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August 2007
Next Steps
A conversation with Bennett Bertenthal, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, about moving forward and the role that the arts can play in the life sciences.
June 2007
Making the Most of Disorder
Ya-Yue Van, president of Molecular Kinetics Inc., describes how she's building a business on the science of protein disorder.Encouraging Entrepreneurs
A Q&A with Dr. Sean Mooney, assistant professor in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at the IU School of Medicine, and member of the Indiana Biomedical Entrepreneur Network (IBEN) steering committee.
May 2007
A Legislative Investment
The Indiana General Assembly signals its support of the Indiana Life Sciences Initiative by including a $15 million grant for Indiana University to recruit world class scientists in the state's budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.More Than Basic Science
Bruce Hetrick, chairman and CEO of Hetrick Communications, an Indianapolis-based advertising and public relations consultancy focusing on health and life sciences, discusses how the liberal arts can — and will — play a role in the life sciences.
April 2007
Getting Started
A Q&A with Dr. Robert McDonald, president of Aledo Consulting and clinical director of life science initiatives for the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the IU Emerging Technology Center, about starting a life science company.Training for Job Growth
Now in its first year of operation, the new Indiana Center for the Life Sciences trains workers for entry-level jobs in the life sciences industries.After Exercising, Eat Your Protein
IU School of Medicine–Evansville researcher Tracy Anthony reports that soy protein is fine to get muscles rebuilding after endurance work.Targeting "The Region"
A new research collaboration, led by the Indiana University School of Medicine–Northwest, will bring the benefits of advanced medical research to Northwest Indiana.
March 2007
Making Medicine Personal
IU spin-off company Predictive Physiology and Medicine aims to promote well-being by stopping illness before it happens.Making Connections
A Q&A with George Telthorst, interim director of the Bloomington Life Sciences Partnership, about how partnerships contribute to growth in the life sciences.Communication Disorders Technology
Communication Disorders Technology, Inc. (CDT), a Bloomington-based spin-off company founded in 1989 by three faculty members from Indiana University, helps make hearing aids more effective.The Business (School) of Life Sciences
A Q&A with Larry Davidson, liaison to the Kelley Health Care and Life Sciences Initiative and IU professor of business economics and public policy.Strength in Numbers
A cutting-edge partnership between the IU School of Medicine and the University of Notre Dame enhances education and research at South Bend's medical center.Relearning to Hear and Speak
IU professor of psychology and cognitive science David Pisoni studies the intersection of speech and hearing in children with cochlear implants.
February 2007
Cooking Up Cures
Jerry Arthur, president of Cook Pharmica, explains how the new company boosts Indiana's bio-manufacturing profile and creates new jobs.Technology Transfer as Idea, Business Generator
A Q&A with Bill Brizzard, director of technology transfer for IU Bloomington, about taking ideas from a university lab into the world as marketable products.Nipping Parkinson's in the Bud
IU School of Medicine researcher Tatiana Foroud leads a research collaboration searching for the genes behind Parkinson's disease.Microscopy Center Spins Off Companies and New Hope for Patients
IU physician Bruce Molitoris didn't expect to be building businesses when he started the Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, but now he's got two of them.IU Joins the Fight Against Fat
To ensure Indiana's children get the best shot at healthy lives, IU professor Lloyd Kolbe has worked with Indiana's health department to create a state plan to reduce childhood obesity.Life Sciences Boost Economy, Create Jobs
A Q&A with Todd Pedersen, then-director of life sciences initiatives at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, about how the life sciences can transform Indiana's economy.Breaking Down a Bacterium
IU biologist David Kehoe has received a half million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to sequence the genome of one complex bacterium.Providing tomorrow's doctors for rural Indiana
How to get young doctors to practice in smaller towns once they've seen the big city? IU School of Medicine–Terre Haute's partnership with Indiana State University may be one way.
January 2007
The University as Instrument of Innovation and Commerce
A Q&A with Mark Long, president and CEO of the IU Emerging Technologies Center and the IU Research & Technology Corporation, about how IU turns research into business.When Robots See Red
Olaf Sporns is a world-renowned researcher in the emerging field of neurorobotics. Sporns builds brainy robots that are shedding new light on human pathological states, such as addiction.
December 2006
Discovering Cancer at Its Earliest Stages
What if a simple blood test could help doctors quickly tell whether tumors are benign or cancerous? It could mean earlier, less invasive therapies, fewer treatment-related problems, and, ultimately, more cancer survivors.From Employee to Patient to Advocate: Phil Thompson’s Journey with the IU Cyclotron Facility
During the 32 years he worked at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF)—from 1968 until his retirement in 2000—Bloomington native Phil Thompson saw the role of the world-famous physics research facility expanded to include providing proton beams for a new cancer treatment center, the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). But Thompson never expected to become a patient there himself.Health Innovations: Killing Cancer with Protons
Ten years ago, when one of his cancer patients had to sleep at a campground because in-town housing in Boston was so expensive, world-renowned oncologist Allan Thornton began to rethink his career. At that time, Thornton wasdirector of the Central Nervous System Division and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology.EndGenitor: Advancing Discoveries, Bringing Jobs to Indiana
Business may not be in Dr. Mervin Yoder’s blood, but blood is vital to the new start-up business he recently co-founded, EndGenitor Technologies Inc.INCAPS 'Has the Potential to Reshape the Pharmaceutical Industry'
They’ve been called “The Three Musketeers,” and when you meet them in person it’s easy to see why. Employees at the start-up company known as the Indiana Centers for Applied Protein Sciences (INCAPS), Jin Sam You, Tony Tegeler, and Dariusz Janecki were all hired in summer 2004, they all completed postdoctoral research at Indiana University, and they are all passionate about their work in the life sciences.The Haelan Group to Expand Workforce in Indiana
When The Haelan Group moved into the IU Emerging Technologies Center (IUETC) in March 2003, the company had five employees. When it moved out in August 2005, the first company to graduate from IU’s business incubator, the company had increased tenfold, says founder and IU alumna Julie A. Meek.Partnering on Proteomics
Imagine that in the not-too-distant future, a patient visits the doctor for a routine physical and has blood drawn. The results show one problem: protein “biomarkers” for pancreatic cancer are detected in the blood sample. The good news is the cancer is diagnosed very early. With immediate, aggressive treatment, the patient has a good chance of being cured.New Diabetes Drugs on the Horizon
Among the many health challenges facing Hoosiers, diabetes is near the top of the list. A leading cause of blindness, kidney disease, and amputations, diabetes is on the rise throughout the United States, and especially in Indiana, where rates of diabetes are above the national average. Even more worrisome, thanks in part to skyrocketing obesity rates among Hoosier children, type 2 diabetes—normally occurring mainly in adults—has become prevalent in kids. Treating diabetes costs Hoosiers nearly $4.5 billion every year.New Hope for PAD Patients
When she began feeling pain in her left foot in mid-2005, Adriane Pruitt feared the worst. Five years before, Pruitt had started suffering severe pain in her right foot. Not just an ache, this was pain that eventually left her hospitalized and treated with major pain killers.Thomas Kaufman, the Fly Guy
The bumper sticker on Thomas Kaufman's office door says it all: “I brake for Drosophila.” More commonly known as the fruit fly, Drosophila is the foundation for the basic genetics research upon which Kaufman has builthis academic career.
