BNL Hosts Federal Laboratory Consortium's Northeast Regional Meeting
October 23, 2008
For the first time, BNL hosted the Northeast regional meeting of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC). This year, more than 20 people from federal agencies and laboratories attended the biannual meeting, including representatives from DOE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Organized in 1974, the FLC is a nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides a forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking federal laboratory technologies with the marketplace. More than 250 federal laboratories and agencies are members of the FLC, which is divided into six regions across the nation.
Joining the participants of the Northeast regional meeting of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) are Lori-Anne Neiger (first at left) and Mike Furey (second from right), both from BNL's Office of Intellectual Property and Sponsored Research; David Koegel (first at right), DOE Office of Science, Laboratory Management; and Dorry Tooker (fourth from right, front row), former BNL Manager of Technology Outreach and currently President of the FLC's Northeast Alumni Group.
"Our meeting was very successful at developing relationships among technology transfer professionals in the Northeast so that we can more easily solve problems and create partnerships among labs, academia and businesses, said Mike Furey, BNL's Manager of Research Partnerships and Sponsored Research and the coordinator of the FLC meeting.
Among the highlights of the meeting were an update on DOE technology transfer activities provided by David Koegel, DOE Office of Science, Laboratory Management, and a talk in which Jay Fraser, President of Tracer Detection Technology Corporation in San Antonio, Texas, discussed his technology transfer experiences with national laboratories, including BNL. John Heiser and Arthur Sedlacek, both researchers in the Environmental Sciences Department, helped the company to develop a light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor for detecting perfluorocarbon tracers.
DHS Science and Technology representative Mitch Erickson gave an overview of work performed in the Northeast region's DHS laboratories, and Bruce Harper, DHS, gave a talk, titled, "What Exactly are they Doing at Plum Island?"
The conference participants also toured some of the Laboratory's major facilities, including the Center of Functional Nanomaterials and the National Synchrotron Light Source. David Schlyer, Medical Department, gave a talk for the group on BNL's Center for Translational Neuroimaging, where brain-imaging tools, such as positron emission tomography, help scientists to "see" how the brain works at the cellular level. This information has led to significant progress in understanding addiction, eating disorders, attention deficit disorder, and neurodegenerative disorders.
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