BioMedTexas

Back in January and February of 2018, I spent some time creating two four-panel comics about the process of 1) obtaining patent protection, and 2) monetizing those patent rights by licensing them. I drew the comics to serve as an illustration of concepts that I often find myself explaining to others in the course of my work. I've already shared these comics through  Twitter  and  Facebook  (click on either of link to see more of the creative process!). However, I thought I'd share them with my blog's readership as well. Please enjoy! I'm really hoping to reignite this project at some point in the future and create more episodes. (Click on the images below to enlarge) Episode 1: Episode 2: - Isamu Hartman

This past Friday (Oct. 25, 2019) the Texas-Israel Alliance held its  Healthcare & Life Sciences Innovation Conference , which was conveniently hosted by UT Southwestern Medical Center, where I work. The event presented 5~6 panel discussions and fireside chats that featured speakers from a wide variety of institutions and business entities including the FDA, Microsoft, Rabin Medical Center, NASA, Start-up Nation Central, several venture capital firms, and others. All of the featured talks were of uniformly high quality, but one stood out for me in terms of 1) delivering insights into what makes the Israeli innovation ecosystem unique, and 2) providing lessons that can be derived from those insights that may be useful for further developing Texas's own ecosystem. This was the fireside chat between Guy Hilton , General Manager of Start-up Nation Central , and Dr. Claire Aldridge , Associate Vice President of Commercialization and Business Development at UT Southwestern (who, in t