April 12, Tuesday -- The co-founder, chief executive officer and president of Arête Therapeutics, a startup based on UC Davis research, will speak on campus about "Bridging the Business and Academic Worlds." Alumnus John Hamer, executive in residence at Burrill & Company, will discuss entrepreneurship, technology transfer and the commercialization of academic research. Arête Therapeutics has licensed research by entomology professor Bruce Hammock to bring to market new anti-inflammatory drugs that could change the way doctors treat high blood pressure. The presentation, sponsored by the Graduate School of Management and the Storer Lectureship Endowment of the Division of Biological Sciences, will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. For more information or to RSVP, visit http://www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/corporate_partners/distinguished_speakers/.