{"id":10895,"date":"2021-01-15T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=10895"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:39:02","slug":"bms-scholar-j-paul-robinson-among-six-purdue-innovators-to-receive-trask-innovation-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/bms-scholar-j-paul-robinson-among-six-purdue-innovators-to-receive-trask-innovation-funding.php","title":{"rendered":"BMS Scholar J. Paul Robinson Among Six Purdue Innovators to Receive Trask Innovation Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/J_Paul_Robinson-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A portrait of an older man with glasses, smiling while interacting with electronic equipment in a laboratory setting.\" class=\"wp-image-10418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/J_Paul_Robinson-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/J_Paul_Robinson-157x235.jpg 157w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/J_Paul_Robinson.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. J. Paul Robinson, the SVM Professor of Cytomics in the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Department of Basic Medical Sciences, is one of six Purdue University researchers receiving a total of nearly $209,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to help their labs commercialize their innovations.&nbsp; The fund is a development program established to support projects that advance the commercial value of Purdue intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Robinson holds a joint appointment in the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.&nbsp; He is receiving Trask funding for a handheld device for real-time detection of pathogens, toxins, and contaminating chemicals for biodefense and food analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trask Innovation Fund makes awards twice a year to aid faculty and staff with their patented innovations that are being commercialized through the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC), which is housed in the Convergence Center in the Discovery Park District.&nbsp; There are three Trask Innovation Fund tracks: Innovation Sparks for Life Science, Innovation Sparks for Physical Sciences, and Commercialization Partner Spark.&nbsp; Dr. Robinson is receiving support through the physical sciences track.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other five Purdue researchers receiving funding this round are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Jean Chmielewski, Alice Watson Kramer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry (track: life science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Arun Bhunia, professor of food science (track: life science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Luna Lu, ACPA Professor of Civil Engineering (track: commercialization)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Pedro Irazoqui, Reilly Professor of Biomedical Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering (track: commercialization)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Jeffrey Youngblood, professor of materials engineering (track: physical sciences)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2021\/Q1\/6-purdue-innovators-advance-their-technologies-through-trask-funding.html\">view a news release with further details about the other funded innovations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven during a global pandemic, researchers created many technologies worthy of OTC\u2019s investment to develop solutions through the Purdue commercialization ecosystem and Purdue\u2019s growing Discovery Park District,\u201d said Abhijit Karve, director of business development for OTC.&nbsp; Purdue inventors who are prepared to move their innovations to market have until February 19 to apply for funding through the <a href=\"https:\/\/purdueinnovates.org\/incubator\/trask-innovation-fund\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/purdueinnovates.org\/incubator\/trask-innovation-fund\/\">Trask Innovation Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All Purdue faculty, staff, and researchers who have submitted a disclosure to OTC are eligible to submit proposals.&nbsp; To learn more about these and other Purdue technologies, <a href=\"https:\/\/purdueinnovates.org\/contact\/\">contact OTC<\/a>. The Purdue Research Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/purdueinnovates.org\/otc\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/purdueinnovates.org\/otc\/\">Office of Technology Commercialization<\/a> operates one of the most comprehensive technology transfer programs among leading research universities in the U.S. Services provided by the office support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university&#8217;s academic activities through commercializing, licensing, and protecting Purdue intellectual property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. J. Paul Robinson, the SVM Professor of Cytomics in the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Department of Basic Medical Sciences, is one of six Purdue University researchers receiving a total of nearly $209,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to help their labs commercialize their innovations.  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