PIV-5 vaccine technology developed by Biao He, department of infectious diseases, was optioned to an animal health company for use in companion animals.
TifGrand, developed by Wayne Hanna, department of crop and soil sciences, and Kristine Braman, department of entomology, was licensed for production and sale in Costa Rica.
A Gateway team member and Scott NeSmith, department of horticulture, met with a South Korean blueberry licensee on the Griffin Campus.
Ryan Moore, director of Athens-Clarke Country Economic Development, spoke at the Innovation Gateway Lunch & Learn series.
Multiple blueberry varieties developed by Scott NeSmith, department of horticulture, were optioned or licensed to companies in Japan, South Korea and China.
Five members of the Gateway team attended the Association of University Technology Managers annual meeting.
Jitterbucks, a company formed by MuthuKumaran Chandrasekaran, a UGA computer science graduate student and developer of the versatile “selfie-stick,” was selected as a finalist in the eHub/Four Athens competition in February.
Restasis, a breakthrough treatment for chronic dry eye based on a UGA discovery, was featured in “25 Breakthroughs in Georgia,” an email series from Georgia Research Alliance (GRA). GRA is celebrating its 25th year helping Georgia’s research universities expand research and commercialization capacity.
