CURRENT UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
MISSION
The North Texas Commission collaborates
with regional stakeholders to strengthen
public-private alliances, advancing an
economically vibrant region.
STAFF
President & CEO
Mabrie Jackson
Executive Vice President
Marcellette Sherman CAE, CFRE
Vice President, Communications
Kimberly Walton
Director, Personnel & Accounting
Dawn Miller
Marketing Events Manager
Britton Cunningham
Senior Executive Administrator/Board Liaison
Tina Citizen
Executive Director, Interlink
Candy Slocum
CONTACT US
North Texas Commission
P.O. Box 610246
DFW Airport, TX 75261
(972) 621-0400
www.ntc-dfw.org
[email protected]
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Decoding blue light’s ability to alter the body’s natural clock
The hunt for the elusive neutrino particle
Diagnostic and clinical treatment approaches for
age-related macular degeneration
Cybersecurity and Bitcoin scams
TEXAS A&M COMMERCE
Micro RNA therapy to restore heart muscle functionality in cardiac patients
Determining masses of the mysterious carbon-atmosphere white dwarfs
Management strategies for redbanded stinkbug-threat to U.S. soybean crops
Artificial light techniques to improve egg productivity and quality in pastureraised hens
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
Building transportation and logistics systems efficiencies
Food security with an increasing need for sustainable, bio-based materials
Liquid biofuels development from genetically engineered switchgrass
Tinnitus and hearing loss treatments for veterans
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
Renal filtration efficiencies for diabetics
Stem cell research in the recovery of brain tissue in stroke patients
Mitochondrial DNA blood testing for predisposition for Alzheimer’s
Florescent imagining and diagnostics in early detection of cancer
Nanoparticles as Trojan horses to smuggle anti-cancer drugs through the body
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) forensics
database for criminal investigators
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
Micro-windmill clean energy production
Healthy streams through watershed wetlands
Nanophotonic chip manipulation for medical and telecommunication
applications
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
Robot theory to improve prosthetics
Predicting criminal behavior models
Water conservation and leak detection systems
Carbon nanotube manufacturing and commercialization for electronic,
construction and automotive materials
Linking clear memory and brain connectivity to memory decline
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
Basic and translational research into traumatic brain injury, stroke and
Alzheimer’s Disease
Working to understand the immune system’s molecular machinery against
infections
Unravel degenerative diseases of the heart, brain and other tissues, which
represent the largest cause of death and disability in the world