Faculty Innovators program accepting applications for fall workshops

Faculty Innovators program

The University of Iowa’s Faculty Innovators Workshop is a four week course on commercializing innovative research and technology.

In a climate where funding from the NIH and other federal agencies is becoming more competitive, the program is designed to provide UI faculty, staff, and students with the opportunity to further develop marketable ideas. This has been shown to greatly increase the likelihood of receiving SBIR and other funding. 

Iowa Connect: Medical Technology Symposium 2017

Iowa Connect: Medical Technology Symposium

Tue, July 18, 2017
12:30 PM – 6:00 PM CDT
Hotel Vetro

Faculty innovators and the medical technology community often have common challenges and questions: "I want to learn from someone who has done it already", "I've heard it's difficult for startups to be successful if they're not on the coast", "Where can I find a business mentor/clinician/engineer?",and "How do I find funding?" 

Iowa City leads Midwest by startups out of the University of Iowa

Silicon Prairie Report

Silicon Prairie News just released its first “State of the Silicon Prairie Report” 2016. Iowa City ranked 6th amongst Midwest cities. However, Iowa City, led by startups out of the University of Iowa, had the second strongest innovation index in the study (only behind St. Louis). The city [and the University of Iowa ] produces significant SBIR grants and companies and has strong research based startup activity. According to our survey, the folks in Iowa City believe that their community is on the rise.

Dr. David Lubaroff receives UIRF GAP award

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Dr. David Lubaroff, Professor Emeritus, Emeritus Professor of Urology has received a UIRF GAP award of $75,000 to assist in advancing his prime-boost prostate cancer treatment method toward commercialization. The GAP project will confirm pervious positive research results, and complete several other critical proof of concept experiments. Successful completion of this project will enable licensing the IP to Ohana Vaccines, an early stage UIVentures startup.

UIVentures’ NSF I-Corp program expands to include UI graduate students and postdocs

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The University of Iowa is a NSF I-Corps site managed by UIVentures and JPEC. Our program offers workshops to introduce faculty, staff, (and now) graduate students and postdocs to research commercialization. Their  product or service, is called their intellectual property or IP, and is typically based on research discoveries or inventions achieved in a UI lab. 

Immortagen receives $100,000 Iowa DEMO loan

Immortagen Inc., based in Iowa City, a cancer diagnostics company that develops cloud-based precision medicine using a proprietary software platform, received a $100,000 loan from the Demonstration Fund for proof of concept work and key personnel.

Market: Cancer Genome Sequencing

Immortagen seeks to personalize cancer treatment through private tumor banking, full spectrum genetic profiling, revolutionary Clinical Decision Support algorithms, and advanced mouse models for drug research and development.

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