Indiana University's Research and Technology Corp. is moving forward with prototype development of a heart pump for infants invented through a collaboration between an IU cardiothoracic surgeon and a Purdue University engineer.

Marie Kerbeshian, a zoologist and registered patent agent specializing in the protection and licensing of discoveries derived from faculty research, has been named vice president for technology commercialization at the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation.

ANGEL Learning, an Indianapolis-based educational software provider created from technology developed almost a decade ago by Indiana University faculty members, is being acquired in the largest commercial transaction the university has experienced.

An Indiana University School of Optometry faculty member's company is nearing completion of a diagnostic camera that could aid in saving the vision of millions of people worldwide. Dr. Ann Elsner, director of IU's Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, believes screening to prevent one of the most devastating aspects of diabetes -- vision loss and blindness from diabetic retinopathy -- could be expanded to millions of underserved people if a more affordable diagnostic camera were available.

The Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation has granted Indianapolis-based Prosolia, Inc., the option to license an IU Bloomington technology that promises to improve medical, forensic and scientific endeavors. And thanks to a new STTR (small business technology transfer) grant from the National Institutes of Health, Prosolia's scientists will work with Steven J. Ray and Jacob T. Shelley in IU Bloomington chemist Gary Hieftje's research group to develop the Hieftje group's "ambient" mass spectrometry device into a market-ready product.

Indiana University's improving marriage between intellectual and entrepreneurial capital sweetens Tuesday (Nov. 18) when ground will be broken for its new $10 million Bloomington Incubator, one of IU's first major initiatives under its new Innovate Indiana program.

The Indiana University Research & Technology Corp.'s board of directors has chosen IU Executive Director for Engagement Tony Armstrong as its new president and CEO. Armstrong won't need much time to adjust to the role -- he's helmed the IURTC and its business incubator, the IU Emerging Technologies Center, on an interim basis since early April.

Mark S. Long announced today he will be stepping down as president and chief executive officer of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. on March 30. Long will remain a special adviser and consultant to IU Vice President for Engagement Bill Stephan through the remainder of the year. Stephan is expected to head IURTC on an interim basis while the university seeks Long's successor.

The Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has agreed to license iOffice 2.0 to University of Cincinnati International Services. iOffice is software that helps academies manage international student and scholar data. The program package was developed by Jason Baumgartner in IU's Office of International Services.

SpheroSense Technologies Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with the Indiana University Research & Technology Corp. to develop market-ready biosensor technologies. SpheroSense has chosen a headquarters for its research and development activities on Bloomington's south side.

Indiana University faculty and staff filed a record 116 patent applications in fiscal year 2007. The increase is likely the result of stepped-up university efforts to encourage its researchers to develop their academic work with an eye for the market. The IU Research & Technology Corporation, which keeps track of university technology transfer and development activities, also received 216 invention disclosures, executed 70 licenses and options and helped form five new businesses in FY '07 (through its Emerging Technologies Center), also a record.

Navigating complex U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations can be vexing for a young or understaffed pharmaceutical or medical device company. So it's fortunate Indiana life sciences companies can rely on locally owned Safis Solutions, LLC, for help.

A team of medical professionals at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) and Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) have treated the first patient in the world using an industrial robotic patient positioning system with a rotating gantry. "Proton therapy has long been regarded (50 years) as the preeminent form of delivery of irradiation for tumors, both benign and malignant," said MPRI Medical Director Allan Thornton, M.D. "However, the traditional delivery methods have been laborious, allowing only a handful of patients per day to be treated with the 1mm exactitude, taking advantage of the significant savings from proton radiation to 'normal', non-targeted tissue."

Mike Burton is the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation's new vice president of finance and chief financial officer.

As president and CEO of both the IU Emerging Technologies Center (IUETC) and the IU Research & Technology Corporation (IURTC), Mark Long explains how ideas and technologies that begin in university labs can lead to new businesses, an influx of venture capital and products that can improve the health and lives of Hoosiers.

Researshers from the Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University have a friendly reminder for the thousands of parents who will decide this holiday season that their child is finally ready for the privilege and responsibility of owning a personal computer or laptop.

The Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation has signed a licensing agreement with Carmel, Ind.-based Marcadia Biotech to develop medical drugs created in the laboratory of IU Bloomington Chemistry Department Chair Richard DiMarchi.

Researchers from the Community Grids Lab, part of Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University, along with partners at Jackson State University have released a report showing the positive results of a multi-year collaborative project using Collaboration Grid Technologies to deliver distance-education courses to JSU undergraduate and graduate students.

The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership has named Indiana University Bloomington Chemistry Chair Richard DiMarchi its 2005 Innovator of the Year, an honor intended to recognize Indiana University scientists who have successfully transformed promising technologies into marketable products.

With a few days left in the fiscal year, Indiana University scientists have filed 257 disclosures with the IU Research & Technology Corporation, a one-year record for IU's agent for economic development. IURTC reported 127 disclosures in FY 2005. Disclosures are confidential reports that explain the meaning of new research and provide suggestions for practical applications. They must precede the filing of patent applications and the sale of licenses related to the discoveries.

Researchers at Indiana University's Advanced Network Management Lab (ANML), part of Pervasive Technology Labs, have developed a hands-on training exercise that allows network and security professionals from colleges and universities to play the role of network intruder on a simulated "real-world" network. "War Games: An Exercise in Ethical Cracking" was designed with the higher education security community in mind.

The Hoosier Oncology Group LLC, a Walther Cancer Institute subsidiary, is moving its offices to the Indiana University Emerging Technologies Center. The HOG, as its members affectionately call it, is a non-profit, contract research organization comprising 400 cancer physicians, researchers and nurses in the greater Midwest region. It was founded in 1985 by IU Cancer Center faculty and Indianapolis-area oncologists who wanted to increase cancer patients' access to clinical trials.

Four Indianapolis businesses will tout their best products and services before a panel of potential investors on Tuesday (Jan. 17) at the Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum. The forum is sponsored by BioCrossroads, with support from Indiana Future Fund professional management firm Credit Suisse.