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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Jerry Yang
University of California, San Diego, Department: Chemistry
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Amydis, Inc.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Dr. Yang is the scientific founder and chief scientific advisor of Amydis and hold (b)(4) equity. Amydis has a platform of compounds that fluoresces when bound to amyloid proteins, thus enabling diagnosis of such diseases. This project is to optimize the colorimetric and biocompatible properties of a new family of fluorescent probes that can label amyloids in tissue in order to develop a new approach for diagnosis and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases.
Chemical design of amyloid targeting fluorescent probes
Chemical design of amyloid targeting fluorescent probes Project Narrative Many neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the deposition of insoluble protein aggregates in the brain that are referred to as amyloids. We have recently designed a new family of fluorescent probes that can selectively mark amyloid deposits and allow, for the first time, visualization of these amyloids as a function of the emitted color from the probe. The proposed research aims to optimize the colorimetric and biocompatible properties of these probes in order to develop a new approach for diagnosis and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases.
Filed on September 18, 2018.
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