The Interfolio Blog

With a new, simplified and easy-to-use website to offer its users, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's iBridge Network continues in its mission to provide a "vibrant online community for sharing ideas, research and knowledge" for researchers and scientists around the world.  Having identified that some, if not most, of the best research in the world comes out of the university setting, their "objective is to drive transparency and access to university developed innovations that are available today as well as to field experts, ideas and information."

They do so by offering a platform that centralizes information on early-stage technologies, offering users an easy search tool to find useful resources, a newsfeed that can be personalized for each user based on their areas of interest, and the ability to share and collaborate on information or enter into licensing agreements directly from the site.

Much of the research is of the type that is already offered for free or for a minimal charge by institutions, and thereby facilitates the transfer of this information.  It includes research on cell technologies, software, animal models and bio tech, among others.

The interface of the site is pretty slick, and easy to navigate. Check it out, and let us know what you think.