CLIMATE CHALLENGE - Isis Innovation

CLIMATE CHALLENGETom HockadayIn its early days, Isis Newsreproduced the lecturesdelivered at Oxford InnovationSociety meetings to thoseMembers who had been unableto attend. Over the yearsIsis News has developed tofeature the Members of theOIS, technologies availablefor licensing, examples ofsuccessful licensing deals, andTom Hockaday, Managingspin-out company activities.Director, Isis Innovation Ltd.Most recently we have beenable to include features on our consulting activities withOxford University Consulting and Isis Enterprise.The Oxford Innovation Society meeting in September heardtwo lectures from distinguished speakers. Professor PeterEdwards, FRS, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford,spoke about the technological challenges in the battleagainst climate change. Dr Murali Sastry, Chief ScientificOfficer of Tata Chemicals Ltd based in Pune, described thenetwork of global businesses that make up the Tata Group,and Tata Chemicals activities, involved in producing salts andfood additives.This edition describes these lectures, and contains manyother fascinating pages on technology profiles, successfuldeals, spin-outs, consulting relationships and our businesspartners.As always, please let me have your comments, and pleaseregister to receive E-News and Technology Updates atwww.isis-innovation.com/new/newsYoursTom Hockaday, Managing DirectorContentsNews and events 3Professor Peter Edwards 4Academic Speaker – Oxford Innovation Society Seminarand Dinner September 2008Tata Chemicals Limited 5Sponsor for Oxford Innovation Society Seminar and DinnerAccelerating Progress 6OIS Member: Camitri Technologies LtdIsis licenses pH sensor technology to 7Phathom Nanosensors IncOxford invention licensed to US companyOxford signs deal to develop world’s 8leading TB vaccineOxford-Emergent Tuberculosis ConsortiumEnzyme cofactor regeneration 9Isis Project Number 3387Improvement of heart by-pass operations 10Isis Project Number 2531Smart active microwave cavity sensors for 11medical and non-medical applicationsIsis Project Number 3152Higher efficiency materials for Li ion batteries 12Isis Project Number 2918MRI image improvement aids diagnosis 13Isis Project Number 3531Biomass to methanol process 14Isis Project Number 3680Consultancy to grow a green shoot 15Harnessing a well-known school experimentto produce green energyUsing the oceans as a carbon sink 16Arranging consultancy work throughOxford University ConsultingBiomedical imaging at Oxford 17A community of researchers and practitionersSpider technology for ultrashort 18laser pulse measurementAPE GmbHHigher yields for therapeutic protein products 19EKB Technology Limited, Isis Project Number 71531Portfolio news 20Investing in Oxford University spin-outsManaging funding awards 22Points and pitfallsGrowing a university technology transfer activity 23Isis EnterpriseOxford Innovation Society Meetings 242