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Right now, at Vanderbilt University there are dozens of researchers studying small and large molecules and their effects on various diseases, searching for clues that will lead to the next big drug discovery.

Dozens of inventors, entrepreneurs and investors had a chance to "speed date" Tuesday night, thanks to Launch Tennessee and the inaugural Venture Match. The two-hour event gave participants a chance to meet, mingle, explain their technologies or interests, and learn from Vanderbilt professor and entrepreneur Benoit Dawant.

Joseph Parello, Ph.D., visiting scholar in the Pharmacology Department, earned the highest possible award for French citizens when he was presented the Insignia of Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the French National Legion of Honour). 

CTTC happily participated in the 2013 Postdoctoral Research and Shared Services Symposium earlier today. These sessions are ever-inspiring, as they illustrate the potential impact of academic research institutions.

When you put the right people in the right place at the right time, great things are bound to happen.

Friday, April 19, we had the pleasure of touring Vanderbilt's genomics lab as part of DNA Day. In the quick, 30-minute tour, we met a handful of researchers, watched and listened as they demonstrated their stations, and learned how the lab interacts with various departments, insititutes, and other laboratories at Vanderbilt.

Tuesday, April 23, CTTC participated in TechVille 2013, a technology conference hosted by the Nashville Technology Council.

There's only one way to describe Vanderbilt School of Engineering's Class of 2013:  Innovative. 

Suppose that two entities jointly own a patent. If the first entity grants a non-exclusive license to a company, must it share the resulting royalty proceeds with the co-owner if there is no contract requiring that it do so? The answer is no.

A team of five graduate students won the 2013 TechVenture Challenge after they wowed a panel of industry experts with their commercialization plan for InvisionHeart.