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Dec. 05, 2014
FirstFridays @ OIP
Topic:
"Top Five HR Mistakes Made by Startups"
Speaker:
Lynne Vu, SPHR, Principle Human Capital Consultant
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Sofie Biosciences Receives $1.5M Phase II SBIR Grant
UCLA startup, SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the company a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for approximately $1.5M over two years. The award will support the further development of SOFIE's family of proprietary [18F]FAC imaging probes. |
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Vault Nano Awarded $1M SBIR Grant for Drug Delivery
The $1 million award from the National Cancer Institute’s SBIR program will enable UCLA scientists and industry partners to take an innovative lung cancer treatment through the final steps toward its first clinical trial. The treatment combines an immunotherapy agent called CCL21 with a drug delivery nanotechnology. |
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Blackstone Launchpad Opens for Bruin Entrepreneurs
Earlier this year, Blackstone Foundation announced its LaunchPad Program's expansion into the L.A. area with a three-year $3.5 million grant to UCLA and its partner institutions. The Launchpad at UCLA program aims to introduce entrepreneurship to undergraduate students as a viable career path and foster entrepreneurial skills. |
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App Design Competition Pairs Students, Researchers
The annual UCLA "Code for the Mission" app competition was launched by UCLA OIP-ISR and OIT to encourage the development of mobile apps that match the university’s mission of research, education, and service. Tech-savvy students were matched with UCLA researchers. $15,000 in prizes were awarded.
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Intellectual Property Announcements
New U.S. Patents Awarded
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8,858,950 - Delivery of pharmaceutical agents via the human insulin receptor | W. Pardridge, et al.
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8,860,006 - Spin transistor having multiferroic gate dielectric | K. Wang, et al.
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8,853,356 - Use of pentagastrin to inhibit gastric acid secretion or as a diuretic | J. Pisegna, et al.
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8,852,320 - Preparation of metal-triazolate frameworks | O. Yaghi, et al.
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8,846,066 - Methods and related compositions for reduction of fat and skin. . . | M. Kolodney, et al.
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8,845,554 - Method and apparatus for quantitative assessment of neuromotor. . . | M. Sarrafzadeh, et al.
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New UCLA Technologies Available for Licensing
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UCLA Invents - October 2014 |
- UCLA Announces Westwood Technology Transfer
- UC Promotes Startups with New $250M Venture Capital Fund
- Avalon Ventures and GSK Partnership Launches UCLA Startup
- UCLA Startup NeuroSigma Inc. Set to IPO at $50M
- UCLA Healthcare Startup SELFA Inc. Receives $1.6M Grant
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UCLA Invents Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 3
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http://oip.ucla.edu/UCLAinvents
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Contributors: Neil Bajpayee, Howard Chang, Miles Gerson
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