Drs. Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford Win $10K ‘Shark Tank’ Prize Feb. 19, 2019 Six teams went head-to-head during a shark tank-style competition hosted by the College of Medicine – Tucson. For their work to reduce asthma attacks, Monica Kraft, MD, and Julie Ledford, PhD, were named the competition winners. Read more Image
Tucson Entrepreneurs Launch Second Fund to Advance UA-Related Startups Jan. 25, 2019 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. Read more Image
UA Partners with Reagent Company to Accelerate Development of a Crypto Diagnostic Jan. 9, 2019 Through TLA, the University of Arizona is partnering with Kerafast to license reagents that offer the opportunity for the development of a rapid, highly sensitive diagnostic test for Cryptosporidiosis, the leading cause of waterborne diseases among people in the U.S. Read more Image
Fighting Human Disease with Birth Control… for Mosquitoes Jan. 8, 2019 Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered a protein that prevents mosquitoes from hatching, opening the possibility of developing new drugs that could act as birth control for mosquito populations. Read more Image
Tech Blog: Invention with Promising Future for Threat of Pandemics Dec. 17, 2018 Funded by NIH and the Packard Foundation, Michael Worobey and Tom Watts set out to push the limits of genome sequencing. Their findings have the potential of enhancing our ability to fight pandemics. Read more Image
National Academy of Inventors Welcomes Two UA Professors as Fellows Dec. 11, 2018 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. Read more Image
Tech Blog: Department of Immunobiology Professor Creates Way to Target Autoimmune Diseases and T Lymphoma Nov. 27, 2018 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. Read more Image
FY2018 Annual Report Now Available Nov. 14, 2018 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. Read more Image
UA Research and Innovation Impact Recognized at Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Nov. 14, 2018 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. Read more Image
Tech Blog: College of Engineering Professor Develops Improved Fuel Cell Oct. 29, 2018 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. Read more Image