Technology Commercialization

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An Immersive Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Through the TIP Innovation Fellowship Program, undergraduates and grad students learn the full gamut of what it takes to run a successful startup.

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Algae Agreement Offers an Ocean of Research Possibilities

UConn's Technology Commercialization Services brokered an agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Services to preserve an extensive collection of algae

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Light It Up: Using Firefly Genes to Understand Cannabis Biology

This research will help hemp and cannabis farmers better control levels of CBD and THC in their crops

Blood-cell Lens Enables High-Quality Imaging with Blu-ray Technology

Guoan Zheng's latest technological innovation combines the power of a Blu-ray player with a blood-coated sensor, creating the potential to dramatically improve imaging for clinical applications

Changing the Channel on Stroke Treatment: Novel Technology Provides New Path to Prevent Neuronal Death

Lixia Yue’s team discovered that a specific peptide sequence can disrupt the interaction between an ion channel and receptors in our brain responsible for neuronal death during an ischemic stroke

Entrepreneur-in-Residence Alexsandr Tropps (center) meets with executives of TIP Digital startup ConnexMarkets (CXM): Jeff Hudson, chief marketing officer (left), and Tim Clorite, chief executive officer (right). (Contributed photo)

The Heart of UConn’s TIP Digital: Its Entrepreneurs-in-Residence

Travis Millman, an entrepreneur-in-residence for UConn’s technology incubation program (TIP) in Stamford, offers an inside look at mentoring startups

Meet the Innovator: Nicole Wagner, LambdaVision, Inc.

Nicole Wagner is working to translate a technology she began developing as a graduate student at UConn into a medical solution for patients with end-stage retinal degenerative diseases

UConn Professor Fuses Engineering and Precision Medicine with 3-D Tumor Model

This technology will help bridge the gap between in-vitro and human subject testing for cancer drug development by applying engineering methods to medical research.  

UConn Researcher’s Home COVID-19 Test Comparable to PCR Accuracy, Selectivity

A lab-on-paper platform that uses genetic markers to detect the virus even as it mutates

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Lab to Table? Induced Pluripotent Bovine Stem Cells Overcome Decades-Long Challenges for Cultivated Meat

Technology from animal scientists is paving the way for future advances in sustainable food production