Inventor Recognition Program
The UC Santa Cruz Office of Research has created the Inventor Recognition Program (IRP) to acknowledge researchers on a quarterly basis for their U.S. patent awards and to showcase the groundbreaking research that is conducted on the UCSC campus every day. Launched in December 2016, the IRP is meant to recognize the hard work of UCSC faculty, students, and staff and to help them realize the value of their inventions by commercializing their inventions and discoveries.
January to March 2019 IRP Award Winners
METHOD OF GENERATING A DYNAMIC PATHWAY MAP
Patent Numbers: US 10,192,641
Current UCSC Inventors:David Haussler, Distinguished Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Joshua Stuart, Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Other Inventors: Charles Vaske, Steven Benz
The invention describes a computational method for inferring the activity of the genetic circuitry inside cancerous cells. It bases its prediction on various types of genomics data collected from a patient's tumor specimen and on the known network of interactions between the genetic molecules. Highly activated areas of the network provide clues about patient treatment.
Honorary Mentions
Patent(s) Issued as Continuation of Patent Previously Recognized
METHOD THERAPUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HIV INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION AND MANIPULATION OF PARTICULAR DOMAINS ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNOGENICITY
Patent Numbers: US 10,201,603
Current UCSC Inventors:Phillip Berman, Distinguished Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Sara O’Rourke, Assistant Project Scientist - Chemistry & Biochemistry
William Scott, Professor - Chemistry & Biochemistry
COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A NANOPORE
Patent Numbers: US 10,208,342
Current UCSC Inventors:Mark Akeson, Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
David Deamer, Research Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Other Inventors: William Dunbar, Noah Wilson, Kate Lieberman
COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A NANOPORE
Patent Numbers: US 10,196,688
Current UCSC Inventors:Mark Akeson, Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
David Deamer, Research Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Other Inventors: Mark Dunbar, Roger Chen, Noah Wilson
COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A NANOPORE
Patent Numbers: US 10,202,645
Current UCSC Inventors:Mark Akeson, Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
David Deamer, Research Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Other Inventors: Daniel Branton, Seiko Endo
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS EMPLOYING wOLBACHIA fTSZ AS A TARGET FOR ALBENDAZOLE SULFONE
Patent Numbers: US 10,022,022
Current UCSC Inventors:William Sullivan, Professor - Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Catharina Lindley, Research Grant Program Officer - Biomolecular Engineering
Other Inventors: Laura Serbus, Frederic Landmann, Pamela White
BAMBAM: PARALLEL COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS OF HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING DATA
Patent Numbers: US 10,242,155
Current UCSC Inventors:David Haussler, Distinguished Professor - Biomolecular Engineering
Other Inventors: John Sanborn
See all IRP award winners
The IRP is managed by Assistant Vice Chancellor for the Office of Research’s Industry Alliances and Technology Commercialization (IATC), Dr. Mohamed Abousalem.
For more information about the IRP, the honorees, their patents, other campus inventions and discoveries, or IP portfolio management services, please contact the IATC.
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