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Panel III: U.S. Parks: The Laboratory Model
Pages 92-102

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From page 92...
... Senate Energy Committee Ms. Clay said that the Senate Energy Committee has a dual mission in trying both to support work on basic science and also "to see the importance of following through on basic research to technology transfer and commercialization of products." She noted that Committee members Bingaman and Alexander have worked hard on the American Competitiveness Act, which is based on recommendations made by the National Academies' Augustine Commission.
From page 93...
... Stulen, chief technology officer at Sandia, began by noting that Sandia Science and Technology Park has many features in common with Minatec in France, including deep roots in nuclear engineering research. Sandia National Laboratories were established in New Mexico in the late 1940s, under President Truman, to develop nuclear weapons.
From page 94...
... Another unusual feature is that the park does not own the land it occupies, so an MOU had to be signed with the landowners -- the Albuquerque Public Schools, BUILD New Mexico/Union Development Corporation (private) , and the New Mexico State Land Office.
From page 95...
... Department of Energy, Lockheed Martin Corp., Economic Development Admin­ PROC Figure 03 istration, State of New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Public Service Company R01413 of New Mexico, Mid-Region Council of Governments, and the New Mexico c ­ ongressional delegation. "We've had help from a range of levels, at every editable scale." He offered some statistics to give the dimensions of the park: 27 companies, 2,113 employees, 18 buildings, 897,000 square feet of occupied space, 67 developed acres.
From page 96...
... 14  When the airship USS Akron crashed off New Jersey in 1935, one victim was Admiral Moffett, after whom Moffett Field was named. The admiral was an ardent proponent of the airship model, and Hangar 1 at Moffett Field was built to house the USS Macon, the sister ship of the Akron.
From page 97...
... They recommended such measures as air shows, information technology institutes, astrobiology institutes, an S&T campus and light industrial park, an air and space educational center, expansion of the Bay Trail, film studios, and expansion of the U.S. Space Camp.
From page 98...
... The consortium will lease about 70 acres for research, education, and innovation. Goals are to develop new technologies emerging from the convergence of bio-info-nano-scientific research, autonomous systems and robotics, renewable energy sources, technologies for long-term sustainability of human life, and managing innovation in the emerging world.
From page 99...
... develop new therapeutics that would "change it from a death sentence to a chronic illness with good quality of life." To achieve these goals will require "very basic science"; identification of targets and pathways within cells; interventions using small molecules, large molecules, and biologics; processes of chemistry; high-throughput library screening; testing therapies in animal models; and eventually clinical studies. "That I see as the center of what we do," he said, "so I think you can understand how that requires a platform involving the academic environment, the private sector, and the federally funded NCI.
From page 100...
... Niederhuber, a park holds out several potential benefits for NCI: • Some 82 percent of the NCI budget is spent extramurally to support research at research universities. The Institute has realized that it could make this spending even more effective by creating a science and technology research park close to the Frederick campus.
From page 101...
... Much of what we know about all disease continues to be derived from work using cancer as a model of biology." Discussion A questioner asked whether NCI's FFRDC status helps other parts of NIH, and whether NASA Ames has sufficient authority from the Space Act to act quickly.
From page 102...
... This helps scientists take the risk necessary to start a new company and provides a way for Sandia to attract high performers back to the lab. Venture capital firms, however, prefer that scientists sever their link with the lab to commit completely to the new venture.


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