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The concept of a “mechanical memory” or “MeCo score” that describes this aggressiveness has driven the foundation of startup MeCo Diagnostics, LLC. Read more Image UArizona Innovation Ecosystem Provides “a Wealth of Resources” for Engineering Startup June 18, 2021 University of Arizona startup Paramium Technologies, founded to commercialize a precision metal plate forming technology invented by researchers in the Steward Observatory, has demonstrated how a small company can achieve big things with the support of a strong innovation ecosystem. Read more Image UArizona Ranks 28 Among Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2020 June 15, 2021 The new ranking represents continued growth for UArizona. In 2020, a total of 81 patents were issued to UArizona and the Arizona Board of Regents for inventions developed at the university, 19 more than the previous year. Read more Image Software/App Challenge Winning Projects Announced, Receiving Funding for Development June 1, 2021 Through a challenge organized in collaboration with Arizona FORGE, Tech Launch Arizona is funding the development of five winning software projects aiming to make a real societal impact. Learn all about the teams and their proposals. Read more Image Multiplying the Impact of UArizona Innovations May 25, 2021 Since 2013 and the creation of TLA, the university has been growing its impact by licensing inventions to companies. Most often, a company takes an exclusive license so the resulting product is uniquely theirs in the marketplace. But sometimes the best path for an invention is to license it over and over again to as many entities as possible, and the impact can be immense. Read more Image 'Howl-itosis' a Problem? UArizona Inventor Creates Bacteria Strain to Quell Bad Dog Breath May 11, 2021 UArizona researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the BIO Instutute have developed a harmless bacteria strain to battle bad breath in our furry friends. University startup uPetsia has licensed the invention to develop it and take it to the marketplace. Read more Image Startups Prove Ecosystem Power at IdeaFunding 2021 April 26, 2021 Of the four companies who made it to the finals of IdeaFunding 2021, three are startups that were founded to commercialize University of Arizona inventions – a visible and measurable indication that the university entrepreneurial ecosystem is effectively connecting research, innovation and impact to launch the university’s most promising inventions. Read more Image Tucson-based Startup Licenses Technology for Creating Sustainable Products from Algae March 9, 2021 Invented in the College of Agriculture & LIfe Sciences and the BIO5 Institute, the Air Accordion Photobioreactor produces low-cost, large-scale and environmentally sustainable microalgae products used to create vaccines and health supplements like omega-3 fatty acids. Meet UArizona startup AlgeaCell. Read more Image Tech Transfer IP Forum: Rakhi Gibbons March 8, 2021 On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, the host interviews Rakhi Gibbons, the Director of Licensing for Tech Launch Arizona at the University of Arizona. Hear about Rakhi and the history, vision and growing successes of TLA. Read more Image UArizona Bioscience Startups Earn $30K through Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program March 8, 2021 Botanisol Analytics and Scintillation Nanotechnologies – both founded to commercialize UArizona inventions – have been accepted into the 2021 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Each will receive $30,000 in funding through a nonprofit partner, a customized learning plan, and connections with the state’s bioscience leaders in business, research, and policy. Read more Image University of Arizona Women Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 17, 2021 The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named inventors and professors May Khanna and Meredith Hay of the University of Arizona as Senior Members in recognition of their innovative work that has given rise to real impact on the welfare of society. 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Image April 29, 2025 Tech Tuesday: Printz prints! Taking high-efficiency thin-film creation to new levels Read more
Image Researchers Develop Understanding of How Breast Tumor Stiffness Is a Predictor of Bone Metastasis June 29, 2021 A new study, published in the journal Cell Reports, found that the stiffness of the breast tumor microenvironment can cause changes to cancer cells that make them more aggressively spread to bone. The concept of a “mechanical memory” or “MeCo score” that describes this aggressiveness has driven the foundation of startup MeCo Diagnostics, LLC. Read more
Image UArizona Innovation Ecosystem Provides “a Wealth of Resources” for Engineering Startup June 18, 2021 University of Arizona startup Paramium Technologies, founded to commercialize a precision metal plate forming technology invented by researchers in the Steward Observatory, has demonstrated how a small company can achieve big things with the support of a strong innovation ecosystem. Read more
Image UArizona Ranks 28 Among Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2020 June 15, 2021 The new ranking represents continued growth for UArizona. In 2020, a total of 81 patents were issued to UArizona and the Arizona Board of Regents for inventions developed at the university, 19 more than the previous year. Read more
Image Software/App Challenge Winning Projects Announced, Receiving Funding for Development June 1, 2021 Through a challenge organized in collaboration with Arizona FORGE, Tech Launch Arizona is funding the development of five winning software projects aiming to make a real societal impact. Learn all about the teams and their proposals. Read more
Image Multiplying the Impact of UArizona Innovations May 25, 2021 Since 2013 and the creation of TLA, the university has been growing its impact by licensing inventions to companies. Most often, a company takes an exclusive license so the resulting product is uniquely theirs in the marketplace. But sometimes the best path for an invention is to license it over and over again to as many entities as possible, and the impact can be immense. Read more
Image 'Howl-itosis' a Problem? UArizona Inventor Creates Bacteria Strain to Quell Bad Dog Breath May 11, 2021 UArizona researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the BIO Instutute have developed a harmless bacteria strain to battle bad breath in our furry friends. University startup uPetsia has licensed the invention to develop it and take it to the marketplace. Read more
Image Startups Prove Ecosystem Power at IdeaFunding 2021 April 26, 2021 Of the four companies who made it to the finals of IdeaFunding 2021, three are startups that were founded to commercialize University of Arizona inventions – a visible and measurable indication that the university entrepreneurial ecosystem is effectively connecting research, innovation and impact to launch the university’s most promising inventions. Read more
Image Tucson-based Startup Licenses Technology for Creating Sustainable Products from Algae March 9, 2021 Invented in the College of Agriculture & LIfe Sciences and the BIO5 Institute, the Air Accordion Photobioreactor produces low-cost, large-scale and environmentally sustainable microalgae products used to create vaccines and health supplements like omega-3 fatty acids. Meet UArizona startup AlgeaCell. Read more
Image Tech Transfer IP Forum: Rakhi Gibbons March 8, 2021 On this episode of Tech Transfer IP, the host interviews Rakhi Gibbons, the Director of Licensing for Tech Launch Arizona at the University of Arizona. Hear about Rakhi and the history, vision and growing successes of TLA. Read more
Image UArizona Bioscience Startups Earn $30K through Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program March 8, 2021 Botanisol Analytics and Scintillation Nanotechnologies – both founded to commercialize UArizona inventions – have been accepted into the 2021 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Each will receive $30,000 in funding through a nonprofit partner, a customized learning plan, and connections with the state’s bioscience leaders in business, research, and policy. Read more
Image University of Arizona Women Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 17, 2021 The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named inventors and professors May Khanna and Meredith Hay of the University of Arizona as Senior Members in recognition of their innovative work that has given rise to real impact on the welfare of society. Read more
Image Final Steel Beam Tops Off The Refinery Building at the UA Tech Park at The Bridges Feb. 9, 2021 The steel frame and concrete floors are coming to completion at The Refinery! Check out the building that TLA will soon call our new home. Read more