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LAVA's First Look LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

Over 40 presentations from our region's most prominent research institutions: CalTech, UCS, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, Childrens Hospital LA, Cedars Sinai, University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, LA BioMed, City of Hope, CalState LA and more!

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Firm With Ties To UCI Backing Of Iacocca Family

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Kineta said that the Iacocca Family Foundation is in an investment partnership with the firm to speed development of compounds to treat Type 1 diabetes. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Those compounds are being developed by UC Irvine professors K. George Chandy, M.D., and Jonathan Lakey, Ph.D.

UCI 133
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Firm With Ties To UCI Gets Backing Of Iacocca Family

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Kineta said that the Iacocca Family Foundation is in an investment partnership with the firm to speed development of compounds to treat Type 1 diabetes. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Those compounds are being developed by UC Irvine professors K. George Chandy, M.D., and Jonathan Lakey, Ph.D.

UCI 113
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X PRIZE Foundation Gives $25K To UCI Students

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The prize was funded by Prize Capital, which is focused on preserving rich ecological habitat areas around the world, and invests in environmentally sustainable economic development, new technologies and biodiversity preservation.

UCI 124
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Human Centered Design: If it Doesn't Work for Humans, It Doesn't Work

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In this talk we cover three primary topics: · Introduction to human centered design (HCD) · Return on Investment in adding HCD to systems and software engineering · How to incorporate it into existing software and systems development lifecycles. See [link] (more)

Design 100
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Industrial Commercialization and Manufacturing of Microfluidics

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UCI Calit2. Historically, the microfluidics industry has been challenged to achieve a strong return on investment. Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- Industrial Commercialization and Manufacturing of Microfluidics: Are We There Yet? With nearly 20 years of experience in the industry, Dr.

UCI 100
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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. As you know, it was started by the Vice Chancellors at UCI and Dwight Decker, who really got together and got things going. It's been kind of lean.

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