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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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Robert Michael van Dam

University of California Los Angeles, Department: Biochemistry

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution

Professor van Dam is the PI and will oversee the research project, and will directly supervise the postdoctoral researchers, advising on research planning and experimental design, analysis of results, on-chip radiosynthesis studies and optimization, and design and prototyping of subsystems and system integration.

Listed Research Project
Automated microfluidic production of high specific activity PET tracers to enable routine CNS imaging

The proposed research will develop a fully-automated system and optimized protocols for preparation of tracers with very high specific activity for imaging with positron emission tomography (PET). Unlike in many other parts of the body, the biology of the central nervous system (CNS) including the brain requires PET tracers to have very high specific activity for successful imaging without interfering with the physiology of the patient. This technology will provide a critical tool in the research and development of new diagnostics and therapies for CNS disorders, accelerating the translation of research from basic biology into human health.

Filed on June 17, 2015.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Robert van Dam University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC $350,000 - $399,999
Robert van Dam University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest Sofie Biosciences $350,000 - $399,999
Robert Michael van Dam University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC. $200,000 - $249,999
Robert Michael van Dam University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC. $40,000 - $59,999
Robert van Dam University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC $5,000 - $9,999
Robert van Dam University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC Value cannot be readily determined
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