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Monday, August 18, 2008

FSU turns research into business, Tallahassee Democrat

By Stephen Price
August 17, 2008

High-powered microscopes and scientific research have become important tools that officials at Florida State University are using to transform ideas into jobs.

The Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization (OIPDC) has focused its vision on spawning private companies in hopes of producing significant benefits for the area’s economy and an infusion of cash for the university.

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