Sacramento Business Journal - by Kathy Robertson Staff writer
Congresswoman Doris Matsui and UC researchers on Thursday announced a $600,000 federal grant for University of California Davis to speed the route between medical research and commercialization.
The Partnerships for Innovation Program grant from the National Science Foundation is intended to encourage collaboration between scientists, educators, students, community and business leaders to develop new medical technologies that advance health care and stimulate the local economy.
Local research with commercial potential includes a biological “bandage” — a wound dressing made from stem cells that could improve health from burns and chronic ulcers.
Scientists at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures are working to develop the framework that can support growth of stem cells for biological repair. The program will establish a new forum for science and engineering faculty and students from UC Davis, Nashville-based Fisk University, California State University Sacramento and the Los Rios Community College District to interact with medical researchers, graduate business student and experienced entrepreneurs.
Partners in the project led by the UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, include the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance and its MedStart Initiative, PRIDE Industries, T2 Venture Capital. Wavepoint Ventures, the law firm of Fenwick and West and cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento.
Clinic participants will work together over the next two years to identify unmet medical needs, conduct technology and market assessments, gain design and prototyping experience and develop commercialization plans.
They will be matched with expert mentors who have strong histories in technology commercialization. This fall, participants will compete for three awards worth up to $15,000 each for the best plans
Congresswoman Doris Matsui and UC researchers on Thursday announced a $600,000 federal grant for University of California Davis to speed the route between medical research and commercialization.
The Partnerships for Innovation Program grant from the National Science Foundation is intended to encourage collaboration between scientists, educators, students, community and business leaders to develop new medical technologies that advance health care and stimulate the local economy.
Local research with commercial potential includes a biological “bandage” — a wound dressing made from stem cells that could improve health from burns and chronic ulcers.
Scientists at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures are working to develop the framework that can support growth of stem cells for biological repair. The program will establish a new forum for science and engineering faculty and students from UC Davis, Nashville-based Fisk University, California State University Sacramento and the Los Rios Community College District to interact with medical researchers, graduate business student and experienced entrepreneurs.
Partners in the project led by the UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, include the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance and its MedStart Initiative, PRIDE Industries, T2 Venture Capital. Wavepoint Ventures, the law firm of Fenwick and West and cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento.
Clinic participants will work together over the next two years to identify unmet medical needs, conduct technology and market assessments, gain design and prototyping experience and develop commercialization plans.
They will be matched with expert mentors who have strong histories in technology commercialization. This fall, participants will compete for three awards worth up to $15,000 each for the best plans
