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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Seok-Hyun Yun
Massachusetts General Hospital, Department: Na
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LASE Innovation Inc.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Dr. Yun serves on the Board of Directors for, and has an equity interest in, LASE Innovation Inc., a private company focused on commercializing technologies based on novel microlayer particles, termed laser particles (LPs), for a variety of applications in life science and healthcare. The goal of the research is to miniaturize lasers (to the sizes of mitochondria or viruses) and develop instrumentations to utilize the “laser particles” as labels for massively parallel imaging and assays. The research and the company have an overlapping interest in laser particle technology and, if the research is successful, the company may have an interest in licensing the resulting IP. The Partners Committee on Outside Activities reviewed the financial interest in connection with the research and determined that the financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research. The committee further determined that the conflict could be managed with the implementation of an FCOI management plan.
Massive wavelength-division multiplexing and imaging with laser particles
PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE This proposal is relevant to public health because it will develop novel imaging and high- throughput analysis method to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diseases and their therapeutic responses. Therefore, the proposed research is relevant to the NIH's mission of fostering innovative research strategies to increase the nation's ability to improve the treatment of disease.
Filed on June 04, 2019.
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