University of California Irvine's Office of Technology Alliances
 http://www.ota.uci.edu

This office manages the university's tech transfer activities and provides assistance to its spin-offs. The UCI tech transfer team is led by David Schetter, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research & Technology Alliances -- schetter@uci.edu -- (pictured right), and includes the following on the biological, health and biomedical engineering sciences:

• Holger Roehl, Ph.D., Alliance Development Officer, (949) 824-7112, holger.roehl@uci.edu

• Ronnie Hanecak, Ph.D., Director, Biological Sciences, (949) 824-7186, rhanecak@uci.edu

• Maria Tkachuk, Ph.D. Licensing Associate, Life Sciences, (949) 824-2288 , mtkachuk@uci.edu

• Alvin Viray, Patent & Licensing Officer, Biomedical Engineering, (949) 824-3104, aviray@uci.edu

• Abraxis BioScience Exclusively Licenses Intellectual Property Portfolio Designed to Personalize Treatment for Colorectal Cancer from the University of Southern California

• Funds urge change of model for 'big pharma'

• Global Pharmaceutical Market to Double in Value to $1.3 Trillion by 2020

• Simulations Plus Wins Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant

• Grant Life Sciences to In-License HPV DNA-based Test from Alphagenics

• SiDMAP Collaboration Leads to Discovery of Novel Biomarker for Early Detection the Metabolic Syndrome

• Leiner Health to Consolidate Manufacturing and Bottling

• Cortex and the University of California, Irvine Extend Exclusive Licensing Agreement

• CompuMed, Inc. Appoints New CEO

• Phenomenex to Distribute Beckman Coulter's IgY Proteome Enrichment Chemistry for Biomarker Discovery

• CSUPERB (San Diego):

  • Director of C-Lab

• Molecular Express (Los Angeles):

  • Research Associate

• NeuroSystec Corp (Valencia, CA):

  • Clinical–Regulatory Affairs Manager

See list of other open positionst:
http://www.socalbio.org/career_center/jobs.htm

• Master of Bioscience Degree @ Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
  Contact: Diana Bartlett
  Director of Corporate Partnerships
  Diana_Bartlett@kgi.edu

• USC Master's in Regulatory Science 
  Contact: Frances Richmond
  Director, Regulatory and Clinical Science
  fjr@usc.edu

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