Research and Graduate Studies @ KU

KU Bioentrepreneurship Symposium Feb. 9 to feature prominent alumnus

A symposium designed to introduce KU students to bioscience entrepreneurship is scheduled for Sat., Feb. 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the KU Alumni Center.  The event is free, includes lunch and is open to students in any academic field who have an interest in entrepreneurship.

Randy Scott, chairman and CEO of Genomic Health, will make keynote remarks on the topic of “Bringing the Promise of Genomics to the Practice of Medicine: Opportunities for Bioentrepreneurship."  Scott received a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from KU. He co-founded Incyte, the world’s first genomic information business, in 1991.  An inventor with 25 issued patents, Scott has written more than 40 scientific publications in the fields of protein biology, gene discovery and cancer.  In 1999, Forbes magazine listed him as one of “Biotech’s Top 25 Influential Insiders.“

Scott will also take part in a panel discussion with Tracy Taylor of the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC), Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffman Foundation, and Jim Baxendale,  director of technology transfer and intellectual property in KU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies.  Provost Richard Lariviere will make opening remarks.

The symposium is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KTEC, the Biology Alumni Advisory Board and the Department of Molecular Biosciences.  For more information, contact Kathy Suprenant, chair of Molecular Biosciences, at 864-4580 or ksupre@ku.edu.