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The Innovator’s Quarterly: Where Are They Now?

October 4, 2021

September 2021 | News from BU Industry Engagement and Technology DevelopmentBU Innovators of the YearBU’s Innovator of the Year is an award bestowed annually on a faculty member who translates world-class research into inventions and innovations that benefit humankind. But what comes of these distinguished faculty members and their innovations? Here, four former Innovators of […]

The Innovator’s Journey (2024)

April 2, 2024

In this series of lightning talks, BU faculty and alumni will share their diverse paths from invention to market to impact. Each innovator will offer insights on the challenges and opportunities that defined their journeys, including information about the institutional supports, advocates, mentors, and resources that helped them along the way. The talks will be […]

The Innovator’s Journey: Embracing Creativity & Discomfort in Pursuit of Impact (2021)

February 25, 2021

The Innovator’s Quarterly: Handheld Skin Cancer Evaluation Tool Based on BU Research Receives FDA Clearance

May 7, 2024

April 2024 | News from BU Industry Engagement and Technology DevelopmentIn this issue...A product from DermaSensor Inc., based on technology for skin cancer detection developed by BU spectroscopy researcher Irving Bigio, recently received FDA clearance.BU engineers Ji-Xin Cheng and Selim Ünlü are developing breakthrough microscopy technologies to help scientists visualize their samples more accurately, with […]

The Investor’s Perspective on Women-Led Startups: Q&A for Early-Stage Innovators with the Golden Seeds Angel Investor Network (2020)

October 21, 2020

Hosts: BU Technology Development & ARROWSData shows that there continues to be gender disparity in academic technology transfer and commercialization at universities nationwide. Sheila Narayan and Laura Davis of Golden Seeds, an early-stage investment firm focused on women leaders, joined for a Q&A, designed as an introduction to the tools, networks, and resources available to help female academics and […]

The Journey to Impact: A Passion for Helping AKI Patients

May 17, 2022

An interview with Steven C. Borkan, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at BU, and Attending Physician at Boston Medical Center.The following discussion with Dr. Steven C. Broken took place at our BU Innovator of the Year Award event — where he explained his focus on treating acute kidney injury, his ideas on invention vs. innovation, […]

The Journey to Impact: An Inventor Walks into a Bar…

February 16, 2021

Here’s one for you: An inventor, a patent holder and a company founder walk into a bar…and the bartender says, “Who’s paying?”

The Journey to Impact: Collaborating with a Corporate Sponsor on Early Detection of Lung Cancer

August 12, 2021

A central goal for us here at BU’s Technology Development office is to equip our faculty and research community with the information you need when thinking about bringing research to market. As such, we aim to share the variety of pathways that can be taken to secure backing and support to turn ideas into reality; […]

The Journey to Impact: Common Questions from BU Researchers

April 28, 2021

I interviewed eight PIs who presented at The Innovator’s Journey: Embracing Creativity & Discomfort in Pursuit of Impact.

The Journey to Impact: Equity Investors and Updates

November 3, 2021

This fall we launched a new program titled "Invasion of the Equity Investors." I specifically named the investors "equity investors" to ensure there’s no mistake about the nature of the transaction in the offing. Equity investors (Angels and venture capitalists) purchase shares in your company in return for cash. The ‘"invasion" was chosen to attract attention, or perhaps make you smile. They are one source of funding. There are many, many additional and alternative forms of funding besides equity (click here for a posted presentation on the subject), but that’s a conversation for another day. We had three investors scheduled thus far this semester. One more will listen to pitches on November 4. We’ll be inviting more next semester.