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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Kevin Weeks
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Department: Chemistry
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Ribometrix
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The SFIs of the investigator are related to the funded research since the technology being used in the project has been licensed to the company with which the investigator has multiple relationships.
The Institution has determined that since the technology could be further validated as a result of the research, these financial interests could conflict with project.
Genome-Scale Analysis of RNA Virus Tertiary Structure
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major worldwide health threat that causes fatal liver diseases and leads to two-thirds of all liver transplants and more than 50% of all liver cancers. This work will determine structures for complete HCV RNA genomes using innovative technologies created in the two collaborating project laboratories. This work is significant because it will create tools that can be widely adopted by non-expert laboratories for analysis of complex, biologically authentic RNAs; will reveal numerous new roles for RNA structure in HCV pathogenesis; and will identify novel frameworks for designing new antiviral therapeutics.
Filed on June 02, 2016.
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Kevin Weeks filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix | $0 - $4,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix LLC | $0 - $4,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix, Inc | $0 - $4,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix | $0 - $4,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix, Inc | $0 - $4,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix | $0 - $4,999 |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix, Inc | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Kevin Weeks | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Ribometrix, 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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