The first of four events in Innovation Gateway’s annual Technology Transfer Educational Series, Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry, kicked off last month. The second event will be held Nov. 7 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Pharmacy South room 201.
Kelley Moremen, Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is a member of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) at UGA.
In an ongoing effort to provide excellent customer service to the UGA researchers, Innovation Gateway recently negotiated a Master Biological Reception Agreement with Addgene, Inc.
Andrew Grier is our new Contract Specialist and will help address the increased number of material transfer agreement and non-disclosure agreement requests stemming from UGA’s research enterprise.
UGA startup company Lectenz® Bio was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fast-Track grant from NIH to develop further its affinity reagents and tools for glycoscience, the field studying complex carbohydrates.
Blueberry cultivars have been developed at UGA since the 1940s
The University of Georgia is proud to partner with the 13 other Southeastern Conference (SEC) universities to launch the Southeast Executives-on-Roster (XOR) platform, a collaboration to broaden access to experienced entrepreneurial talent and to match that talent to university-affiliated startups needing executive management.
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At the annual conference of the Association of Leadership Educators held July 8-11 in Chicago, faculty from the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication presented an innovative practice paper on Q-Perspectives®, a proprietary tool licensed by Innovation Gateway for teaching key leadership theories.
Kevin McCully, professor of kinesiology and director of the Exercise Muscle Physiology Laboratory at the University of Georgia, received his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Michigan in 1985 and has spent more than 20 years exploring non-invasive approaches to understanding skeletal muscle metabolism, blood flow and oxygen utilization.
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Holly Sellers is a UGA alumnae who received both her Master’s and Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from the College of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently a professor in the Department of Pathology at UGA where she studies clinical and molecular virology … Continued
13 UGA I-Corps Accelerator teams from the May 2018 cohort presented on their work in transitioning their innovations into the marketplace
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MuniRem Environmental, LLC is delighted to announce that Explosive Manufacturing Industries (1997) Ltd (EMI) has signed an agreement to be the exclusive distributor of MuniRem Reagents in the State of Israel.
Innovation Gateway and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, a unit of the UGA Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, entered into a copyright and trademark license for the “Connect to Protect Coloring Book,” an educational tool aimed at teaching young children about plants and pollinators.
Marc van Iersel, Dooley Professor of Horticulture within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, received his Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Arkansas and joined the UGA horticulture department in 1995.
“As an inventor, you should have no secrets,” according to Wayne Hanna, inventor of numerous citrus and grass cultivars including TifTuf® bermudagrass.
More than 55 UGA innovators were recognized at the ninth annual Innovator’s Luncheon, a celebratory event held by Innovation Gateway each spring to commemorate the researchers participating in UGA’s mission to move new discoveries into the marketplace.
The Office of Research Industry Engagement team, led by Innovation Gateway, launched the Industry Express program to streamline the processes for companies licensing and sponsoring research at UGA.
Darrell Sparks, professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is widely known as “Mr. Pecan” for his research in the physiology, management and development of new cultivars that contributed in large part to making Georgia No. 1 in pecan … Continued
The University of Georgia’s Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Dr. Jennifer Frum, and Vice President for Research, Dr. David Lee, are seeking a more active role in the University Economic Development Association (UEDA) Awards of Excellence by their respective units. Playing a more active role in UEDA includes increasing UGA’s submissions to UEDA’s annual “Awards of Excellence” program, which recognizes outstanding, leading-edge, higher education projects and initiatives promoting economic development and engagement.
It starts with an idea. Jesse Lafian’s idea promotes more efficient soil irrigation. Caleb Adams and Graham Grable’s idea translates high-performance computation into everyday uses. And UGA’s Entrepreneurship Program helped these ideas go from hasty math—on a napkin in Adams’ case—to viable prototypes.
Macon, Ga.-based Central Piedmont Investment Group’s funding will support field testing of Reservoir Spoke technology in metro Atlanta.
The UGA research efforts of Ted Ross, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Infectious Diseases and director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunology, have led to more than a dozen invention disclosures, several pending patent applications, and three license agreements.
UGA startup ArunA Biomedical launched a new class of cell-free exosome biologics to treat central nervous system and neurodegenerative disorders.
Innovation Gateway occasionally receives requests from companies seeking solutions to product development challenges and expressing interest in new research tools that may be used in research relating to human, veterinary and plant diseases (broadly defined).
The University of Georgia was well represented at the Georgia Bio Awards, with five awards recognizing programs either at or affiliated with the university.
Industry Express makes negotiating research agreements a faster and more transparent process that also eliminates uncertainty about licensing costs.
Athens-based UGA startup IS3D, maker of Cogent Education™ interactive educational software, was acquired by Cambium Learning® Group. IS3D was founded by eight UGA faculty and staff members including Tom Robertson, Ph.D., a former associate professor in the College of Veterinary … Continued
