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Faculty Elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

Jeffrey Pyun, PhD, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been elected as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Pyun is one of just 66 inventors around the nation who earned the honor. 

Tucson Entrepreneurs Launch Second Fund to Advance UA-Related Startups

Tucson Entrepreneurs Launch Second Fund to Advance UA-Related Startups

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

 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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Apply for NSF I-Corps

NSF Innovation Corps grants help UA researchers expand their focus to increase the impact of basic research. Learn how I-Corps can help move your technology forward.

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Looking for a technology to expand your business? Search the database of available inventions.

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Tech Parks Arizona is an ecosystem of dynamic, interactive ground advancing innovation and technology. Wet and dry labs, the Arizona Center for Innovation incubator and more.

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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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Lisa Lin

Lisa Lin

Licensing Manager, College of Medicine

Lisa Lin has served as technology licensing manager for the College of Medicine since 2015. She is responsible for managing intellectual property...

Laura Silva

Laura Silva

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Science

Silva joined TLA as the licensing manager for the College of Science after serving as Vice President, Legal and IP at Velocys, a company she co-...

Dulce Figueroa

Dulce Figueroa

AP/AR and Legal Doc Coordinator

Dulce was first introduced to Tech Launch Arizona as a student worker in 2015. She officially joined the TLA team in July 2018 as the AP/AR and...

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...

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...

Alison Mairena

Alison Mairena

Technology Marketing Associate

Alison Mairena joined the TLA team in September 2018 as our Technology Marketing Associate. Alison graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute...

Tom Koch (left) and Harrison Barrett (right). Photos: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona (Koch) and Ameé Hennig (Barrett)

Tom Koch (left) and Harrison Barrett (right). Photos: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona (Koch) and Ameé Hennig (Barrett)

National Academy of Inventors Welcomes Two UA Professors as Fellows
Dr. Thomas Koch and Dr. Harrison Barrett are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, which is the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
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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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