AIS Colorado

Interested in the patent process?

Matthew Pink and David Poticha from the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) shared a great opportunity for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to learn about the patent and technology commercialization process. The Technology Transfer Fellows Program is an initiative by the CU TTO to bridge the gap between academic research within the CU system and biotechnology commercialization.

The goal of this initiative is to provide an educational opportunity to graduate students and post-doctorol fellows while increasing exposure for the TTO to research projects that may be marketable and beneficial for the Principal Investigators and the University of Colorado.

Participants will be trained on how to identify potential patentable and commercialize-able research technologies within their interactions in the university. Training will consist of seminars and sessions with TTO staff and guest speakers (at both Anschutz and Boulder campuses) with a commitment of 10hrs/month during the fall and spring semesters. Trainees will also be partnered with a patent attorney “mentor” and assigned projects to further expand their skill base through real hands-on experience and networking. By the end of the program, participants should gain an understanding of the technology transfer process and intellectual property protection, and the skills to recognize patentable technologies.

The first training session is scheduled for October 24th.
If you are interested in joining the Technology Transfer Fellows Program, please feel free to contact Matthew Pink, Ph.D. (Licensing Associate) at 303-724-0184, e-mail: matthew.pink@cu.edu, OR David Poticha, M.S., J.D. (Senior Licensing Manager) at 303-724-0220, e-mail: david.poticha@cu.edu with any questions.

For more information visit the CU Tech Transfer Office website

Project Network

The most important thing you can do to get the job you want is to build an active professional network. The Alternatives in Science Club had partnered with the Post Doc Office to make networking easier and less stressful. The Post Doc Office is building a giant network of local and distant companies who hire PhDs. You can participate in this crowd-sourcing project and by doing so, build your own personal network.

How it works:

1) Download the networking protocol .

2) Download the questionnaire .

3) Go to the Post Doc Office – Network Project website to see which companies have already been contact and to get lists of companies who have not yet been contacted.

4) Make contact

5) Fill out questionnaire

6) Submit answers to Valerie.Saltou@ucdenver.edu

7) Valerie will send them a thank you note for participating and post the questionnaire answers on the website.

You can put this work for AIS/PDO on your CV or Resume and if you have any questions specific to your new contact you should feel free to call or email them in the future.

Why not just network on your own? You can and should, but sometimes it is easier for people to talk to strangers when they have a purpose. This project gives a purpose to the conversation. Besides, wouldn’t it be a good feeling to know that you contributed to the Post Doc Office giant rolodex of contacts?

Hi everyone! Welcome to the new website for the Alternatives in Science club at the University of Colorado Denver.

This will be a hub for information about speakers and events on campus and in the area as well as links to other sources that people might find helpful. We encourage everyone to provide feedback on what things you’d like to see more of and any ideas for speakers you’d like us to try to bring in.