Michael E. DeBakey
Memorial Life Science Award

Mentoring by a panel of seasoned executives during 2010
A cash prize; restricted for the costs of traveling with BioHouston to present to a group of national VC's at a 2011 conference
Low cost, short-term office or lab space for 1 year at the BioHouston Resource Center
A customized 90 second 3D animation with professional narration from Amerra to visually demonstrate the winner’s technology.

Amerra develops advanced medical visualization that provides a proven and effective method for conveying complex information to multiple audiences using photo-realistic 3D medical animations, illustrations, and interactive medical software.

Baker & McKenzie is a worldwide legal firm with a specialty practice in life science and biotechnology intellectual property rights

Professional consultation from Integrated Biotech Solutions to help the winning company evaluate their regulatory and supply strategies as they move forward. Meet with the company for a strategy and planning discussion of up to a day in length and delivery of a strategy evaluation document, providing comments, insights, and potential future directions for the company.

Integrated Biotech Solutions provides consulting services to pharmaceutical, biologics, and device companies in the development and commercialization of their products, from pre-clinical safety studies to full market entry.

(For Therapeutic Company Winners) Up to one day of consulting for a strategy and planning session and then delivery of a follow up recommendation document from Max Talbott LLC
- Max Talbott LLC is a health product consultation firm with expertise that covers all aspects of health care product development from preclinical phases into the post-marketing environment with Associates comprising in excess of 200 years of government and industry experience.
(For Medical Device Winners) $25,000 in start-up assistance, training, and design tools (LabVIEW FPGA® and LabVIEW Real-Time®) In addition, access to NI's Reconfigurable I/O (RIO) embedded prototyping hardware.

National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI), an Austin, Texas based entrepreneurial success now employs over 5000 employees delivering integrated hardware and software for design prototyping, test and OEM deployment. Its Graphical System Design tool flow enables a modern approach for designers building medical grade devices by combining graphical programming with standardized modular hardware.

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