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Industry and Academia Partnerships: An Inside Look into Technology Transfer
Tech Transfer Innovations
May 20, 2014
Moderator:
Adam Tulgan
Director of Corporate Relations
University of Rochester
Presenter:
Scott Macfarlane
Director
Office of Technology Transfer
SUNY Upstate
Presenter:
Marnie LaVigne, PhD
Associate Vice President for
Economic Development
NYS Center of Excellence in
Bioinformatics and Life
Sciences
Presenter:
Gerry Murak
President & CEO
Precision Scientific Instruments
SoPark
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.
Building Industry & Academic
Partnerships
Adam TulganUniversity of Rochester
Director, Corporate Relations & Business Engagement
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.
New Center for Business Engagement
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UR VenturesUR Corporate
Relations
UR Center for
Entrepreneurship
UR Center forBusiness Engagement
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
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
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
Growth in corporate interaction
2011 2012-2015
2013
Idea Boxx, LLC
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Scott MacfarlaneDirector, Office of Technology Transfer
1,542 students
(graduate, health
professions,
medical, nursing)
488 fulltime,
181 part-time
faculty
25 buildings
on 30 acres in
downtown
Syracuse
Research expenditures - $34 million in FY 2013
Technologies under development include cancer therapeutics, anti-
obesity drug, cancer diagnostics, medical devices, biofuel catalysts
Public Cord Blood Bank
Neuroscience Research
Center
Upstate Cancer Center
Upstate is growing
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
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
GRANTS FOR GROWTH
Other CNY commercialization resources
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
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
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
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!
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
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
Gerry Murak, President & CEO716-870-9360
“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]
Questions?
Next Webinars in Series
• June 5 – Non-Traditional Funding of Tech Transfer
Register online: http://www.medtech.org/events
Thank you for your
time!
www.medtech.org