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Life Sciences Patent Prosecution Pitfalls
(2010-03)
Robert Hanson discussed the application of patent requirements to biotechnology and life science inventions....
Midwest Research Institute
(2010-03)
Thomas Sack, the senior vice president and director of technical operations for Midwest Research Institute, discussed the Midwest Research Institute's work in the area of life sciences....
Orthopedic Tissue Engineering
(2010-03)
and biologists at KU, KUMC, UMKC, and beyond, and look forward to exploring further opportunities at the Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit....
Missouri Botanical Garden: plants for a sustainable future
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Rainer Bussmann discussed the Missouri Botanical Garden's research efforts in areas such as ethnobotany, natural products, seed and germination ecology, and natural resource management....
KU Center for Technology Commercialization: "promoting innovation to benefit society"
(2010-03)
The presentation will examine the challenges of the university technology transfer office in assessing new invention disclosures and the various means of doing so. The presentation will also provide information on different models for justifying...
Understanding the Risk for Neuropsychiatric Disorders Using Functional Brain Imaging
(2010)
with schizophrenia exhibit dysfunction in multiple brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex. Using functional MRI, we have found that people at-risk for schizophrenia only exhibit dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex...
Creating a Health Care Business from University Research
(2010-03)
consortium is developing advanced bioactive glasses and investigating their use for repairing traumatized bone and tissue. The latter part of this presentation discusses entrepreneurship and the locations of creative activity (patents) in Missouri...
Neuro-modulation techniques in humans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
. Animal experiments have formed the framework of preclinical studies used to stimulate cortical neuronal assemblies. This talk presents an overview of these techniques and will seek to facilitate a discussion of how these techniques in combination...
One health: a guiding imperative
(2010)
is worthy of exploration for a number of health problems, such as obesity. The presentation will describe a program of research aimed at testing dog walking as an intervention aimed at improving physical activity and health for humans and dogs...
Devices and Materials in the Continuous Monitoring of Metabolites
(2010-03)
. The availability of this "weak link" would greatly improve the reliability and convenience of continuous monitoring technology. Work at Missouri S&T addresses these issues and provides solutions toward reliable and continuous monitoring of metabolites (glucose...
Research in motion
(2010-03)
Orthopaedic disorders of the major joints, specifically, osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints have an enormous economic and functional impact on our society, affecting millions of patients every day. In the late 1960s ...
Shor-Line: we are an industry leader
(2010-03)
Shor-Line has been a part of the animal health industry since the company's founding in 1927. In the early years, Shor-Line's involvement related mainly to large animal applications. Back then the local vet took care of ...
Of Mice and Men and the Search for an Alzheimer's Disease Treatment
(2010-03)
to solving the Alzheimer's disease problem. Clinical and basic science investigators with a wide range of backgrounds have dedicated themselves to this disease. This talk will review the current state of Alzheimer's disease research and discuss where we...
Interactive mapping: overlaying local and national data
(2010-03)
The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) at the University of Missouri-Columbia has a long history of integrating Internet accessibility with emerging technologies to assist underserved, under-resourced, and special needs...
Plants are just very slow animals
(2010-03)
Most of us regard plants as quite different from animals, and many of us think of them as furniture. But plants actually share a very large number of biological functions with the animal kingdom, including mechanisms for ...
Financial Downturn and Impact on Biosciences Development
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Thomas Melzer spoke about the impact that the recent financial downturn has had on venture capital investment, specifically addressing bioscience investments.
Early Cancer Screening with Pteridines as Biomarkers
(2010-03)
. The detailed experimental conditions will be presented at the life science summit. After analysis of over 60 urine samples from cancer patients, we also discovered that two chemical components exist only in the urine of cancer patients but are not present...
The Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation: stepping into the future of drug discovery, delivery and biomedical engineering
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Inspired by the opportunity to grow educational and entrepreneurial capacity, the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation (IAMI) was established upon the belief that: ideas are translated to innovation to improve health. ...
Innovation, Inspiration, and Insulation: Practical Legal Measures to Protect Technology
(2010-03)
The demand for new technologies is driving innovation worldwide, particularly in the fields of life sciences and biotechnology. Intellectual Property is the life blood of many life sciences and biotechnology companies. Protecting the IP...
Synthetic genomics in an era of personalized medicine
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Synthetic genomics is a new field that engages in the design and assembly of genes and chromosomes from chemically synthesized oligonucleotides to create cells with properties unobtainable by conventional molecular biology ...