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Innovation Fund Deadline Extended to April 9th
UCLA Technology Development Group announces an open call for the Innovation Fund
All Therapeutic and Medtech projects will be considered. Funded Projects receive up to $200K
Therapeutic Applications DUE: March 1, 2020
Medtech Applications DEADLINE EXTENDED! April 9, 2020
UCLA TDG Dec 2019 Innovation Magazine
Enjoy the December 2019 Issue of Innovation Magazine
Highlights include TDG's Year End numbers, the latest on AI at UCLA, an open pitch call for the Innovation Fund and TDG's Spring conferences!
In Vivo Feature: How Proximity Creates Partnerships
How Proximity Creates Partnerships
VC Playbook: Sean Harper’s Bet On A Rising City Of Angels
21 Oct 2019 INTERVIEWS
by William Looney @BillInVivo william.looney@informa.com
Executive Summary
Former Amgen R&D lead Sean Harper talks exclusively to In Vivo about his new role as a venture capitalist, joining veteran industry investor Beth Seidenberg as co-founder of Los Angeles-based Westlake Village BioPartners.
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2020 Application Faculty Innovation Fund Open
We are happy to announce an open call for UCLA’s second cohort of Faculty Innovation Fellows (FIF). Started by the Technology Development Group, the Office of Research and Creative Activities, and Startup UCLA, the Faculty Innovation Fellows is a program aimed at advancing entrepreneurial excellence and startup culture among faculty across campus. A UCLA Newsroom story about last year’s program can be found here.
BRAINBox Announces Allowance of Patent on Novel TBI Biomarkers
U.S. Patent Office to Issue Patent for Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Using Aldolase C
The Notice of Allowance issued by the PTO to The Regents of the University of California through UCLA
Technology Development Group indicates that another U.S. patent, exclusively licensed to BRAINBox
Solutions, will be issued to protect the biomarker panels to be used by BRAINBox Solutions in its pointof-
care products that detect TBI and monitor patient recovery. BRAINBox Solutions previously obtained
UCLA and Theseus AI Announce License Agreement
UCLA signed a license agreement with Theseus AI for technology developed at UCLA that uses artificial intelligence to interpret MRI scans of patients’ spines.
UCLA TDG Innovation Magazine July 2019 V.04
In this this issue we are happy to feature our spinout companies and recent initiatives like Faculty Innovation Fellow program and Bioscience Innovation Day 2019. Plus, you can read about our recent successes in outreach and licensing.
Building The Biotech City
Is Los Angeles The Go-To Destination For Tomorrow’s Drug Innovations?
In Vivo sits down with eight key leaders in academia, VC, commercial real estate and groundbreaking biotech to discuss how Los Angeles – the “out there” city of out-sized ambitions – is positioning itself for global leadership in the curative technologies of the future.