COMMERCIALIZATION CONNECT
MAY 2019
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FEATURED INNOVATOR: MEGHAN MARSAC
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Meghan L. Marsac, Ph.D., is a pediatric psychologist at UK Healthcare and has developed a product called the Cellie Coping Kit to help pediatric patients and their families cope with and manage the challenges of dealing with a medical condition.
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OTC will be hosting an OVALS Conference on June 14 bringing together university tech transfer, alumni and philanthropy offices to discuss how these areas can work together.
OTC is a member of the Ohio Valley Affiliates of Life Sciences along with the Indiana University, Ohio State University, Ohio University, University of Cincinnati, and the University of Louisville.
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Ian McClure has been promoted to Executive Director.
Ian presented to the NIH/NIGMS in Bethesda on progress for the NIGMS IDeA Hub, Southeast XLerator Network. A website for the project will be launched soon.
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WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER?
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The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) created a great video to explain technology transfer. This is an informative summary of how technology transfer is beneficial to moving groundbreaking innovations from the university to the market.
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WORLD IP DAY!
OTC hosted an open house on World Intellectual Property (IP) Day on Friday, April 26. The theme was Reach for Gold: IP and Sports.
We explored the many ways that intellectual property rights encourage innovation and creativity.
Thanks to all the UK and Lexington community members who participated in our celebration of World IP Day.
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Commonwealth Commercialization Center (C3) has launched C3 Legal to facilitate access to expanded and affordable legal services for Kentucky startups, while helping the state’s law students and practicing attorneys improve their skills and grow their professional networks, the C3 board of directors announced.
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BY THE NUMBERS
April 2019
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The UKAccel program is a great program for UK Innovators who are interested in turning their intellectual property into a potential startup.
UKAccel offers professional development and experiential learning
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UK IP LICENSING DEALS
Bluegrass Advanced Materials, LLC
Thomas Dziubla, James (Zach) Hilt, Carolyn Jordan (Engineering)
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ISSUED PATENTS
Dibakar Bhattacharyya (Engineering), Vasile Smuleac (formerly Chemistry)
Peter A. Crooks (formerly Pharmacy), Xiaochen Wei (formerly Pharmacy), Craig T. Jordan (formerly College of Medicine)
Kunlei Liu, (CAER), Jesse G. Thompson (CAER), Xiaobing Li (formerly CAER)
(Engineering)
Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Oleg V. Tsodikov
(Pharmacy)
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Every Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.
DV8 Kitchen
867 S Broadway #140
No RSVP necessary
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Tuesday, June 4, 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Clarion Hotel
1950 Newtown Pike, Lexington KY
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Get FREE Support for Your Technology Development Application
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Are you working on translational cancer technology and interested in entrepreneurship? The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is continuing its pilot
Applicant Assistance Program (AAP)
and the program is open
to current and future entrepreneurs developing innovative cancer technology idea.
ALL applicants that are new to the NIH SBIR/STTR programs are eligible to apply*.
In 2019, NCI is the only participating institute. Therefore, the research area of interest must align with the
mission of NCI
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Deadline: Thursday, May 30, 2019
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FY 2019 STATISTICS YEAR-TO-DATE
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