UAB start-up company revolutionizing production of nanofibers
Open the doors at TruSpin, and one’s eyes are immediately drawn to a machine spinning out a dense, wispy web onto an enormous spool suspended from above.
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UAB start-up aims to develop inhaled therapies for lung conditions
C. Vivek Lal, M.D., FAAP, knows the challenge of launching a successful start-up.
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UAB start-up acquired by Eurofins Discovery Panlabs
A UAB start-up company specializing in custom human cell engineering and drug discovery and commercialization has been acquired by an international drug discovery company.
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UAB start-up awarded $1 million grant to fight Shigella infections
UAB start-up SunFire Biotechnologies LLC was awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Defense to continue advancing an assay to support the development of Shigella vaccines.
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UAB’s newest start-up nurtures neonates
Earlier in his career, David Askenazi, M.D., MPH, heard a colleague speak about how important medical innovation is and how academics should devote time and effort to inventing devices and products to aid patients’ health, rather than only focusing on observing and reporting.
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For he’s a jolly good Fellow
When Thaddaeus Kwan was finishing his undergraduate degree at small Houghton College in New York, he knew he was interested in molecular biology and the study of various diseases, but wasn’t ready to commit to a specific field of study.
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Seven UAB start-ups receive grants from Alabama Innovation Corporation
The Alabama Innovation Corporation named the first round of small business recipients of the Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program, seven of which are UAB start-ups.
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Collaboration benefits both campus inventors and MBA students
The Harbert Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE), a campus entity tasked with commercializing innovations developed by scientists, faculty and staff at UAB, recently collaborated with students in Dr. Douglas Ayers' Start-Up Planning and Pitching class in the Collat School of Business MBA program to develop business plans for two UAB technologies. This partnership culminated in presentations to a panel of local business leaders on April 20, 2022.
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