MSU
Innovation Center has now hosted award ceremony to honor the MSY Innovator and
Inventor of the Year 2014. In addition, it has also obtained its recognition as
the winner of Tech Transfer Achievement Award. By commending towards creativity
and perseverance at MSU Innovation Celebration, organizers have presented
awardees with huge cash prizes and plaques. Robert Abramovitch received the
award as Innovation of the Year. He is an associate professor in the sector of
molecular genetics and microbiology.
Robert is
also known as the innovator
and developer of anti-virulence chemical compounds to cure tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis represents the single and the most lethal infectious agent in
different countries of the world. In this situation, the technology adopted by
Robert is the pair of suitable biosensors, which allow the identification of
different compounds, which can inhibit adaptation physiologies of M.
tuberculosis virulence adaptation required to deal with various chronic
infections.
After
this, Mr. Anil Jain received the award as Innovator of the Year 2014. He served
his valuable role as the professor in engineering and computer science
department. People mostly know him for his contribution in the sector of
biometrics. Biometrics is the latest science, which involves identification of
people based on their behavior and characteristics identified by the help of information
systems. Currently, this term is responsible for representing massive
globalized market containing 10 billion dollars individuals.
According
to the opinion of Charles Hasemann, the Executive Director of MSU Innovation
Center, “When it comes to invention, it requires a remarkable amount of labor
and imagination to create something new. Sharing that research with the world
takes creativity, perseverance and a lot of trial and error. We provide
resources and support to reduce barriers and help both students and faculty
bring more of our best research ideas to market.” Read a similar type of update about MSU award ceremony from here.