Celebrate Princeton Invention 2011
Celebrate Princeton Invention 2011
Meet our inventors:
- Flash NanoPrecipitation is a technique for encapsulating therapeutic and diagnostic molecules in nanoparticles to improve treatment and monitoring of diseases including cancer and tuberculosis.
- A technique for coating implants with materials to improve the interface between medical devices and the human body.
- Crystalline materials with high surface conductivity for use in electronic devices that are smaller, faster, and less heat-generating than today's electronics.
- BACCH(TM) 3D Sound is an audio technology that allows the listener to hear, through two ordinary speakers, a truly three-dimensional reproduction of a recorded sound field with a level of high tonal and spatial fidelity.
- TUBE delivers the right pricing incentives to help Internet service providers meet the challenges of growing bandwidth demand while providing users with choices to save on their monthly bills.
- Sirtuins, which have mainly been studied for effects on aging and cancer, have another important function: inhibiting virus replication during infection.
- Benjamin Garcia and his colleagues have developed a method for studying epigenetic modifications by extracting and analyzing specific target genes together with regulatory proteins.
- BioNano Genomics is commercializing a high-throughput platform for analyzing DNA with single-molecule sensitivity based on technology pioneered at Princeton University.
The event featured remarks by University President Shirley M. Tilghman, Dean for Research A.J. Stewart Smith and Erik Holmlin, president and CEO of Philadelphia-based BioNano Genomics (formerly BioNanomatrix), a company founded with technology licensed exclusively from Princeton.
"For the third year, we have come together with Princeton scientists and engineers to learn about and recognize the important and impressive inventions that began as ideas nurtured in our laboratories. At the same time, this is an occasion to bring together those scientific minds with people who possess the vision and expertise to see invention through to application, to provide a bridge from the lab to the marketplace. I extend to both inventor and investor my appreciation for channeling their curiosity into disciplined research that has the potential to transform our world."
Shirley M. Tilghman
President, Princeton University
"The new knowledge uncovered by these talented individuals
transforms lives on a daily basis by helping people connect with one
another, improving health and longevity, providing sustainable energy
sources, and even fulfilling needs that we never anticipated. Perhaps
more than ever before at Princeton, these discoveries are arising from
interdisciplinary collaborations encouraged and nurtured by the University."
A. J. Stewart Smith
Dean for Research and the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
Dean for Research and the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
"The inventors and creations featured this year are evidence of the important and myriad ways in which the time and resources devoted to scientific exploration benefit our society. New methods for harnessing renewable energy, medications that combat life-threatening illnesses with more precision, and better techniques for producing and controlling advanced materials—these are but a few of the real applications that began with an idea at Princeton. As a research university, Princeton is dedicated to
bringing ideas to fruition, and that mission is only possible through the ingenuity of our researchers. With time and support, their ideas are now available to be ushered into the marketplace and, ultimately, to the people who need them most."
bringing ideas to fruition, and that mission is only possible through the ingenuity of our researchers. With time and support, their ideas are now available to be ushered into the marketplace and, ultimately, to the people who need them most."
John Ritter
Director, Office of Technology Licensing
More Event Photos
Faculty members and industry representatives engage in discussions at Celebrate Princeton Invention 2011. Photo by Brian Wilson.
PSEG President and CEO Ralph Izzo speaks with University Entrepreneur-in-Residence Gregory Olsen and University President Shirley Tilghman. Photo by Brian Wilson.
Erik Holmlin, president and CEO of BioNano Genomics, a company founded with technology developed at Princeton University. Photo by Brian Wilson.
Edgar Choueiri, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, demonstrates 3D audio sound to Thomas Meagher of Meagher Emanuel Laks Roehling & Goldberg, LLP. Photo by Brian Wilson.
Ileana Cristea, assistant professor of molecular biology with Thomas Shenk, professor of molecular biology and the James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences. Photo by Brian Wilson.
Paul Prucnal, professor of electrical engineering, speaking with Marc Oliveri of Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories. Photo by Brian Wilson.
Graduate student Suzanne D’Addio (in Robert Prud’homme’s group) explaining Flash Nanoprecipitation to attendees. Photo by Brian Wilson.
We are grateful to SAP and Meagher Emanuel Laks Roehling & Goldberg, LLP, whose generous gifts enabled this event.
