Montana State University and the University of Montana High-Tech Work Incubates Innovative Businesses

In a lab down the hill from Rebecca Mahurin’s Montana State University office http://www.montana.edu/wwwvr/tto/index.html , scientists recently created a special seed coating that may allow young crops to survive drought.

Mahurin, who has contracted the technology to a major farm chemistry company, is excited about what the research might mean to African famine, which is saying something. The technology transfer director’s research-stuffed hard drive is as maxed out as an undergrad’s iPod.

Browse the technology broker’s files and you’ll find crib notes for would-be miracle drugs, recipes for biofuels, secrets for landing combat helicopters safely in desert sandstorms, solutions for trapping coal pollution underground.

By TOM LUTEY Of The Gazette Staff The Billings Gazette

Full Story: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_328dcd81-6653-5171-8f4a-4f54172db0a6.html

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City Club Missoula "Recovery Of Damaged Knees, Brains And Rivers: Research At The U Of M, 2/14, Missoula http://matr.net/article-42853.html

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Montana State University Research, Creativity and Technology Transfer http://www.montana.edu/wwwvr/index.html

University of Montana Research http://www.umt.edu/research/

TechLink http://techlinkcenter.org/

MSU’s Optical Technology Center http://www.optics.montana.edu/

Montana Senator’s Baucus and Tester Push Defense Secretary for New Treatment For Troops With Brain Injuries – Sinapis Pharma http://matr.net/article-43040.html

University of Montana Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience http://www.health.umt.edu/centers/csfn/

University of Montana Center for Environmental Health Sciences http://www.umt.edu/cehs/

Rivertop Renewables http://www.rivertop.com/

MonTEC http://www.maedc.org/montec

TechRanch http://techranch.org/

More about UM and MSU Tech Transfer: http://matr.net/news.phtml?cat_id=127&catlabel=University+of+Montana+%26+Montana+State+University+Tech+Transfer