Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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David Zhang

Rice University, Department: Biomedical Engineering

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

NuProbe

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

The activities with NuProbe involve the same technology utilized in the funded research. Rice University determined that this relationship may constitute a conflict of interest because it may be perceived that Dr. Zhang's relationship with NuProbe could affect the design, conduct, or reporting of his research.

Listed Research Project
Highly multiplexed and mutation-sensitive quantitative PCR for cancer diagnostics

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a powerful method to detect speci c DNA and RNA sequences that act as cancer biomarkers. However, the simultaneous accurate ampli cation of multiple rare sequences (multiplexed allele-speci c PCR) is dicult to reliably design and achieve. This project proposes new primers and instruments that allow improved mutation sensitivity and multiplexing for DNA detection, with important application in lung cancer early detection and recurrence detection.

Filed on January 17, 2019.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
David Zhang Rice University Conflict of Interest NuProbe $100,000 - $149,999
David Zhang Rice University Conflict of Interest Searna Technologies, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
David Zhang Rice University Conflict of Interest Searna Technologies, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
David Zhang Rice University Conflict of Interest Torus Biosystems Value cannot be readily determined
David Zhang Rice University Conflict of Interest Nuprobe Global Value cannot be readily determined
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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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