TLA I-Squared Awards & Expo Showcase Inventors, Startups, Collaborators and Impact-Makers April 19, 2017 On April 18, 2017, Tech Launch Arizona held its fourth annual awards event. The I-Squared Expo & Awards honors those whose work directly affects the quality of life for Tucson, Arizona and the world through research, collaboration and technology commercialization. Read more Image
Startup Commercializes Beating Heart Graft Invented at University of Arizona April 4, 2017 Tucson startup Avery Therapeutics, Inc., has licensed a beating heart graft technology invented at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. Read more Image
UA Startup Catalina Pharma Offers New Method to Treat Anesthesia-Induced Hypothermia March 29, 2017 Researchers at the UA and Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix have come up with a new method for treating anesthesia-induced hypothermia. Startup Catalina Pharma has licensed the technology to take it forward. Read more Image
Tech Blog: UA Mathematics Research Team Develops New Data Corruption and Retention Technology March 27, 2017 Ph.D. student Mohamad Moussa and Professor Marek Rychlik in the University of Arizona Department of Mathematics, have developed an improved method for mitigating data loss due to faults in the storage medium (disk). Read more Image
Tech Blog: UA College of Science Tech Provides Guarantee in RNA Amplification Feb. 27, 2017 UA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Michael Worobey, Ph.D., has invented a new, sensitive method for retrieving genetic material (RNA) from heavily damaged samples, which was published in Nature in 2016. The technology is now available for license. Read more
Successful First Year Paves Way for Next Round of NSF I-Corps Teams Feb. 23, 2017 One year ago, through Tech Launch Arizona, the UA became an NSF I-Corps site. In the program’s first year 30 teams of inventors and scientists hit the ground running towards discovering how their inventions could create social and economic impact. Read more Image
UA Startup, Concrete Substitute Brings Environmental and Structural Advantages Feb. 21, 2017 Inventor Jinhong Zhang, Ph.D., associate professor of mining and geological engineering in the University of Arizona’s College of Engineering, has developed a new substitute for concrete that startup Acrete is bringing to the marketplace. Read more Image
AZPM Metro Week: UA Tech Park Connects Businesses from Tucson, U.S. and Overseas Feb. 10, 2017 The UA Tech Park brings together technology businesses and startups, linking university research to the market. Now, the Tech Park is transforming itself into a prime location to access the rest of the world. Read more
UA Startup Codelucida Secures $700K in Angel Investment Feb. 2, 2017 University of Arizona startup that is commercializing error-correction technology for data storage and communications, has reported that it has raised approximately $700,000 in a round of angel investment funding. Read more Image
University of Arizona Funds Early-stage Inventions for Market Readiness Jan. 30, 2017 Between 2013 and July 2016, TLA provided almost $2.2 million in Asset Development funding to prepare 82 early-stage technologies for licensing. So far in FY 2017, we have provided funds for seven projects and expect to award an additional four or five by the end of June. Read more Image