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FEBRUARY 2014 SHARE | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE | WEB VIEW
A new initiative to support Berkeley research andinnovation New Faculty Outreach
Earlier this month IPIRA collaborated with five central campusoffices under the Vice Chancellor for Research to present a NewFaculty Outreach The event offered interactive face timeto faculty with each office to learn its services ask questionsexpress concerns and make personal connections with campusstaff who advise faculty on external funding opportunitiesfunding initiatives basic grant writing coordinating largemultidisciplinary and multishyinstitutional projects navigatingcompliance requirements and intellectual property protection
We utilized a speedshynetworking approach to familiarize facultywith who does what at Berkeley from pre award proposaldevelopment to grant close out Participants were grouped anddirected to one of seven stations each headed by oneparticipating office In seven minute stints each office provided abrief pitch about its offerings Groups were then rotated to thenext table keeping participation fresh and engaging
Participating Offices
Sponsored Projects OfficeOffice for the Protection of Human SubjectsOffice for Animal Care and UseBerkeley Research Development OfficeResearch Conflict of InterestIndustry Alliances OfficeOffice of Technology Licensing
Due to positive feedback from our faculty and staff we arehappy to announce that we will be holding this event again in
IPIRA manages UC Berkeleysintellectual property portfolio based uponinventions created by our stellar facultyand student scientists We aim to providevalueshyadded services to Berkeleysresearch community through the outshylicensing of Berkeleys innovationsfacilitation of industry research dollarsand patent drafting services amongeducational programs and industrypartnered events
New TechnologiesLatest Patent AwardsRosa Hills Innovator ProgramBakar Fellow ProgramIllumina Accelerator ProgramNGS Incubator in Mission BayAmyris Reported2013 Financials Record SalesEkso Unveiled First Ever 3DPrinted SkeletonAnnual UC TechnologyTransfer ForumSBIR STTR Office HoursFinancial Model Office Hours
View entire newsletter for more onIntellectual Property AnnouncementsResearcher Toolbox Portfolio StartupNews and Recommended IPIRA and
Community Events
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the fall Stay tuned on our website for more information
New Berkeley Technologies Released for Licensing
Engineering amp Physical SciencesMimic Heart System for Human Drug Screening 2014-005Microfluidic 3D culture heart system capable of culturing hiPSCs cardiac and other tissuesApplications in early prediction of toxicology studies and personalized medicine
Highly Responsive PMUT 2014shy042New class of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs) with potential toreplace pMUTs for high electromechanical coupling ultrasonic transducer arrays
Piezoelectric Filter with Tunable Gain 2014shy057Piezoelectric resonator with tunable transfer function The invention enables onoff switching ofpiezoelectric resonators obviates the need for separate low loss switches and offers capability to control low powergain in a receiver frontshyend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To explore all Berkeley innovations and ways to collaborate with the University
visit httptechtransferuniversityofcaliforniaedudefaultaspxcampus=BK
Patent Awards in February 2014
Transcription FactorshyBased Biosensors for Detecting Dicarboxylic Acids 8652804Patent Number 8633033 Inventors Jeffrey Dietrich Jay Keasling Status Licensed
Researcher and Entrepreneur Toolkit
Rosa Hills Innovator Program applications due March 23 2014The new research initiative launched in 2014 and intends to strengthen RampD atBerkeley by providing seed funding of $50000year for three years to projects withexceptionally high scientific promise The Rose Hills Innovator Program is managed bythe Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research [application]
Bakar Fellow Program applications due March 23 2014The program supports innovative research by early career UC Berkeley faculty with projects that holdcommercial promise It is also administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Facultyselected as Bakar Fellows will receive discretionary research support of $50000year for five yearsOnly Assistant and Associate Professors are eligible [application]
Illumina launches Accelerator Program ndash worlds first genomics incubator ndashapplications due August 1 2014The Illumina Accelerator Programs goal is to speed the time to market and lower the barriers to entry forentrepreneurs startshyups and early stage companies working on nextshygeneration sequencing (NGS)applications
Through the accelerators sixshymonth program Illumina will provide invited participants with technologyand business guidance and financial support including $100000 instrument access (MiSeqreg Systemand NextSeq 500trade System) sequencing reagents 20 research assistant time $100000 convertiblenotes and an equity line of $20000 or more as well as access to fully operational lab space in closeproximity to the companys planned RampD facilities in San Franciscos Mission Bay
Prominent technology investor Yuri Milner will invest in everystartup joining the Accelerator with $100000 in exchange forconvertible notes Silicon Valley Bank will provide bankingservices and credit to each company [news] [application]
DOE offers $12 million to fund biobased carbon fiber researchThe US DOErsquos Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has opened a $12 million funding opportunity forrenewable carbon fibers The aim is to develop a costshycompetitive pathway to produce highshyperformance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable nonshyfood biomass Submit aconcept paper by March 3 and full application by April 11 [application]
NIH seeks proposals for HIV cure researchThe RFA entitled ldquoBeyond HAART Innovative Approaches to Cure HIVshy1rdquo will support investigators ofthree to four interrelated research projects The RFArsquos areas of interest include testshyofshyconcept studiescarried out in animals or humans nonshytraditional antiviral strategies novel gene therapy approachesand cellshybased approaches [news]
UC Berkeley hires Wikipedianshyinshyresidence to help publish student researchHired by the American Cultures program Kevin Gorman is the first Wikipedianshyinshyresidence at a USuniversity Gorman is working with Berkeley professors to facilitate student research projects that willculminate in new Wikipedia articles for a global audience [news]
Use Pivot to access and keep track of global researchfunding and collaboration opportunitiesPivot is available to the Berkeley campus community and combines the most
comprehensive editorially maintained database of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billionwith a unique database of 3 million scholar profiles and growing [sign up]
Office and Portfolio Startup News
IFF and Amyris advance innovative collaboration to developingredients for the flavors and fragrances marketUnder the multishyyear agreement IFF have exclusive rights to the renewablefragrance ingredients developed for applications in flavors and fragrancesand Amyris will have exclusive rights in other sectors [press release]
Amyris reports 2013 financial results with record product sales continued loweroperating costs and strong collaboration inflowsIn 2013 Amyris achieved a nearly 50 increase in renewable product revenues significantly improvedadjusted gross margin and continued to validate the strength of its research and development pipelinewith funding from collaboration partners [news]
Ekso Bionics named one of 5 startups poised to change MedTech foreverEkso Bionics was named one of five startups poised to change MedTech forever by Medical Device amp
Diagnostic Industry Magazine For more than 30 years MD+DI has served the industry as the leadingsource of inshydepth news and information many of their articles have become standards of reference forthe medical device industry [news] [AUTM 2014 video]
Ekso Bionics and 3D Systems unveiled first 3D printedexoskeletonEkso Bionics debuted the first ever 3D printed hybrid exoskeleton robotic suitin collaboration with 3D Systems The Ekso robot was integrated with 3Dprinted components to create the first ever customized suit [news]
Berkeley Affiliate News
Professor Jennifer Doudna awarded Lurie Prize in the BiomedicalSciencesJennifer Doudna is the 2014 recipient of the Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciencesfrom the Foundation for NIH Doudna discovered a geneshyediting technique calledCRISPR an exciting area of science and will be most fascinating to watch asadditional research moves it closer to clinical applicationsrdquo [news]
Berkeley Stanford UCLA Caltech unite to recruit minority PhD students in thesciences and engineeringThe schools will target STEM students advancing in postdoctoral studies as well as faculty members atresearch universities with an initial $22 million grant from NSF [news]
New director for CITRIS BerkeleyCostas Spanos Andrew S Grove Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and ComputerSciences takes over CITRIS director role Spanos research spans statistical analysis in the design andfabrication of integrated circuits and the development and deployment of novel sensors and computershyaided techniques in semiconductor manufacturing [news]
UC Berkeley researchers devise nanoribbons for faster data transportBerkeley professors have built graphene nanoribbons that can transport data faster than silicon Strips ofcarbon synthesized to be nearly 10000 times thinner than the width of a human hair could acceleratethe transportation of data at unprecedented speeds with farshyreaching implications in the fields oftechnology and medicine Felix Fischer a campus assistant professor of chemistry led the research Hewas assisted by the research teams of professors Mike Crommie and Jeffrey Bokor [news]
Events
Annual University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 2014
The University of Technology Transfer Forum is organized by the University of California Office of thePresident and showcases technology innovations from across the UC system The annual Forum bringstogether industry partners investors and UC researchers to showcase commercially relevant UCresearch discover potential investments preview promising licensing opportunities and explore newcollaborations
This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant
recipients 2013 Berkeley projects include
LowshyCost Arsenic Remediation for California Groundwater Ashok GadgilNoise Reduction for Hearing Aids Frederic Theunissen
Save the Date for NSF SBIRSTTR Grant Application Bootcamp May 2014
Presenter Shauna FarrshyJonesLocation UC Berkeley Stanley Hall Room 117Schedule Two 25shyhour classes
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 2014
This event offers excellent opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory serviceand supply companies Free admission to all researchers and associated staff including graduatestudents Free food and seminars are provided Doors open between 1000am to 230 pm
Mentor Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is the Founder and President of USRCAorg Founded inJune of 2013 this organizations mission is to support the translation ofacademicshybased research into products and services that addresssignificant market needs Previously he was the founding and leadprogram director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corpsprogram He led the IshyCorps effort from its inception until July 2013Prior to this Errol was the lead software and services program directorfor the NSF SBIR program Before NSF Errol was founder and CEO atStrataGent Lifesciences and the Manager of Product Engineering atRedwood Microsystems Errol received his BS in MechanicalEngineering from George Washington University and his Masters andPhD degrees in AeroAstro Engineering from MIT
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st Thursday each monthTime 400 pm shy 530 pm
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 Officer Robhas installed management control systems created business modelsrun accounting departments designed compensation programs andmanaged investor bank and auditor relationships Rob is currently apartshytime Chief Financial Officer at Picture Marketing a marketing
company on the list of Bay Area 100 fastest growing companies for twoyears and a founding member of the Venture Consulting Group(ldquoVCGrdquo) a network of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companies Rob hasserved as a mentor for Keiretsu Entrepreneur Academy and UCBerkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UC Davis Business SchoolsAnnual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st and 3rd Tuesday each monthTime 330 pm shy 500 pm
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Propertyand Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
the fall Stay tuned on our website for more information
New Berkeley Technologies Released for Licensing
Engineering amp Physical SciencesMimic Heart System for Human Drug Screening 2014-005Microfluidic 3D culture heart system capable of culturing hiPSCs cardiac and other tissuesApplications in early prediction of toxicology studies and personalized medicine
Highly Responsive PMUT 2014shy042New class of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs) with potential toreplace pMUTs for high electromechanical coupling ultrasonic transducer arrays
Piezoelectric Filter with Tunable Gain 2014shy057Piezoelectric resonator with tunable transfer function The invention enables onoff switching ofpiezoelectric resonators obviates the need for separate low loss switches and offers capability to control low powergain in a receiver frontshyend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To explore all Berkeley innovations and ways to collaborate with the University
visit httptechtransferuniversityofcaliforniaedudefaultaspxcampus=BK
Patent Awards in February 2014
Transcription FactorshyBased Biosensors for Detecting Dicarboxylic Acids 8652804Patent Number 8633033 Inventors Jeffrey Dietrich Jay Keasling Status Licensed
Researcher and Entrepreneur Toolkit
Rosa Hills Innovator Program applications due March 23 2014The new research initiative launched in 2014 and intends to strengthen RampD atBerkeley by providing seed funding of $50000year for three years to projects withexceptionally high scientific promise The Rose Hills Innovator Program is managed bythe Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research [application]
Bakar Fellow Program applications due March 23 2014The program supports innovative research by early career UC Berkeley faculty with projects that holdcommercial promise It is also administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Facultyselected as Bakar Fellows will receive discretionary research support of $50000year for five yearsOnly Assistant and Associate Professors are eligible [application]
Illumina launches Accelerator Program ndash worlds first genomics incubator ndashapplications due August 1 2014The Illumina Accelerator Programs goal is to speed the time to market and lower the barriers to entry forentrepreneurs startshyups and early stage companies working on nextshygeneration sequencing (NGS)applications
Through the accelerators sixshymonth program Illumina will provide invited participants with technologyand business guidance and financial support including $100000 instrument access (MiSeqreg Systemand NextSeq 500trade System) sequencing reagents 20 research assistant time $100000 convertiblenotes and an equity line of $20000 or more as well as access to fully operational lab space in closeproximity to the companys planned RampD facilities in San Franciscos Mission Bay
Prominent technology investor Yuri Milner will invest in everystartup joining the Accelerator with $100000 in exchange forconvertible notes Silicon Valley Bank will provide bankingservices and credit to each company [news] [application]
DOE offers $12 million to fund biobased carbon fiber researchThe US DOErsquos Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has opened a $12 million funding opportunity forrenewable carbon fibers The aim is to develop a costshycompetitive pathway to produce highshyperformance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable nonshyfood biomass Submit aconcept paper by March 3 and full application by April 11 [application]
NIH seeks proposals for HIV cure researchThe RFA entitled ldquoBeyond HAART Innovative Approaches to Cure HIVshy1rdquo will support investigators ofthree to four interrelated research projects The RFArsquos areas of interest include testshyofshyconcept studiescarried out in animals or humans nonshytraditional antiviral strategies novel gene therapy approachesand cellshybased approaches [news]
UC Berkeley hires Wikipedianshyinshyresidence to help publish student researchHired by the American Cultures program Kevin Gorman is the first Wikipedianshyinshyresidence at a USuniversity Gorman is working with Berkeley professors to facilitate student research projects that willculminate in new Wikipedia articles for a global audience [news]
Use Pivot to access and keep track of global researchfunding and collaboration opportunitiesPivot is available to the Berkeley campus community and combines the most
comprehensive editorially maintained database of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billionwith a unique database of 3 million scholar profiles and growing [sign up]
Office and Portfolio Startup News
IFF and Amyris advance innovative collaboration to developingredients for the flavors and fragrances marketUnder the multishyyear agreement IFF have exclusive rights to the renewablefragrance ingredients developed for applications in flavors and fragrancesand Amyris will have exclusive rights in other sectors [press release]
Amyris reports 2013 financial results with record product sales continued loweroperating costs and strong collaboration inflowsIn 2013 Amyris achieved a nearly 50 increase in renewable product revenues significantly improvedadjusted gross margin and continued to validate the strength of its research and development pipelinewith funding from collaboration partners [news]
Ekso Bionics named one of 5 startups poised to change MedTech foreverEkso Bionics was named one of five startups poised to change MedTech forever by Medical Device amp
Diagnostic Industry Magazine For more than 30 years MD+DI has served the industry as the leadingsource of inshydepth news and information many of their articles have become standards of reference forthe medical device industry [news] [AUTM 2014 video]
Ekso Bionics and 3D Systems unveiled first 3D printedexoskeletonEkso Bionics debuted the first ever 3D printed hybrid exoskeleton robotic suitin collaboration with 3D Systems The Ekso robot was integrated with 3Dprinted components to create the first ever customized suit [news]
Berkeley Affiliate News
Professor Jennifer Doudna awarded Lurie Prize in the BiomedicalSciencesJennifer Doudna is the 2014 recipient of the Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciencesfrom the Foundation for NIH Doudna discovered a geneshyediting technique calledCRISPR an exciting area of science and will be most fascinating to watch asadditional research moves it closer to clinical applicationsrdquo [news]
Berkeley Stanford UCLA Caltech unite to recruit minority PhD students in thesciences and engineeringThe schools will target STEM students advancing in postdoctoral studies as well as faculty members atresearch universities with an initial $22 million grant from NSF [news]
New director for CITRIS BerkeleyCostas Spanos Andrew S Grove Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and ComputerSciences takes over CITRIS director role Spanos research spans statistical analysis in the design andfabrication of integrated circuits and the development and deployment of novel sensors and computershyaided techniques in semiconductor manufacturing [news]
UC Berkeley researchers devise nanoribbons for faster data transportBerkeley professors have built graphene nanoribbons that can transport data faster than silicon Strips ofcarbon synthesized to be nearly 10000 times thinner than the width of a human hair could acceleratethe transportation of data at unprecedented speeds with farshyreaching implications in the fields oftechnology and medicine Felix Fischer a campus assistant professor of chemistry led the research Hewas assisted by the research teams of professors Mike Crommie and Jeffrey Bokor [news]
Events
Annual University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 2014
The University of Technology Transfer Forum is organized by the University of California Office of thePresident and showcases technology innovations from across the UC system The annual Forum bringstogether industry partners investors and UC researchers to showcase commercially relevant UCresearch discover potential investments preview promising licensing opportunities and explore newcollaborations
This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant
recipients 2013 Berkeley projects include
LowshyCost Arsenic Remediation for California Groundwater Ashok GadgilNoise Reduction for Hearing Aids Frederic Theunissen
Save the Date for NSF SBIRSTTR Grant Application Bootcamp May 2014
Presenter Shauna FarrshyJonesLocation UC Berkeley Stanley Hall Room 117Schedule Two 25shyhour classes
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 2014
This event offers excellent opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory serviceand supply companies Free admission to all researchers and associated staff including graduatestudents Free food and seminars are provided Doors open between 1000am to 230 pm
Mentor Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is the Founder and President of USRCAorg Founded inJune of 2013 this organizations mission is to support the translation ofacademicshybased research into products and services that addresssignificant market needs Previously he was the founding and leadprogram director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corpsprogram He led the IshyCorps effort from its inception until July 2013Prior to this Errol was the lead software and services program directorfor the NSF SBIR program Before NSF Errol was founder and CEO atStrataGent Lifesciences and the Manager of Product Engineering atRedwood Microsystems Errol received his BS in MechanicalEngineering from George Washington University and his Masters andPhD degrees in AeroAstro Engineering from MIT
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st Thursday each monthTime 400 pm shy 530 pm
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 Officer Robhas installed management control systems created business modelsrun accounting departments designed compensation programs andmanaged investor bank and auditor relationships Rob is currently apartshytime Chief Financial Officer at Picture Marketing a marketing
company on the list of Bay Area 100 fastest growing companies for twoyears and a founding member of the Venture Consulting Group(ldquoVCGrdquo) a network of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companies Rob hasserved as a mentor for Keiretsu Entrepreneur Academy and UCBerkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UC Davis Business SchoolsAnnual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st and 3rd Tuesday each monthTime 330 pm shy 500 pm
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Propertyand Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
Through the accelerators sixshymonth program Illumina will provide invited participants with technologyand business guidance and financial support including $100000 instrument access (MiSeqreg Systemand NextSeq 500trade System) sequencing reagents 20 research assistant time $100000 convertiblenotes and an equity line of $20000 or more as well as access to fully operational lab space in closeproximity to the companys planned RampD facilities in San Franciscos Mission Bay
Prominent technology investor Yuri Milner will invest in everystartup joining the Accelerator with $100000 in exchange forconvertible notes Silicon Valley Bank will provide bankingservices and credit to each company [news] [application]
DOE offers $12 million to fund biobased carbon fiber researchThe US DOErsquos Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has opened a $12 million funding opportunity forrenewable carbon fibers The aim is to develop a costshycompetitive pathway to produce highshyperformance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable nonshyfood biomass Submit aconcept paper by March 3 and full application by April 11 [application]
NIH seeks proposals for HIV cure researchThe RFA entitled ldquoBeyond HAART Innovative Approaches to Cure HIVshy1rdquo will support investigators ofthree to four interrelated research projects The RFArsquos areas of interest include testshyofshyconcept studiescarried out in animals or humans nonshytraditional antiviral strategies novel gene therapy approachesand cellshybased approaches [news]
UC Berkeley hires Wikipedianshyinshyresidence to help publish student researchHired by the American Cultures program Kevin Gorman is the first Wikipedianshyinshyresidence at a USuniversity Gorman is working with Berkeley professors to facilitate student research projects that willculminate in new Wikipedia articles for a global audience [news]
Use Pivot to access and keep track of global researchfunding and collaboration opportunitiesPivot is available to the Berkeley campus community and combines the most
comprehensive editorially maintained database of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billionwith a unique database of 3 million scholar profiles and growing [sign up]
Office and Portfolio Startup News
IFF and Amyris advance innovative collaboration to developingredients for the flavors and fragrances marketUnder the multishyyear agreement IFF have exclusive rights to the renewablefragrance ingredients developed for applications in flavors and fragrancesand Amyris will have exclusive rights in other sectors [press release]
Amyris reports 2013 financial results with record product sales continued loweroperating costs and strong collaboration inflowsIn 2013 Amyris achieved a nearly 50 increase in renewable product revenues significantly improvedadjusted gross margin and continued to validate the strength of its research and development pipelinewith funding from collaboration partners [news]
Ekso Bionics named one of 5 startups poised to change MedTech foreverEkso Bionics was named one of five startups poised to change MedTech forever by Medical Device amp
Diagnostic Industry Magazine For more than 30 years MD+DI has served the industry as the leadingsource of inshydepth news and information many of their articles have become standards of reference forthe medical device industry [news] [AUTM 2014 video]
Ekso Bionics and 3D Systems unveiled first 3D printedexoskeletonEkso Bionics debuted the first ever 3D printed hybrid exoskeleton robotic suitin collaboration with 3D Systems The Ekso robot was integrated with 3Dprinted components to create the first ever customized suit [news]
Berkeley Affiliate News
Professor Jennifer Doudna awarded Lurie Prize in the BiomedicalSciencesJennifer Doudna is the 2014 recipient of the Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciencesfrom the Foundation for NIH Doudna discovered a geneshyediting technique calledCRISPR an exciting area of science and will be most fascinating to watch asadditional research moves it closer to clinical applicationsrdquo [news]
Berkeley Stanford UCLA Caltech unite to recruit minority PhD students in thesciences and engineeringThe schools will target STEM students advancing in postdoctoral studies as well as faculty members atresearch universities with an initial $22 million grant from NSF [news]
New director for CITRIS BerkeleyCostas Spanos Andrew S Grove Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and ComputerSciences takes over CITRIS director role Spanos research spans statistical analysis in the design andfabrication of integrated circuits and the development and deployment of novel sensors and computershyaided techniques in semiconductor manufacturing [news]
UC Berkeley researchers devise nanoribbons for faster data transportBerkeley professors have built graphene nanoribbons that can transport data faster than silicon Strips ofcarbon synthesized to be nearly 10000 times thinner than the width of a human hair could acceleratethe transportation of data at unprecedented speeds with farshyreaching implications in the fields oftechnology and medicine Felix Fischer a campus assistant professor of chemistry led the research Hewas assisted by the research teams of professors Mike Crommie and Jeffrey Bokor [news]
Events
Annual University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 2014
The University of Technology Transfer Forum is organized by the University of California Office of thePresident and showcases technology innovations from across the UC system The annual Forum bringstogether industry partners investors and UC researchers to showcase commercially relevant UCresearch discover potential investments preview promising licensing opportunities and explore newcollaborations
This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant
recipients 2013 Berkeley projects include
LowshyCost Arsenic Remediation for California Groundwater Ashok GadgilNoise Reduction for Hearing Aids Frederic Theunissen
Save the Date for NSF SBIRSTTR Grant Application Bootcamp May 2014
Presenter Shauna FarrshyJonesLocation UC Berkeley Stanley Hall Room 117Schedule Two 25shyhour classes
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 2014
This event offers excellent opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory serviceand supply companies Free admission to all researchers and associated staff including graduatestudents Free food and seminars are provided Doors open between 1000am to 230 pm
Mentor Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is the Founder and President of USRCAorg Founded inJune of 2013 this organizations mission is to support the translation ofacademicshybased research into products and services that addresssignificant market needs Previously he was the founding and leadprogram director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corpsprogram He led the IshyCorps effort from its inception until July 2013Prior to this Errol was the lead software and services program directorfor the NSF SBIR program Before NSF Errol was founder and CEO atStrataGent Lifesciences and the Manager of Product Engineering atRedwood Microsystems Errol received his BS in MechanicalEngineering from George Washington University and his Masters andPhD degrees in AeroAstro Engineering from MIT
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st Thursday each monthTime 400 pm shy 530 pm
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 Officer Robhas installed management control systems created business modelsrun accounting departments designed compensation programs andmanaged investor bank and auditor relationships Rob is currently apartshytime Chief Financial Officer at Picture Marketing a marketing
company on the list of Bay Area 100 fastest growing companies for twoyears and a founding member of the Venture Consulting Group(ldquoVCGrdquo) a network of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companies Rob hasserved as a mentor for Keiretsu Entrepreneur Academy and UCBerkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UC Davis Business SchoolsAnnual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st and 3rd Tuesday each monthTime 330 pm shy 500 pm
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Propertyand Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
Diagnostic Industry Magazine For more than 30 years MD+DI has served the industry as the leadingsource of inshydepth news and information many of their articles have become standards of reference forthe medical device industry [news] [AUTM 2014 video]
Ekso Bionics and 3D Systems unveiled first 3D printedexoskeletonEkso Bionics debuted the first ever 3D printed hybrid exoskeleton robotic suitin collaboration with 3D Systems The Ekso robot was integrated with 3Dprinted components to create the first ever customized suit [news]
Berkeley Affiliate News
Professor Jennifer Doudna awarded Lurie Prize in the BiomedicalSciencesJennifer Doudna is the 2014 recipient of the Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciencesfrom the Foundation for NIH Doudna discovered a geneshyediting technique calledCRISPR an exciting area of science and will be most fascinating to watch asadditional research moves it closer to clinical applicationsrdquo [news]
Berkeley Stanford UCLA Caltech unite to recruit minority PhD students in thesciences and engineeringThe schools will target STEM students advancing in postdoctoral studies as well as faculty members atresearch universities with an initial $22 million grant from NSF [news]
New director for CITRIS BerkeleyCostas Spanos Andrew S Grove Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and ComputerSciences takes over CITRIS director role Spanos research spans statistical analysis in the design andfabrication of integrated circuits and the development and deployment of novel sensors and computershyaided techniques in semiconductor manufacturing [news]
UC Berkeley researchers devise nanoribbons for faster data transportBerkeley professors have built graphene nanoribbons that can transport data faster than silicon Strips ofcarbon synthesized to be nearly 10000 times thinner than the width of a human hair could acceleratethe transportation of data at unprecedented speeds with farshyreaching implications in the fields oftechnology and medicine Felix Fischer a campus assistant professor of chemistry led the research Hewas assisted by the research teams of professors Mike Crommie and Jeffrey Bokor [news]
Events
Annual University of California Technology Transfer Forum May 8 2014
The University of Technology Transfer Forum is organized by the University of California Office of thePresident and showcases technology innovations from across the UC system The annual Forum bringstogether industry partners investors and UC researchers to showcase commercially relevant UCresearch discover potential investments preview promising licensing opportunities and explore newcollaborations
This years event will highlight the work of UCs 2013 ProofshyofshyConcept Commercialization gap grant
recipients 2013 Berkeley projects include
LowshyCost Arsenic Remediation for California Groundwater Ashok GadgilNoise Reduction for Hearing Aids Frederic Theunissen
Save the Date for NSF SBIRSTTR Grant Application Bootcamp May 2014
Presenter Shauna FarrshyJonesLocation UC Berkeley Stanley Hall Room 117Schedule Two 25shyhour classes
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 2014
This event offers excellent opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory serviceand supply companies Free admission to all researchers and associated staff including graduatestudents Free food and seminars are provided Doors open between 1000am to 230 pm
Mentor Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is the Founder and President of USRCAorg Founded inJune of 2013 this organizations mission is to support the translation ofacademicshybased research into products and services that addresssignificant market needs Previously he was the founding and leadprogram director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corpsprogram He led the IshyCorps effort from its inception until July 2013Prior to this Errol was the lead software and services program directorfor the NSF SBIR program Before NSF Errol was founder and CEO atStrataGent Lifesciences and the Manager of Product Engineering atRedwood Microsystems Errol received his BS in MechanicalEngineering from George Washington University and his Masters andPhD degrees in AeroAstro Engineering from MIT
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st Thursday each monthTime 400 pm shy 530 pm
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 Officer Robhas installed management control systems created business modelsrun accounting departments designed compensation programs andmanaged investor bank and auditor relationships Rob is currently apartshytime Chief Financial Officer at Picture Marketing a marketing
company on the list of Bay Area 100 fastest growing companies for twoyears and a founding member of the Venture Consulting Group(ldquoVCGrdquo) a network of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companies Rob hasserved as a mentor for Keiretsu Entrepreneur Academy and UCBerkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UC Davis Business SchoolsAnnual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st and 3rd Tuesday each monthTime 330 pm shy 500 pm
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
Copyright copy 2014 UC Berkeley Intellectual Propertyand Industry Research Alliances All rights reserved
recipients 2013 Berkeley projects include
LowshyCost Arsenic Remediation for California Groundwater Ashok GadgilNoise Reduction for Hearing Aids Frederic Theunissen
Save the Date for NSF SBIRSTTR Grant Application Bootcamp May 2014
Presenter Shauna FarrshyJonesLocation UC Berkeley Stanley Hall Room 117Schedule Two 25shyhour classes
Mission Bay Biotechnology Vendor Showcase June 5 2014
This event offers excellent opportunities for life science researchers to network with laboratory serviceand supply companies Free admission to all researchers and associated staff including graduatestudents Free food and seminars are provided Doors open between 1000am to 230 pm
Mentor Office Hours
SBIR STTR Office Hours
Errol Arkilic is the Founder and President of USRCAorg Founded inJune of 2013 this organizations mission is to support the translation ofacademicshybased research into products and services that addresssignificant market needs Previously he was the founding and leadprogram director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corpsprogram He led the IshyCorps effort from its inception until July 2013Prior to this Errol was the lead software and services program directorfor the NSF SBIR program Before NSF Errol was founder and CEO atStrataGent Lifesciences and the Manager of Product Engineering atRedwood Microsystems Errol received his BS in MechanicalEngineering from George Washington University and his Masters andPhD degrees in AeroAstro Engineering from MIT
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st Thursday each monthTime 400 pm shy 530 pm
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 Officer Robhas installed management control systems created business modelsrun accounting departments designed compensation programs andmanaged investor bank and auditor relationships Rob is currently apartshytime Chief Financial Officer at Picture Marketing a marketing
company on the list of Bay Area 100 fastest growing companies for twoyears and a founding member of the Venture Consulting Group(ldquoVCGrdquo) a network of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companies Rob hasserved as a mentor for Keiretsu Entrepreneur Academy and UCBerkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UC Davis Business SchoolsAnnual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st and 3rd Tuesday each monthTime 330 pm shy 500 pm
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company on the list of Bay Area 100 fastest growing companies for twoyears and a founding member of the Venture Consulting Group(ldquoVCGrdquo) a network of executives providing consulting and managementservices to early stage and emerging technology companies Rob hasserved as a mentor for Keiretsu Entrepreneur Academy and UCBerkeley Haas Business Schoolrsquos and UC Davis Business SchoolsAnnual Business Plan Competitions
Location 2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 1000 Berkeley CADate 1st and 3rd Tuesday each monthTime 330 pm shy 500 pm
Know someone who might benefit from ournewsletter Share it
Please send any correspondence and contentsuggestion to ipiraberkeleyedu
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