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CURRENT UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MISSION The North Texas Commission collaborates with regional stakeholders to strengthen public-private alliances, advancing an economically vibrant region. STAFF President & CEO Mabrie Jackson Executive Vice President Marcellette Sherman CAE, CFRE Vice President, Communications Kimberly Walton Director, Personnel & Accounting Dawn Miller Marketing Events Manager Britton Cunningham Senior Executive Administrator/Board Liaison Tina Citizen Executive Director, Interlink Candy Slocum CONTACT US North Texas Commission P.O. Box 610246 DFW Airport, TX 75261 (972) 621-0400 www.ntc-dfw.org [email protected] SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY Decoding blue light’s ability to alter the body’s natural clock The hunt for the elusive neutrino particle Diagnostic and clinical treatment approaches for age-related macular degeneration Cybersecurity and Bitcoin scams TEXAS A&M COMMERCE Micro RNA therapy to restore heart muscle functionality in cardiac patients Determining masses of the mysterious carbon-atmosphere white dwarfs Management strategies for redbanded stinkbug-threat to U.S. soybean crops Artificial light techniques to improve egg productivity and quality in pastureraised hens UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Building transportation and logistics systems efficiencies Food security with an increasing need for sustainable, bio-based materials Liquid biofuels development from genetically engineered switchgrass Tinnitus and hearing loss treatments for veterans UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER Renal filtration efficiencies for diabetics Stem cell research in the recovery of brain tissue in stroke patients Mitochondrial DNA blood testing for predisposition for Alzheimer’s Florescent imagining and diagnostics in early detection of cancer Nanoparticles as Trojan horses to smuggle anti-cancer drugs through the body National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) forensics database for criminal investigators UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Micro-windmill clean energy production Healthy streams through watershed wetlands Nanophotonic chip manipulation for medical and telecommunication applications UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Robot theory to improve prosthetics Predicting criminal behavior models Water conservation and leak detection systems Carbon nanotube manufacturing and commercialization for electronic, construction and automotive materials Linking clear memory and brain connectivity to memory decline UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER Basic and translational research into traumatic brain injury, stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease Working to understand the immune system’s molecular machinery against infections Unravel degenerative diseases of the heart, brain and other tissues, which represent the largest cause of death and disability in the world