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The Marine Biological Laboratory has partnered with the Regional Technology Development Corp. of Cape Cod to commercialize biological discovery technologies coming out of MBL research projects.
The RTDC will also handle intellectual property licensing for the MBL. The groups are working on two initiatives — a proposed collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and other regional partners to explore the feasibility of using algae grown by MBL aquaculture experts as an alternative energy source; and a proposed Northeast shellfish farming venture in collaboration with the University of Maine.
In April, WHOI and MBL formed the Woods Hole Consortium to address social issues. The consortium will focus on climate change, ecosystem health and human well-being, while seeking to create jobs on the south coast of Massachusetts by spinning out companies, according to the MBL. In March, the RTDC struck a similar deal with the nearby Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Under that agreement, WHOI outsourced its licensing activities to the RTDC.
Last year, RTDC CEO Robert Curtis worked with the state Senate on drafting an amendment to the $1 billion life sciences initiative bill that ensured the Cape in general, and the Marine Biological Laboratory and WHOI in particular, received a share of the funds.
Woods Hole-based MBL is a nonprofit institution that researches biological, biomedical and environmental sciences.
Falmouth-based WHOI is a private, independent organization dedicated to marine research, engineering and higher education. WHOI was founded in 1930.
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