Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Elizabeth Hillman
Columbia University Health Sciences, Department: Radiation Diagnostic/oncology
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Leica Microsystems
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Hillman has begun a consultancy with Leica Microsystems; she also is an inventor of SCAPE microscopy technology licensed from Columbia to Leica that relates to microscopy technology used in this study. In light of these facts, Columbia found that Dr. Hillman’s significant financial interest in Leica could affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research.
SCAPE microscopy for high-speed in-vivo volumetric microscopy in behaving organisms
To understand how the brain works, we need to be able to observe the function of neurons at very high speeds, in 3-dimensions, and if possible during behavior. Here, we propose to develop, optimize and translate a new approach to high-speed 3D microscopy known as SCAPE, which can deliver 10-100 times faster 3D cellular-level imaging than current techniques. We aim to develop two new SCAPE systems, one versatile, low- cost platform for imaging the entire brain or whole-body nervous system of small organisms such as fruit flies, and one high-performance system for capturing 3D neural dynamics in the awake, behaving mouse brain.
Filed on April 28, 2017.
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Elizabeth Hillman filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Hillman | Columbia University Health Sciences | Conflict of Interest | Leica Microsystems | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Elizabeth Hillman | Columbia University Health Sciences | Conflict of Interest | Leica Microsystems | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Elizabeth Hillman | Columbia University Health Sciences | Conflict of Interest | Leica Microsystems | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Elizabeth Hillman | Columbia University Health Sciences | Conflict of Interest | Leica Microsystems | $40,000 - $59,999 |
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