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New 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis program helps to bridge gap between research and market

Four University of California, Davis, researchers have been given $50,000 each in the inaugural year of a competitive grant program aimed at facilitating the conversion of technology generated from university research into commercial applications.

The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Science Translation and Innovative Research Grant program provides university funding and support for innovative research, thereby allowing selected researchers to generate early proof-of-concept models to demonstrate commercial feasibility. Typically, funding for this very early stage of commercialization can be difficult to obtain, creating a gap between cutting-edge academic research and market uptake.

The new program is offered by Venture Catalyst, a unit within the university鈥檚 Technology Management and Corporate Relations division of the Office of Research.

鈥淥ur goal is to help bridge this gap via programs developed and implemented through Venture Catalyst,鈥 said Dushyant Pathak, associate vice chancellor for technology management and corporate relations in the Office of Research. "With the STAIR Grant program, we hope to elevate the commercial potential of the remarkable research being conducted at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis so that society can realize its benefits through future commercialization.鈥

Each of the finalists is provided not only financial help but is paired with industry mentors who have volunteered to help guide the research teams on how to make the often difficult transition from academic research to commercial viability.

The four finalists were selected from a total of 38 applications. That larger group was narrowed down to 14 finalists through a rigorous multistage review process that included internal domain experts as well as external industry members.

The 2013-14 STAIR Grant awardees are:

  • Kyria Boundy-Mills, research specialist in the Department of Food Science and Technology: 鈥淪tructure and activities of biosurfactants produced through a renewable, yeast-based, reduced cost process鈥
  • Charles Hunt, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: 鈥淟ow-cost, high-quality energy-efficient light sources using field-emission lighting鈥
  • Mark Mascal, professor, Department of Chemistry: 鈥淪imple, high-yield production of gasoline and renewable polymers from biomass鈥
  • Jared Shaw, associate professor, Department of Chemistry: 鈥淎 new class of antibiotics for treating infections resistant to current therapies鈥

The awardees were selected based on their technical merit, commercial potential, and alignment with the STAIR program鈥檚 objectives.

One of the awardees, Jared Shaw, associate professor of chemistry at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, has discovered and is developing a novel class of antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections, an area of growing concern within the U.S. and abroad.

鈥淚 am really grateful that the STAIR program was launched by Venture Catalyst,鈥 Shaw said. 鈥淔unding of this type is the missing link necessary for supporting translational research at universities and will be a positive force at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.鈥

The funding from this grant will allow Shaw to further develop his discoveries and to generate additional preclinical data needed to support future testing of novel drug candidates.

The STAIR program is one of several programs that Venture Catalyst is developing to support translational research and new venture development at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis. These efforts are beginning to pay dividends, as the university launched 14 commercial startups during the last year, nearly twice as many as the preceding year and the largest number of new ventures based on 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis technology to be started in a single year. Venture Catalyst works closely with campus and local community resources, including the university鈥檚 Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Engineering Translational Technology Center, to support the conversion of university research into commercial applications.

The Technology Management and Corporate Relations division of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Office of Research includes Venture Catalyst, the Office of Corporate Relations and InnovationAccess, and is responsible for enabling the infrastructure and relationships necessary to effectively convert research into commercial applications that benefit society. The Office of Research is the primary administrative unit within 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis responsible for providing services and resources to all of the university鈥檚 faculty, students and staff to support university research. Led by Vice Chancellor for Research Harris Lewin, the Office of Research is the catalyst for advancing the research mission at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.

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Andy Fell, Research news (emphasis: biological and physical sciences, and engineering), 530-752-4533, ahfell@ucdavis.edu

AJ Cheline, Office of Research, 530-752-1101, acheline@ucdavis.edu

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