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March 2016 Innovation Gateway Highlights

Innovation Gateway executed a second license agreement with an international animal health company for a Mycoplasma gallisepticum poultry vaccine developed by Stanley Kleven and Naola Ferguson-Noel, department of population health.

  • Innovation Gateway executed a second license agreement with an international animal health company for a Mycoplasma gallisepticum poultry vaccine developed by Stanley Kleven and Naola Ferguson-Noel, department of population health.
  • Innovation Gateway is speaking with two companies about their interest in a turfgrass de-thatching technology, developed by Qingguo “Jack” Huang and Paul Raymer, department of crop and soil sciences.
  • Innovation Gateway licensed a new white clover cultivar, Renovation™, to Smith Seed Services.
  • Innovation Gateway discussed upcoming pecan cultivar releases with representatives from the Georgia Seed Development Corporation (GSDC) and three pecan tree growers at a meeting organized by plant breeder Patrick Conner, department of horticulture.
  • Innovation Gateway attended the Georgia Agribusiness Council’s (GAC) 50th anniversary Annual Meeting at the Georgia Aquarium, and the GAC State Legislative Breakfast held at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot.
  • Innovation Gateway and Kerafast have entered into a license agreement for four monoclonal antibodies developed by Mark Jackwood, head of the department of population health.
  • Innovation Gateway hosted a member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents for a tour of the incubator facility and discussion of the Gateway startup program.
  • Innovation Gateway Assistant Director, Brent Marable visited state officials and lawmakers at the Georgia State Capital as part of the Advancing Georgia’s Leaders in Agriculture and Forestry (AGL) program.
  • A technology for the microbial glycosylation of carbohydrates was optioned to YDS Technologies, a startup company founded by Yajun Yan, College of Engineering.
  • Four Innovation Gateway staff members attended the AUTM 2016 Annual Meeting. One member moderated a special interest group for plant licensing and intellectual property protection. Another served as a panelist for a career development forum and member of the 2016 Annual Meeting Planning Committee.
  • An Innovation Gateway staff member attended the Golf Industry Show, along with Paul Raymer, department of soil and crop sciences.