreement for strain engineering collaboration more
Amyris to begin selling biofene online more
Campus News
Berkeley Lab proposal for Berkeley Open Biofoundry (BOB) passes first testDARPA has awarded the Lab $15 million to proceed with a ldquoTask Area 1rdquo (TA1) design and study phasefor the establishment of a biomanufacturing scientific center The proposal was submitted in partnershipwith Amyris Agilent Lockheed Martin and 20n Labs more
SanDisk donates $1 million to UC Berkeley College ofEngineeringThe donation will fund renovations to Cory Hall home of the Departmentof Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and theundergraduate student Computing Lab which has been renamed theSanDisk Computing Lab more
JH Technologies and Leica Microsystems provide support to Dillin LabUndergraduate students will have the opportunity to use research grade fluorescence microscopes in aGenetics Laboratory course taught by Professor Andrew Dillin more
IPIRA and Community Events
Splash by Vator May 6shy7 Oakland Jack London SquareAn event for entrepreneurs to learn how to innovate raise money and scale a company Vator alumnihave raised $150mm+ in followshyon capital Past keynote speakers range from Peter Thiel (FoundersFund) Aaron Levie (Box) Dick Costolo (Twitter) to Phil Libin (Evernote) more
Berkeley Emeryville Bio Meetup May 7 EmeryStationPresentations by UC Berkeley students from BioshyManufacturing to Market program more
University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 Millbrae WestinThe forum is organized by the University of California Office of the President and showcases technologyinnovations from across the UC system This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant recipients more
DataBeat May 19shy20 San Francisco Grand Hyatt
Hosted by VentureBeat and brings together top data scientists analysts investors and entrepreneurs inbig data DataBeat is focused on helping companies increase profitability through big data and smartanalytics tools more
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 UCSFThis event offers opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory service and supplycompanies Free admission to researchers and graduate students more
Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is a Founder of M34 Capital M34 is an investmentcompany that focuses on seed and earlyshystage projects beingspun out of academic and corporate research labs Typicalinvestments range from $50000 to $250000 and usuallyrepresent the first outside capital deployed M34 focuses onturning science projects into companies across a broadspectrum of technologies and geographic distributions He isalso a Founder of USRCAorg a nonshyprofit with a focus onentrepreneur education for science and engineering graduates
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st Thursday each month 400 pm shy 530 pm To sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Build Your Financial Model Office Hours
Rob Schock is a finance specialist with over 30 years of seniormanagement experience His experience spans Fortune 100companies to Silicon Valley startshyups As Chief Financial OfficerRob has installed management control systems createdbusiness models run accounting departments designedcompensation programs and managed investor bank andauditor relationships Rob is currently a partshytime Chief FinancialOfficer at Picture Marketing a marketing company on the list ofBay Area 100 fastest growing companies for two years and afounding member of the Venture Consulting Group (ldquoVCGrdquo) anetwork of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companiesRob has served as a mentor for Keiretsu EntrepreneurAcademy and UC Berkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UCDavis Business Schools Annual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 330 pm shy 500 pmTo sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Property
and Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
Hosted by VentureBeat and brings together top data scientists analysts investors and entrepreneurs inbig data DataBeat is focused on helping companies increase profitability through big data and smartanalytics tools more
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 UCSFThis event offers opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory service and supplycompanies Free admission to researchers and graduate students more
Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is a Founder of M34 Capital M34 is an investmentcompany that focuses on seed and earlyshystage projects beingspun out of academic and corporate research labs Typicalinvestments range from $50000 to $250000 and usuallyrepresent the first outside capital deployed M34 focuses onturning science projects into companies across a broadspectrum of technologies and geographic distributions He isalso a Founder of USRCAorg a nonshyprofit with a focus onentrepreneur education for science and engineering graduates
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st Thursday each month 400 pm shy 530 pm To sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Build Your Financial Model Office Hours
Rob Schock is a finance specialist with over 30 years of seniormanagement experience His experience spans Fortune 100companies to Silicon Valley startshyups As Chief Financial OfficerRob has installed management control systems createdbusiness models run accounting departments designedcompensation programs and managed investor bank andauditor relationships Rob is currently a partshytime Chief FinancialOfficer at Picture Marketing a marketing company on the list ofBay Area 100 fastest growing companies for two years and afounding member of the Venture Consulting Group (ldquoVCGrdquo) anetwork of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companiesRob has served as a mentor for Keiretsu EntrepreneurAcademy and UC Berkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UCDavis Business Schools Annual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADates 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month 330 pm shy 500 pmTo sign up email iaoberkeleyedu
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Property
and Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
and Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved