Dollars for Profs

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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Michael E. Niederweis

University of Washington, Department: Physics

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

ILLUMINA, INC.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)

The outcome of the research is of significant business interest to the entity and therefore the financial interest could likely change based on the research results.

The investigators IP is related to that which is used in the project and thus its value could be impacted by the results.

Listed Research Project
Nanopore sequencing of DNA with MspA

The objective of this collaborative proposal is to bring nanopore sequencing to full fruition. With previous support we have engineered the porin MspA for nanopore sequencing and combined it with a processive enzyme to demonstrate nanopore sequencing. We propose to take the next steps necessary to ready the process for industrial integration, but we will also explore improvements and variations that make nanopore sequencing even more powerful.

Filed on February 13, 2014.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Michael E. Niederweis University of Washington Conflict of Interest ILLUMINA, INC. $0 - $4,999
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