Research in Academia and Start-up Companies: Different Goals, Different Focus
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Date: 03-08-2006
Start Time:
4:00pm
End Time: 5:00pm
Speaker: Dr. J. Wallace Parce
From:
Nanosys, Inc
Location: Interschool Lab, 7th floor, Schapiro/CEPSR
Hosted by:
Center for Integrated Science
Abstract:
Although the methods and tools for research are the same in academia and industry, the goals, funding, and external forces are quite different. These differences will be highlighted through the description of the R&D process leading to several start-up company products over the past 20 years. These products include microplate readers, biosensor based systems, and microfluidic (lab-on-a-chip) systems. In most cases the fundamental research discovery that leads to a product concept is just the tip of the iceberg with respect to the series of inventions and engineering efforts necessary to bring the product to the market. The same process undoubtedly will apply to nanotechnology products as well.