Collaboration to Develop Pediatric Cancer Treatment

LAGUNA HILLS, CA – NanoSmart® Pharmaceuticals, a private biotechnology company, has entered into a research collaboration agreement with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to continue the development of NanoSmart’s novel drug delivery platform for the treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

“We are very excited to work closely with Dr. Noah Federman and his colleagues at UCLA, as they will provide access to an extraordinary level of research, development and clinical resources,” said Dr. James Smith, President of NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals. “Their expertise in the development of nanotechnology-based drugs will enable us to continue making efficient progress towards commercializing these products...”

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OIP First Fridays Event - Recap
Research Funding Opportunities and Resources at UCLA.

Our guest speaker for February’s First Friday’s event was Jill Sweitzer, Research Development Officer of the UCLA Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.  Jill’s talk focused on research funding opportunities and the tools and resources available to UCLA researchers to help find funding. Some examples are provided below.

Federal grant opportunities can be found at http://grants.gov.  Depending on the researcher’s discipline, the Federal Government has a number of grants available.  Jill pointed out that it may also be a useful database for those located in North Campus, as there are often funding opportunities for programs such as language training and historical preservation.  In addition to Federal funding, UCLA researchers also have access to Pivot: https://pivot.cos.com/; Spin:  http://infoedglobal.com/soultions/spin-global-suite/ and GrantForward:  http://tinyurl.com/grantforward.  Jill noted that the databases, with over 40,000 funding opportunities, give different results from similar pools of information, and encouraged researchers to use all three databases to determine which one gives the best information for the project in question.

Federal Grants and database subscriptions notwithstanding, UCLA researchers also have access to a number of on-campus services including foundation opportunities ( http://tinyurl.com/uclacfrr ) and Jill herself jsweitzer@conet.ucla.edu at the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Patent Related to eTNS Technology for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders.

NeuroSigma, Inc., a California -based medical device company, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No. 12/898,686 entitled "Devices, Systems and Methods For Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders."

The patent application, exclusively licensed to NeuroSigma, is owned by The Regents of the University of California (Regents) as a result of research conducted by physicians and scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has represented the Regents in the prosecution of this patent application and other related applications. Haynes & Boone LLP has represented NeuroSigma.

The method and system claims of the patent application cover the use of trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) with cutaneous electrodes for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, including but not limited to mood, cognitive, behavioral and anxiety disorders...

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UCLA grad student launches VineLust, an e-commerce startup that aims to help  people explore wine using an algorithm.

The golden age of the algorithm is now.

As Netflix’s personalized video recommendation algorithm catalyzed mass online film distribution and Pandora Radio’s music recommendation algorithm redesigned the way people find new music, so is VineLust’s taste algorithm pioneering the way wine will be recommended and distributed.

VineLust is a startup wine e-commerce business and the brainchild of founder Pallavi Patil, a graduate student in the UCLA Anderson School of Management as well as a self-described “foodie” and lover of wine. After completing her undergraduate education at New York University’s Stern School of Business, she spent the last five years working on Wall Street before coming to school at UCLA. During that time, Patil took many trips to Napa Valley and Santa Barbara, where she indulged her love of wine and dreamed up her own business: VineLust...

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