TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

NO. 9 JULY 2008

1.  Isis helps Oxford University researchers to commercialise intellectual property arising from their  research: Patenting, Licensing, Spin-out companies

2.  Isis manages Oxford University Consulting which:

• helps Oxford University researchers to identify and manage consulting opportunities
• helps clients access experts from Oxford’s world-class, interdisciplinary research base

3. Isis Enterprise provides consulting expertise and advice in technology transfer and innovation management to clients across the public and private sectors around the world.

This edition features our latest technologies available for licensing, and information and commentary on various aspects of university technology transfer.

Yours
Tom Hockaday
Managing Director

Advice and Expertise in Technology Transfer from Isis Innovation


Connecting business with Oxford’s expertise


The investor network for Oxford spin-outs

Articles

Isis Results
Isis Innovation, the University of Oxford’s technology transfer company, has announced that sales turnover for University technologies increased by 30 per cent from £3.5 million last year to £4.7 million for the year ending March 2008.

Isis Innovation Workshop at UNICO
Isis Innovation Ltd’s Managing Director, Tom Hockaday, ran a workshop at the June 2008 UNICO Conference on “Licensing to Industry – Issues & Impacts”.  The Workshop was organised and chaired by Tom Hockaday, Managing Director of Isis Innovation Ltd in Oxford (www.isis-innovation .com), and included presentations from Dr Jacqui Shea of Emergent Biosolutions (www.emergentbiosolutions.com) and Dr Tim Fell of Cellcentric Ltd (www.cellcentric.com).

Masdar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technology in AbuDhabi Initiative
In April 2006, Abu Dhabi took a bold and historic decision to embrace renewable and sustainable energy technologies. http://www.masdaruae.com/

Inside Innovation: The University-Business Interface
Tom Hockaday addresses some current issues in university technology transfer.

New Oxford Technology & Research

Isis commercialises technology and research opportunities from Oxford; these are some current examples:

Greater Efficiency from Solar Cells
University of Oxford researchers have developed a method for treating solar cell multi-crystalline silicon to increase its efficiency

Liquid Crystal Display Devices with Stabilised Transient States
Liquid Crystal Displays utilising stabilised non-permanent liquid crystal states providing devices that are brighter and have faster response time

A Novel Cancer Biomarker and Drug Target
Oxford researchers have discovered a novel cancer biomarker with great potential as a target for therapeutic intervention

High Density Protein Nanoarray
University of Oxford and NTT researchers have developed a self-assembly approach to low-cost, high-density nanoarrays for use in proteomics and drug discovery

Technology for Secure Data Sharing
A new software-based system enables information to be shared within and between organisations in a secure, controlled, and dynamic manner

Going Dotty Nanodots Made Easy
University of Oxford researchers have developed a simple, quick and reliable method for producing nanostructured arrays for optical, electronic & magnetic applications

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Meet Isis One of the strengths of Isis project groups is that the staff have experience of both the worlds of academia and industry. Learn more at Who's Who at Isis, for example: Matt Simons, Head of Group, Business Support Group. Matt has held commercially-focused finance roles with technology-based companies including Glaxo Wellcome, Morgan Crucible (M&A transactions) and Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Head of Group Financial Planning & Analysis, and Divisional Finance Director). As Head of Business Support Group within Isis, Matt has responsibility for Finance, Legal and Marketing – focused on supporting the three business groups of Isis, and on developing Isis’s external business relationships. Matt has a first class honours degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and is a qualified chartered accountant.

Isis on the web

Central Saint Martins College and Isis Innovation
Isis Innovation and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, announcing a fresh approach to Open Innovation

Boots Centre For Innovation Seeks Out University Inventions, UK
Boots Centre for Innovation is turning to some of the UK's leading universities to seek out new technology that can be applied to the health and beauty sector.

Grant Thornton and Isis Enterprise
Innovative and comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) acquisition

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