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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Peng Yin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department: Miscellaneous
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Ultivue, Inc.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
This research project aims to develop highly multiplexed, nanoscale, super-resolution techniques to study the diversity of synapse types systematically, and to see how different kinds of synapse, between well-defined cells, change in disease states.
Ultivue aims to bring previously inaccessible biological information to light for life sciences research with applications to clinical diagnostics market. The company will use super resolution methods to address challenges in molecular scale bioimaging. These methods include novel DNA reagents that can immediately transform the installed base of thousands of high-end microscopes to easily perform super-resolution and enable all microscopes to perform high multiplexing. More specifically, as a consultant Dr. Yin will work exclusively with the Company with respect to DNA-PAINT and Exchange-PAINT based fluorescence imaging reagents, hardware and software developments, and applications based on such techniques.
Ultra-Multiplexed Nanoscale In Situ Proteomics for Understanding Synapse Types
The proposed research is relevant to public health because understanding the molecular structure and composition of synapses is key to understanding neurological and psychiatric disorders where information transfer between neurons is impaired. Many neurological and psychiatric disorders are associated with mutations or deficits in synaptic protein availability, morphology, or physiology. Our technology will enable the proteins within a synapse to be understood, providing fundamental information that will support development of new brain therapeutics.
Filed on October 02, 2015.
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Peng Yin filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peng Yin | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Peng Yin | Harvard Medical School | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Peng Yin | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Peng Yin | Harvard University | Conflict of Interest | Ultivue Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.
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