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                                                 June 2016
Numerous Promising New Technologies Now Available for Licensing
  • Rutgers scientists have developed the first air sampler for airborne viruses, bacteria, mold, and pollen that does not require a power source of any kind. It is small, with a fully customizable size and shape, and is easy to manufacture. Applications include identifying a person's specific allergens, to widespread bioterrorism monitoring, and it can be easily applied anywhere in indoor and outdoor environments.
  • Rutgers researchers have developed a novel biosensor built on the ZnO thin film transistor technology with integrated ZnO nanostructures. The presence of ZnO nanostructures ultimately enhances sensitivity and selectivity, at a lower cost. As a result, this technology can be used to form a "sensor-on-a-chip" suitable for diagnostic applications and research in drug development, assay technology, and cancer pharmacology.

Read more here.

TTS North America: An Exclusive Meeting for Life Sciences and Health Care Investors and Inventors
Rutgers is again hosting TTS North America, an exclusive two-day event for biotech innovators and international high-level leaders and decision makers in biotech innovation. The 2014 meeting was held in New Brunswick and this year's TTS North America will be held July 13-14 at Rutgers-Newark. As a subscriber to this newsletter, we consider you among the "friends of Rutgers" who qualify for a 50% discount in the registration fee. The discount code is RUVP16. More information is posted here. Email any questions to Vincent Smeraglia.
Edible Garden Signs Agreement with Nutrasorb, a Rutgers Spinout
Edible Garden has signed an exclusive contract with Nutrasorb, a Rutgers spinout, to grow and sell nutritionally enhanced lettuce. "Scarlet Lettuce" was developed by Ilya Raskin, professor of plant biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The lettuce is the first to be named a "superfood." It delivered a significant decrease in blood glucose and insulin resistance over regular lettuce when fed to diabetic mice. Read more here.
Selected Events
June 21
BioNJ Innovation Summit at Rutgers
July 13-14 

TTS North America

September 29-30
Innovations in Dermatological Sciences
October 24-25
Symposium on Biomaterials Science
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Ilya Raskin, holding "Scarlet Lettuce." Photo by Nick Romanenko, Rutgers
BIO 2016 in San Francisco June 6-9
The team from Rutgers Translational Sciences (RTS) will be there. If you're going, please stop by to see the RTS folks at the New Jersey Pavilion (Booth #6544). You can read more about RTS and find contact information for our people here.

Our "Business Portal" Website

Based on interviews with industry leaders and Big Ten benchmarking, Rutgers' Corporate Engagement Team remade our Business Portal. Designed with the needs of businesspeople in mind, the website has an innovative navigation scheme, updated content and two robust search functions. Please visit the Business Portal and send us your feedback.    

World's Richest Source of New In-Water Oceanographic Data Now Operating at Rutgers
The National Science Foundation has awarded Rutgers an initial two- year contract for $11.8 million to launch and operate the Oceans Observatories Initiative's data system. This data system collects and shares data from over 800 instruments, and uses a transmission network that includes both the Atlantic and Pacific ocean."Rutgers is now the hub for the world's richest source of new in-water oceanographic data, and we are extremely proud to have been chosen for this important work," says Christopher J. Molloy, Ph.D., Rutgers' senior vice president for research and economic development. "The NSF deserves great credit for creating a powerful research and educational tool with such unprecedented scope. Our university is committed to meeting this responsibility." Read more here.
Board of Governors Approves Creation of Rutgers Health
The Rutgers University Board of Governors last month authorized the creation of Rutgers Health--an innovative, statewide academic health care provider organization that will revolutionize patient care across New Jersey. Rutgers Health will become one of the first academic health care providers in the nation to integrate a full range of health-related specialties--including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and clinical psychology--in addition to more traditional fields, such as neurology, surgery, cardiology, and oncology. Read more here.

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