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Tucson Entrepreneurs Launch Second Fund to Advance UA-Related Startups

Last year, the drivers behind startup SinfoniaRx announced the launch of UAVenture Capital to support commercialization at the UA. Now, they are announcing a second fund targeting $100 million to further the advance of UA innovations. 

UA Partners with Reagent Company to Accelerate Development of a Crypto Diagnostic

UA Partners with Reagent Company to Accelerate Development of a Crypto Diagnostic

Fighting Human Disease with Birth Control… for Mosquitoes

Fighting Human Disease with Birth Control… for Mosquitoes

Tech Blog: CALS Faculty Member Works to Prevent Foodborne Illness with Natural Antimicrobial Plant Wash

Tech Blog: CALS Faculty Member Works to Prevent Foodborne Illness with Natural Antimicrobial Plant Wash

Tech Blog: Invention with Promising Future for Threat of Pandemics

Tech Blog: Invention with Promising Future for Threat of Pandemics

 We Put UA Inventions to Work

UA researchers make important discoveries every day. Some have the potential to create great social and economic impact. Maybe they could change the way we think about clean energy, crop irrigation or organ transplants. Tech Launch Arizona helps the University's brightest minds put their best breakthroughs to work for a better world.

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02 27
Pursuit of the Patent: Positioning Research for Protection and Impact
How should you position your research and work products for successful patent protection? How can you generate maximum impact from your work results? Join us for this discussion with intellectual...
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02 27
Discover BIO5 Open House & Reception
All are invited to an evening of self-guided lab tours, hands-on discovery, inspiring discussions and more at the UA BIO5 Institute. Learn more and register. 
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03 07
Eureka! Recognizing when Research Gives Rise to Invention
At this one-hour lunch meeting, we’ll talk with three accomplished UA researchers/inventors/entrepreneurs who are working with Tech Launch Arizona to protect and commercialize inventions stemming...
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03 26
2019 SBIR/STTR Funding & Commercialization - Arizona Regional Summit
The Federal funding programs Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), provide over $2.6 billion each year for R&D.  Learn about these and other...
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Kathrine Henderson

Kathrine Henderson

Business Intelligence Manager

Kathrine Henderson serves as Tech Launch Arizona’s Business Intelligence Manager. Prior to joining the TLA team in January 2019, Kat was a...

Rosa Saucedo

Rosa Saucedo

Accountant, Associate
Paul Tumarkin

Paul Tumarkin

Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications

Paul develops and executes TLA’s marketing strategies, managing the organization’s web and social media presences, and works with TLA leadership...

Bruce Burgess

Bruce Burgess

Assistant Director, Venture Development

Bruce Burgess brings 30 years of business experience to TLA, having developed numerous medical device, diagnostic and drug delivery products for...

Linda Portillo

Linda Portillo

Executive Assistant

Linda Portillo joined Tech Launch Arizona in July 2013. Prior to joining the team, Linda was the Office Manager for three years in the law office...

Jianling Liu

Jianling Liu

Senior Business Analyst

Jianling received her MA degree in human resources management from Rutgers in 2006. Before her family relocated to Arizona in 2010, Jianling...

Michael Kuhns, PhD, discusses the advantages of chimeric antigen receptors. Photo credit: Alison Mairena/Tech Launch Arizona

Michael Kuhns, PhD, discusses the advantages of chimeric antigen receptors. Photo credit: Alison Mairena/Tech Launch Arizona

Tech Blog: Department of Immunobiology Professor Creates Way to Target Autoimmune Diseases and T Lymphoma
For this month’s blog, we had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Kuhns, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Immunobiology in the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
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FY2018 Annual Report Now Available
Download the FY2018 Annual Report and review our progress against our vision and goals, and learn more about how the culture of commercialization is growing throughout the University of Arizona ecosystem.
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Laurence Hurley, PhD, Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UA College of Pharmacy, was honored as Innovator of the Year - Academia. Photo credit: Alison Mairena/Tech Launch Arizona

Laurence Hurley, PhD, Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UA College of Pharmacy, was honored as Innovator of the Year - Academia. Photo credit: Alison Mairena/Tech Launch Arizona

UA Research and Innovation Impact Recognized at Governor’s Celebration of Innovation
At the 2018 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation in Phoenix, this year’s finalists included three impactful University of Arizona-associated companies and inventors, two of which went on to be selected as winners.
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Don Gervasio, PhD, discusses the advantages of the new fuel cell technology. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

Don Gervasio, PhD, discusses the advantages of the new fuel cell technology. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

Tech Blog: College of Engineering Professor Develops Improved Fuel Cell
We visited the lab of Don Gervasio, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona College of Engineering. He took us on a quick tour of a recent invention: a more efficient fuel cell.
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Scott Brill, CEO of Language Canvas and former research engineer with the UA Critical Languages Program. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

Scott Brill, CEO of Language Canvas and former research engineer with the UA Critical Languages Program. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

Startup Expands Impact of UA Critical Languages Program
From Kazakh to Kurmanji Kurdish, Language Canvas is making UA-developed learning programs for less commonly taught languages available to people everywhere. 
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Inventor Benjamin Renguist, PhD, in his lab at the UA Agricultural Center. Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

Benjamin Renguist, PhD, inventor of the animal growth assay, in his lab at the UA Agricultural Center. Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

Startup Licenses UA-invented Aquatic Animal Growth Assay
How can farmers of aquatic animals quickly select the best stocks for breeding? Benjamin Renquist, PhD, answered this challenge by inventing an assay that works for fish, mollusks and crustaceans alike. The technology has been licensed to startup GenetiRate. 
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