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The Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development (OTT) ([https://tulane.edu/ott/) aids aids https://tulane.edu/ott/) aids] to secure intellectual property of Tulane students and faculty and to advance commercial translation. When a student or faculty member discloses an invention or idea it is OTT's expertise to evaluate the commerical potential of the novel idea. Furthermore, OTT directs students accordinlgly on the appropriateness to start a venture based on market size, strength of intellectual property, ability of technology to penetrate the market, and the likelihood of the venture to raise necessary funds. OTT also connects the student and/or faculty inventor of local resources to move their venture forward. Importantly, OTT works hard to reach out to students and faculty and make them aware of OTT's services through entrprenurial seminars and local community activities. 

A great resource for Tulane University and Industry collaboration is the New Orleans Bioinnovation Center (NOBIC) ([http://www.neworleansbio.com/about_us/our_team/ http://www.neworleansbio.com/about_us/our_team/]). NOBIC is a life-science small business incubator of lab, office, and conference space. It currently holds more than 25 businesses, including startups, service providers, and investors. NOBIC is supported by Luoisiana state funds and grants to provide technical assitance to life-science based startups. The Director of Technology Commercialization assits startups with market analysis, business plans, and grant writing assistance. Other organizations like NOBIC foster industry collabortaion with Tulane University such as New Orleanse BioDistrict ([http://biodistrictneworleans.org/ http://biodistrictneworleans.org/]), IdeaVillage ([http://ideavillage.org/ http://ideavillage.org/]), Propellor ([http://gopropeller.org/ http://gopropeller.org/]), and MEPOL ([http://www.mepol.org/). &nbsp http://www.mepol.org/). &nbsp];