6.09.14 Berkeley Lab's Innovation and Partnerships Office (IPO - formerly the Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Management Office) welcomed its new leader, Elsie Quaite-Randall, today. The Chief Technology Transfer Officer (CTTO) joins IPO following seven years as Executive Director for the Industry Liaison Office at McMaster University and earlier experiences as … [Read more...] about New Chief Technology Transfer Officer Welcomed
Growing Adoption of QDEF
6.06.14 The Quantum Dot technology developed by Berkeley Lab startup Nanosys and incorporated into color-enhancing QDEF (Quantum Dot Enhancement Film) by 3M™ and Nanosys, will be used by Asus in its new NX500 Notebook PC. QDEF offers 50 percent more color, greater energy efficiency and more brightness than current electronic device displays. QDEF also enables high color … [Read more...] about Growing Adoption of QDEF
Folium Project Highlighted in Quest
6.03.14 Quest, a national multimedia outlet, highlighted efforts by the Folium project to engineer tobacco for conversion into biofuels. Folium, which is available for collaborative research, is supported by a $4.8 million ARPA-E grant and combines the research of scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley, and the University of Kentucky. Go here to read … [Read more...] about Folium Project Highlighted in Quest
Key Appointments at Berkeley Lab Startups
5.07.14 Two startups based on Berkeley Lab technologies made key personnel announcements this week. TeselaGen Biotechnology named veteran investor Tom Baruch as a board member. (For more information, go here.) The startup offers a synthetic biology platform to enable efficient, rapid prototyping of recombinant molecules. ProGDerm, an Allied Minds business venture, named J. … [Read more...] about Key Appointments at Berkeley Lab Startups
Coca-Cola and WaterHealth International Collaboration Will Bring Safe Drinking Water To Communities
5.05.14 The Child With Water (CWW) program, a collaborative effort between the Coca-Cola Company and Berkeley Lab startup Water Health International (WHI), aims to deliver over 500 million liters of safe drinking water annually to one million school children in developing countries by the end of 2015. … [Read more...] about Coca-Cola and WaterHealth International Collaboration Will Bring Safe Drinking Water To Communities