In quest for tech transfer gains, UC Davis reaches out for ideas--and gets plenty

摘要

As a research institution, the University of California Davis isn't exactly a slouch. The largest campus in the UC system, Davis boasted research funding of $678 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, positioning it as one of the nation's top 10 public research universities. The campus also is among the UC system's most prolific producers of new companies, according to Karl Mohr, assistant vice chancellor in the department of administrative and resource management. Since 2000, UC Davis has launched 15 start-ups across many industry sectors — medicine and biotech, information technology, software, engineering, and agribusiness.