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Innovation Insider
MAY 2022
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS (TIP) MAIN EVENT | |
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The University of Kentucky Vice President for Research and UK Innovate are hosting a unique virtual event on Friday, May 20, 2022, 9-10:00 am ET. This virtual event will provide an opportunity to hear from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships(TIP), Dr. Erwin Gianchandani, who will be sharing key details about the new TIP Directorate announced by NSF on March 16.
Gianchandani will join regional leaders and innovators from across Kentucky to provide an overview of the first new NSF directorate in more than 30 years. He will also discuss ways we can work together as a region with the support of NSF to advance use-inspired and translational research that will drive tomorrow's technologies and solutions. Time for questions and discussion will follow Gianchandani’s presentation.
Join us to learn more about the new NSF directorate, and the opportunity to ask questions.
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UK ENTREPRENEUR SHOWCASE 2022 | |
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Join us virtually on June 9, 12-1:30 pm ET for this year's UK Entrepreneur Showcase. The Showcase provides an opportunity for UK faculty innovators, Launch Blue program participants, and UK alumni entrepreneurs to showcase their entrepreneurial experiences, technologies, and startups.
This year's lineup has a great group of innovative and entrepreneurial presenters. Learn more about the presenters and register at the link below.
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LAUNCH BLUE DEMO DAY
JUNE 15, 2022
2:00 - 3:30 PM ET
Launch Blue's Demo Day will feature startups and an investor panel—including representatives from M25 and Sixty8 Capital—from the Midwest and southeast United States. All startups participating are raising a seed or pre-seed round.
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UK INNOVATOR SURVEY LIVE! | |
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Are you a UK Innovator who interacted with the Office of Technology Commercialization in 2021? If you haven't completed the survey yet, please take a few minutes to help us improve our services
Please complete the OTC UK Innovator Survey 2021 by May 31, 2022.
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MAY OTC WEBINAR:
MEET THE UK INNOVATE TEAM
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Under the leadership of Ian McClure, Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Impact and Executive Director, UK Innovate, new focus areas have been developed to better serve you. Join us to meet the new UK Innovate team and learn how their work will benefit you.
Presenters:
- Ian McClure, Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Impact, and Executive Director, UK Innovate
- Christine Wildes, Associate Director, Innovation Training
- Landon Borders, Executive Director, UK Innovation Connect
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OTC's APRIL WEBINAR:
HOW CAN THE COMMERCIALIZATION TEAM HELP YOU?
| Under OTC's restructuring, there is a Commercialization Team dedicated to helping determine the best commercialization pathway for the University of Kentucky (UK) technology you have developed. Check out the recording of the April webinar to meet the Commercialization Team and learn what they do. | | | |
Flexible Suction Coagulator
This tool has a bipolar cautery device at the tip similar to that of the most commonly used devices to control bleeding and it also has a hollow lumen that can be connected to a suction device to allow for suction. This device will be useful in many fields that utilize channeled scopes such as Otolaryngology, Gastroenterology and Pulmonology. Outside of flexible endoscopy, there are other surgical robotic systems that could benefit from a flexible endoscopic coagulator to control bleeding intraoperatively where direct line of sight is not achievable and therefore nothing on the market currently provides the enhanced coagulation ability when suction is applied to it. Guigen Zhang (College of Engineering), Moamen Gabr (College of Medicine) and Mark Fritz (College of Medicine) collaborated on the development of this invention.
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Justin Welden, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at UK College of Medicine, was one of the participants to receive a Mid-South Hub Experiment to Enterprise Program Thesis Commercialization microgrant. "The Experiment to Enterprise Program provides innovative students and researchers the opportunity to learn how to begin to transform their ideas from the research bench into the world."
Justin is a member of Stefan Stamm's, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, lab.
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"Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes"
College of Agriculture, Food and Science
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LICENSES/OPTIONS
APRIL 2022
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Antech Diagnostics, Inc
Amanda A. Adams
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Bluegrass Advanced Materials, LLC
J. Zach Hilt
Shuo Tang
Rishabh Shah
College of Engineering
Nooma Bio, Inc
John Thorson
College of Pharmacy
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All of the Office of Technology Commercialization's monthly webinars are recorded and available on the UK Innovate YouTube channel. | | | | | | | |
