{"id":70,"date":"2015-10-07T21:53:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2015\/?p=70"},"modified":"2015-11-18T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:01:26","slug":"more-partners-settle-into-innovation-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2015\/more-partners-settle-into-innovation-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"More Partners Settle into Innovation Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Momentum abounds at <a href=\"http:\/\/innovate.unl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nebraska Innovation Campus<\/a> as more UNL researchers, students and private partners settle into state-of-the-art facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Doors opened in mid-2015 at the much-anticipated Food Innovation Center and the Greenhouse Innovation Center, attracting new tenants and partnerships on the private-public research campus being developed adjacent to UNL.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Food Innovation Center, designed to be a leading food industry resource, now houses UNL\u2019s Department of Food Science and Technology and the <a href=\"http:\/\/fpc.unl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food Processing Center<\/a>. It\u2019s also home to NIC\u2019s first corporate partner, ConAgra Foods, and other businesses. The 178,000-square-foot facility integrates the repurposed Industrial Arts Building with new construction.<\/p>\n<p>Proximity to top food scientists and private businesses helped NIC become headquarters for the Nebraska Alliance for Advanced Food Sanitation, a partnership of food industry leaders Cargill, Commercial Food Sanitation, ConAgra, Ecolab, Hershey, Kellogg, Nestle and Neogen, and UNL food scientists. UNL is hiring a director to oversee the alliance, which aims to update industry sanitation protocols and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The Greenhouse Innovation Center is a boon to UNL plant scientists, and industry interest in using the facility is high, said NIC Executive Director Dan Duncan. The centerpiece of the 45,000-square-foot complex is one of the few publicly available LemnaTec Scanalyzer high-throughput phenotyping systems. Using this advanced digital imaging system, scientists can comprehensively study complex plant traits.<\/p>\n<p>More growth chambers and conveyor belts are being added this fall, and office and wet lab spaces also are planned. The greenhouse expansion will wrap up Phase I construction at NIC ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>By late summer 2015, several Nebraska companies announced plans to move to NIC, taking advantage of opportunities to work closely with UNL faculty and students.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metagenomeanalytics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metagenome Analytics LLC<\/a>, NIC\u2019s first faculty startup company, provides bioinformatics expertise to the food and health sectors. Andrew Benson, W.W. Marshall Professor of Biotechnology, leads MGA with partners that include UNL faculty, postdocs and alumni.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/quantifiedag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quantified Ag<\/a>, the first startup company at NIC, is collaborating with UNL researchers involved in agriculture and big data.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sujiscuisine.com\/default\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food Dreams Made Real\/Suji\u2019s Cuisine USA<\/a> plans to open a research and development office. It is partnering with UNL\u2019s Food Processing Center to create quality precooked Korean foods to be sold at U.S. warehouse stores.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nuteksalt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NuTek Food Science<\/a> also plans to open a research and development office, furthering an existing collaboration with the Food Processing Center to market \u201cbetter for you\u201d salt products.<\/li>\n<li>Intellifarm Inc., focused on technology solutions for agriculture, is partnering with UNL on research and offering internships for engineering and business students.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastingshvac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hastings HVAC<\/a> is expanding its scope by conducting pollution remediation research at NIC.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.echocanyon.org\/home-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Echo Canyon Services<\/a>, a data service and software company, is offering internships to attract student talent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis year has been the inflection point for Nebraska Innovation Campus,\u201d said UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman. \u201cNIC is a 15- to 20-year project to build economic competitiveness for Nebraska. With Phase I wrapping up and our recent grand opening, the foundation has been laid to make steady progress toward our goal of creating an innovation hub that enhances Nebraska\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>UNL Earns\u00a0APLU Designation<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-303\" src=\"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APLU_vertical-designation-large-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"APLU_vertical-designation-large\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APLU_vertical-designation-large-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APLU_vertical-designation-large-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APLU_vertical-designation-large-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities designated UNL as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University in 2015, recognizing UNL\u2019s strong commitment to economic engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The designation acknowledges universities that work to advance the economic well-being of their states and regions through research, education and engagement. 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