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Industry and Academia Partnerships: An Inside Look into Technology Transfer Tech Transfer Innovations May 20, 2014

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Industry and Academia Partnerships: An Inside Look into Technology Transfer

Tech Transfer Innovations

May 20, 2014

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Moderator:

Adam Tulgan

Director of Corporate Relations

University of Rochester

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Presenter:

Scott Macfarlane

Director

Office of Technology Transfer

SUNY Upstate

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Presenter:

Marnie LaVigne, PhD

Associate Vice President for

Economic Development

NYS Center of Excellence in

Bioinformatics and Life

Sciences

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Presenter:

Gerry Murak

President & CEO

Precision Scientific Instruments

SoPark

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Goals for Today

Explore collaboration between academia and the Bio/Med industry, including joint development of new technology; R&D partnerships; clinical relationships; and the formation of new companies for

commercialization.

Discover opportunities and specializations within university environments.

Identify how to develop a mutually beneficial partnership.

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Building Industry & Academic

Partnerships

Adam TulganUniversity of Rochester

Director, Corporate Relations & Business Engagement

[email protected]

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University of Rochester

Our 158 buildings house more than 200academic majors, more than 2,000 faculty and instructional staff, and some 10,500students—approximately half of whom are women

School of Medicine & Dentistry: Top 15 ranking in NIH funding

Data Science--Blue Gene/Q supercomputer

Since 1996, 53 companies have been created using University-licensed technologies, of which 38 are still active with 29 located in New York State, including iCardiac Technologies, Vaccinex, Lucid, Inc., and QED Technologies.

Notable University technologies include our work in vaccines (Prevnar, Gardasil, Ceravix) and our advancements in LASIK surgery has improved the vision of tens of thousands of people.

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New Center for Business Engagement

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UR VenturesUR Corporate

Relations

UR Center for

Entrepreneurship

UR Center forBusiness Engagement

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UR Center for Business Engagement

Single point of contact between industry and academia

Student Recruiting

Joint Research Projects

Student Design Projects/Team Projects

Technology Utilization/Commercialization

Utilizing Lab Space/Facilities

Strategic Philanthropy

Advantages

Integrate university functions to fundamentally improve partnerships with industry

Connect industry needs with university assets

Promote economic development

Maximize engagement on all levels

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The Institute of Optics: Industrial Associates Program

Established in 1974, it provides a formal framework for maintaining and nurturing a long-standing relationship between industry and The Institute of Optics

Membership provides a mechanism for partners to interact with faculty, students, and research staff

Benefits of membership:

Invitations to biannual technical meetings

Access to advanced training through the Optics Summer School

Shape Senior Design Projects

Priority access to student recruiting

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Center for Medical Technology & InnovationDepartment of Biomedical Engineering

University of Rochester Medical Center

Supports the development of practical, innovative solutions to improve patient care

B.S. (Sr. Design) and M.S. programs

Students shadow clinicians in surgery

Vascular

Cardiac

Orthopaedic

Colorectal

Neurosurgery

Catheter & Electrophysiology Labs

Identify Clinical Need Review FDA Regulations/Competition/Medical Device IP Build Prototype

Provides infrastructure for translation through industry and alumni partnerships

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Growth in corporate interaction

2011 2012-2015

2013

Idea Boxx, LLC

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SUNY Upstate Medical University

Scott MacfarlaneDirector, Office of Technology Transfer

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1,542 students

(graduate, health

professions,

medical, nursing)

488 fulltime,

181 part-time

faculty

25 buildings

on 30 acres in

downtown

Syracuse

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Research expenditures - $34 million in FY 2013

Technologies under development include cancer therapeutics, anti-

obesity drug, cancer diagnostics, medical devices, biofuel catalysts

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Public Cord Blood Bank

Neuroscience Research

Center

Upstate Cancer Center

Upstate is growing

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CNY Bioaccelerator

• Jointly operated by Upstate and ESF

• 40,000 sq ft, wet lab space, offices

• Mixed SME / academic / incubator

• Upstate MIND Medical Innovation and Novel Discovery

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Upstate’s resources - available to industrial partners*

• Center for Research and Evaluation

• Clinical Research Unit

• DNA Sequencing

• In Vivo Computed Tomography

• Laboratory Animal Resources

• Microarray

• Musculoskeletal

• Proteomics

• Confocal and Two-Photon Imaging

• Flow Cytometry

*CNY BAc clients can access these at academic rates

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GRANTS FOR GROWTH

Other CNY commercialization resources

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Innovation encouragement in action

MIST device Entrepreneur-university collaboration

Reconstruction engine Inter-university collaboration

Aromatase inhibitors Industry-university collaboration

Advanced Oncotherapy PLC Industry-incubator collaboration

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5/3/13buffalo.edu/businessengagement

Building Industry-Academic Partnerships in WNY:

NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences

Marnie LaVigne, PhD

Associate Vice President for Economic Development

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buffalo.edu/businesseng

A Region Rich in Life Sciences Assets

•Unique cross-border location

•650 biomedical firms in a 90mile radius (Golden Horseshoe) with >160

in Buffalo Niagara

•>160 biomedical firms in Buffalo Niagara region employing >6,000

•Buffalo Niagara Medical Campushub growing from 9K to 17K employees

•Partner research institutions:UB-Roswell Park Cancer Institute-

Hauptman-Woodward Institute

•30 higher education and research institutions in Buffalo Niagara region

agement

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Buffalo Niagara Medical CampusSince 2000, added 2M sq ft with another 2M sq ft by 2017

buffalo.edu/businessengagement

…And 7000 employees are now 9000 becoming 17,000by 2017

…50 companies co-located in 120 acres and with

Start-Up NY growing even

more rapidly!

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Making Connections to Accelerate Progress

Interdisciplinary Research Expertise

Comprehensive

Educational Programs

State of the Art

Facilities & Equipment

•Undergraduate Programs

•Graduate Programs

•Certificate Programs

•K-12 Education

www.isciwny.com

•Center for Protein

Therapeutics

•Microbial Pathogenesis and

Biodefense Group

•Stem Cell Research Group

•Structural Biology Institute

•Center for Computational

Research

•Clean Room

•DNA Sequencing and

Genomics Facility

•Protein Production and

Purification Proteomics Lab

buffalo.edu/businessengagement

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Signature Business Resource Programs

$50M Genomic Medicine & Big

Data Center

UB CAT

Tax-Free Zones & Affiliation

R&D

Fundraising

Workforce & Ecosystem Development

buffalo.edu/businessengagement

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Gerry Murak, President & CEO716-870-9360

[email protected]

“Where miniature is about to

get significantly smaller”™

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Three Engineering Faculty

solved the problem of…

What happens when materials get smaller?Their properties change, creating a new world of

materials, that are the basis for producing devices which are smaller, lighter, faster and

less expensive.

is commercializing their research.29

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Intellectual Property

• US Patent Approval No. 13/322/568.

• All 28 claims were allowed.

• Patents pending in 44 other countries!

• has exclusive licensing agreement

for this Disruptive Technology with the

through

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OperationsStart-up Advantage for PSi™ Manufacturing

Aligned with SoPark Corp. (common ownership)

• A Proven EMS electronics & electro-mechanical systems supplier for over 33 years.

• Design for Manufacturing expertise.

• ISO 9001-2008, AS 9100C & ISO 13485 Certified.

• PSi™ & SoPark are vertically integrated.

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Management Team*Gerry Murak - MS, MBA – PSi™ President , CEO & Founder

23+ yrs of International Strategic Management Consulting plus 8 yrs CEO of electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider, SoPark.

*Rupa Shanmugam - BS EE – PSi Project Manager22+ yrs in int’l electronics OEM manufacturing & President of SoPark.

*Joseph Miano - VP Sales 30+ yrs with world leader in electronics distribution, Avnet.

*John Kasperek - MBA Finance - VP Financial Control30+ yrs in accounting, costing & financial control & CFO of SoPark.

*Worked together for the last 6 years in the growth of SoPark Corporation.

Technical Co-Inventors & Advisors:

Harsh Deep Chopra, PhD - 4 patents/pat. pending.

Jason Armstrong, PhD - Translational Researcher

Susan Hua, PhD - 10 patents/pat. pending. 33

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Professional Advisors StrategyGreg Frazier, EVP of Worldwide Business Development &

Innovation for Avnet, Inc. $11BSteve Hanson, previously an executive for Motorola and

retired CEO of On Semiconductor that he took public.

Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) • Scott Cassety - funded by Launch New York

Financial Advisor • Ted Beringer, Principal

The Beringer Group, Philadelphia, PALegal

• Thomas Schofield Magavern, Magavern & Grimm, LLP

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Funding to date

>$650,000 Founder’s cash investment to date

- Grants received to date:

$ 6,300 National Grid Grant

$10,000 CAT Grant 2012-13

$20,600 SPIR Grant 2013-14

$50,000 Technology Accelerator Grant

$40,000 CAT Grant 2013-14

- Total of Additional Commitments to Date:

$85,000 From other sources35

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Sub-Nano Metrology System

Timeline

Betas

& Sales

Design

Development

Completion of Circuit Boards

In Development 4+ yrs at UB

US Patent Obtained

Obtained Multiple Grants

Past

Present

Future3 Beta PSi™ Systems Delivered

2 Int’l Metrology Trade Shows

$

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Contact Us

Adam Tulgan, U of R [email protected]

Scott Macfarlane, SUNY Upstate [email protected]

Marnie LaVigne, NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life [email protected]

Gerry Murak, Precision Scientific Instruments [email protected]

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Questions?

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Next Webinars in Series

• June 5 – Non-Traditional Funding of Tech Transfer

Register online: http://www.medtech.org/events

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Thank you for your

time!

[email protected]

www.medtech.org