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Project
could lead to new businesses
A new project designed to move research from the lab to the marketplace
could lead to new products for use in health care, agriculture and
other industries — and new regional businesses to make them.
Ohio University’s Edison Biotechnology Institute has joined
forces with Battelle, a Columbus-based international research and
development organization, to identify faculty discoveries and technologies
and target them for commercialization.
The initiative will foster economic development in the region and
benefit researchers, says David Wight, director of EBI.
“It is truly exciting to have the opportunity to combine the
discoveries of University research with recognized business development
expertise and to have a partner like Battelle that is interested
in economic development in southeastern Ohio,” Wight says.
The joint effort was announced in late fall by President Robert
Glidden, who cited the project as another way the University can
assist faculty in their research endeavors.
“We are very interested in supporting our faculty as they work
to move their ideas and innovations in a direction that leads to
new products and that have a direct and positive impact on the health
and well-being of people, the environment and the economy,”
Glidden says.
EBI was created in 1984 to foster economic development by aggressively
pursuing basic life sciences research in areas with commercial potential
and transferring new technologies and discoveries into the marketplace.
Ohio University and EBI scientists have been instrumental in developing
and protecting technologies that have led to the creation of six
start-up companies.
— Kelli Whitlock
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