CCTEC hosted its Third Annual Cornell Technology Venture Forum (CTVF) on October 22, 2009. Attendees gathered to hear eleven oral presentations. Five Cornell inventors shared their emerging technologies including a microfluidic device for drug evaluation, commensal microbes engineered to be signal monitors and responders inside the body, cancer metatasis prevention, nanoparticles for minimally invasive prostate cancer therapy, and scaling video games for better playing experiences. Six Cornell startups, including Orthogonal, ZetrOZ, Prendismo, Glycobia, Adenios, and Vybion pitched their businesses to investors, industry representatives, and Cornell community leaders.

The East Hill Office Building Atrium was filled with posters of information technology, veterinary medicine, drug development, cancer treatment, agriculture, medical devices, and MEMS. Attendees made useful business contacts and met potential collaborators during the poster viewing sessions and a networking lunch.

Cornell Startups

• Orthogonal

Fox Holt, CEO

• ZetrOZ

Bryant Guffey, CEO

• Prendismo

Deborah Streeter, Co-Founder and Creator

• Glycobia

Matthew Delisa, President

• Adenios

Charles Hamilton, Co-Founder and CEO

• Vybion

Lee Henderson, CEO

• GeneWeave Biosciences

Jason Springs, CEO

• InFlora, Inc.

Laura Cima, CEO

• Reparo Therapy, Inc.

Liyan He

Emerging Technologies

• Alternative Form of Treatment for Infection in Cows

Rodrigo Bicalho, Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences

• Assessing Anti-Cancer Drugs in 3-D Cell Model

Claudia Fischbach, Biomedical Engineering

• Beneficial Microorganisms as Signal Mediators

John March, Biological & Environmental Engineering

• Blocking the Metastasis of Cancer

Xin-Yun Huang, Physiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Chip Image Sensor for Biomedical and Security Uses

Alyosha Molnar, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Compilation Framework for Continuous Query Processing

Christoph Koch, Computer Science

• Device and Method for Mechanical Biopsy of Soft Tissue

Jonathan Butcher, Biomedical Engineering

• Microfluidic Device for Study of Drugs

Michael Shuler, Biomedical Engineering

• Nanoparticles for Less Invasive Prostate Cancer Therapy

Alexis Te, Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Novel Approach for Alzheimer's Treatment

Linda Nicholson, Molecular Biology & Genetics

• Protein Expression System Boosts Immune Response

Bettina Wagner, Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences

• Radiotherapy Sensistizer for Cancer Treatment

Leandro Cerchietti, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Scaling Video Games for Better Playing Experiences

Johannes Gehrke, Computer Science

• Self-Assembled Intervertebral Disc

Lawrence Bonassar, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

• Starve Cancer Cells by Disrupting Their Metabolism

Kristin Wilson Cerione, Molecular Medicine

• Transgenic Rodent Models of Parkinson's Disease

Chenjian Li, Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College

To view the event program, click here.

To view photos from the event, click here.

Mark Your Calendar! The fourth annual CTVF will be held on October 28, 2010.

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The inaugural Technology Innovation Gala reception was held to recognize Cornell faculty innovators whose research results have been licensed to industry partners for commercial development since January 2007. More than 150 guests including faculty innovators and their guests, industry representatives, university Trustees, community leaders, investors, and university senior administrators gathered to celebrate the faculty innovators accomplishments. Cornell Provost, W. Kent Fuchs, and Senior Vice Provost for Research, Robert Buhrman, also toasted and presented to Professor Watt Webb the 2009 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for his invention, “Multiphoton Microscopy Systems”, in recognition of the invention’s impact on the advancement of biological science research.

The Technology Innovation Gala will be a biennial event to celebrate the success and dedication of Cornell innovators who are committed to making the results of their research useful to benefit the public.

For more information about the Technology Innnovation Gala and to view photos from the event, click here.