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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Richard Levenson
University of California at Davis, Department: Pathology
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Muse Microscopy Inc.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Dr. Levenson is a co-founder and owns approximately (b)(4) equity in Muse Microscopy, Inc. The company is involved in commercializing technology developed (in part) at UC Davis. The results of this award could result in additional IP that could be licensed to the company.
Cancer histology and QC via MUSE: Sample-sparing UV surface-excitation microscopy
PROJECT NARRATIVE: Pathology?determining the causes and effects of disease, often by use of microscopy to examine patients' tissue?is essential for arriving at a correct cancer diagnosis, but it has become increasingly important to submit relevant portions of the sample for DNA and other molecular tests. Making sure that the submitted samples actually contain tumor, and in sufficient quantity, is not always easy, and sometimes just preparing conventional microscope slides can consume most of the specimen. We have developed a new, simple and inexpensive microscopy approach that can provide subcellular resolution images directly and quickly from fresh tissue without destroying it, and can optimize the provision of intact and high-quality specimens for downstream molecular analyses. �
Filed on November 29, 2018.
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