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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Hsian-Rong Tseng
University of California Los Angeles, Department: Biochemistry
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CytoLumina Technologies Corp
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution
Professor Tseng disclosed that he is a co-founder of Cytolumina Technologies and holds (b)(4) of the equity in the company, currently valued at (b)(4). In addition Professor Tseng is the co-inventor of “Nanostructured Substrates for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells” (UC Case No. 2009-520-02). This has technology has been exclusively licensed to Cytolumina Technologies. This intellectual property, will be further developed in the research. This company was restructured in 2011 as Cytolumina Technologies.
Molecular and Functional Analysis of Single Circulating Melanoma Cells
The goal of this R33 proposal is i) to develop a single-cell isolation technology by coupling a NanoVelcro Chip with Laser MicroDissection (LMD) techniques to enable highly efficient enumeration and specific isolation of viable/preservative-free circulating melanoma cells (CMCs) from blood, and ii) to demonstrate the feasibility of performing molecular and functional analyses of the isolated single CMCs. In collaboration with the UCLA melanoma team, we will validate the clinical utility of the proposed single-CMC molecular assays for dynamically monitoring disease progression, treatment outcomes and drug resistance in melanoma patients treated with BRAF inhibitors.
Filed on June 20, 2013.
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Hsian-Rong Tseng filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsian-Rong Tseng | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | CytoLumina Technologies Corp | >$600,000 |
| Hsian-Rong Tseng | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | FetoLumina Technologies Corp. | >$600,000 |
| Hsian-Rong Tseng | Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Conflict of Interest | CytoLumina Technologies Corp., Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Hsian-Rong Tseng | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | FetoLumina Technologies Corp. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Hsian-Rong Tseng | Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Conflict of Interest | CytoLumina Technologies Corp., 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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