{"id":152960,"date":"2019-08-14T08:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=152960"},"modified":"2019-08-14T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:42:28","slug":"startup-central-inside-uconns-technology-incubation-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/08\/startup-central-inside-uconns-technology-incubation-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Central: Inside UConn&#8217;s Technology Incubation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-288\" style=\"max-width:640px;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-288\" data-galleryid=\"288\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"360\" data-skin=\"light\" data-random=\"false\" data-autoslide=\"false\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-stopallplaying=\"false\" data-reloadonvideoend=\"false\" data-enabletabindex=\"false\" data-loadnextonvideoend=\"false\" data-hidetitlewhenvideoisplaying=\"false\" data-disablehovereventontouch=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"false\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"true\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" data-slideshadow=\"true\" data-thumbshowtitle=\"false\" data-thumbshadow=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"true\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-specifyid=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-thumbcolumnsresponsive=\"false\" data-showimgtitle=\"false\" data-titlesmallscreen=\"false\" data-initsocial=\"true\" data-showsocial=\"false\" data-showemail=\"false\" data-showfacebook=\"true\" data-showtwitter=\"true\" data-showpinterest=\"true\" data-socialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-doshortcodeontext=\"false\" data-duration=\"1500\" data-slideduration=\"1000\" data-slideshowinterval=\"6000\" data-googleanalyticsaccount=\"\" data-resizemode=\"fill\" data-imagetoolboxmode=\"mouseover\" data-effect=\"fade\" data-padding=\"12\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-bgimage=\"\" data-thumbwidth=\"48\" data-thumbheight=\"48\" data-thumbgap=\"8\" data-thumbrowgap=\"16\" data-lightboxtextheight=\"72\" data-lightboxtitlecss=\"{color:#333333; font:bold 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:18px;}\" data-lightboxdescriptioncss=\"{color:#333333; font:normal 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:14px;}\" data-titlecss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:14px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;  background:rgb(102, 102, 102) transparent; background:rgba(102, 102, 102, 0.6);}\" data-descriptioncss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:12px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:0px 0px 10px 10px;  background:rgb(102, 102, 102) transparent; background:rgba(102, 102, 102, 0.6);}\" data-titleheight=\"72\" data-titlesmallscreenwidth=\"640\" data-titleheightsmallscreen=\"148\" data-socialmode=\"mouseover\" data-socialposition=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialpositionlightbox=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialdirection=\"horizontal\" data-socialbuttonsize=\"32\" data-socialbuttonfontsize=\"18\" data-triggerresizedelay=\"100\" data-thumbmediumsize=\"800\" data-thumbsmallsize=\"480\" data-thumbmediumwidth=\"64\" data-thumbmediumheight=\"64\" data-thumbsmallwidth=\"48\" data-thumbsmallheight=\"48\" data-imgtitle=\"title\" data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-library\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\" ><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/400FarmingtonAve_JGelineau_6-9-16_9658s.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/400FarmingtonAve_JGelineau_6-9-16_9658s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"Established in 2003 to accelerate the growth of technology-based startups with a strong connection to the University of Connecticut, TIP has supported over 100 companies. In FY2018, TIP companies employed 118 full-time and 53 part-time employees, and they raised over $96 million in equity, grants, revenue, and debt. (Janine Gelineau\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Established in 2003 to accelerate the growth of technology-based startups with a strong connection to the University of Connecticut, TIP has supported over 100 companies. In FY2018, TIP companies employed 118 full-time and 53 part-time employees, and they raised over $96 million in equity, grants, revenue, and debt. (Janine Gelineau\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Oscilloscape190614a155.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Oscilloscape190614a155-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"Formed by UConn professor of psychological sciences and physics Edward Large (right), Oscilloscape is a music and audio startup commercializing software based on research in auditory neuroscience that will power the next generation of interactive audio applications. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Formed by UConn professor of psychological sciences and physics Edward Large (right), Oscilloscape is a music and audio startup commercializing software based on research in auditory neuroscience that will power the next generation of interactive audio applications. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Oscilloscape190614a120.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Oscilloscape190614a120-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"The Oscilloscape offices at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">The Oscilloscape offices at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a447.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a447-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"Reza Amin (center) and the team from UConn startup QRFertile are developing an in-home device to measure male fertility. They have taken advantage of several entrepreneurship programs offered at UConn and developed their invention under the guidance of Savas Tasoglu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Reza Amin (center) and the team from UConn startup QRFertile are developing an in-home device to measure male fertility. They have taken advantage of several entrepreneurship programs offered at UConn and developed their invention under the guidance of Savas Tasoglu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a425.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a425-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"The QRFertile lab at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">The QRFertile lab at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a367.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a367-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"CytoVeris Inc. is a biotech startup aiming to improve patient outcomes in cancer surgery by incorporating optical based \u201cguided surgical tools.\u201d Along with their location at TIP in Farmington, CytoVeris collaborates regularly with UConn biomedical engineer, Guoan Zheng. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">CytoVeris Inc. is a biotech startup aiming to improve patient outcomes in cancer surgery by incorporating optical based \u201cguided surgical tools.\u201d Along with their location at TIP in Farmington, CytoVeris collaborates regularly with UConn biomedical engineer, Guoan Zheng. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a288.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cytoveris190614a288-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"The CytoVeris lab at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington  on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">The CytoVeris lab at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington  on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bactana190614a211.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bactana190614a211-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"Bactana CEO John Kallassy (left) with the startup&#39;s head of research, Simon McManus. Bactana is using a microbiome discovery platform to provide the livestock industry with safe, effective, and inexpensive alternatives to antibiotics. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Bactana CEO John Kallassy (left) with the startup&#039;s head of research, Simon McManus. Bactana is using a microbiome discovery platform to provide the livestock industry with safe, effective, and inexpensive alternatives to antibiotics. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bactana190614a259.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bactana190614a259-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"The Bactana lab at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington  on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">The Bactana lab at the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) space at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington  on June 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2205_preview.jpeg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2205_preview-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-description=\"Jordan Greco, PhD (left) and Nicole Wagner, PhD, from UConn startup LambdaVision meet in a conference room at TIP&#39;s location at UConn Health in Farmington, CT. (Carson Stifel\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Jordan Greco, PhD (left) and Nicole Wagner, PhD, from UConn startup LambdaVision meet in a conference room at TIP&#039;s location at UConn Health in Farmington, CT. (Carson Stifel\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>From the outside, the Cell and Genome Sciences Building on UConn Health&#8217;s Farmington, Connecticut campus doesn&#8217;t look all that remarkable. On the inside, the building located at 400 Farmington Avenue is bustling with entrepreneurial activity and scientific discovery.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the building is home to <a href=\"https:\/\/tip.uconn.edu\/\">UConn&#8217;s Technology Incubation Program<\/a>, and 40 high potential startups working primarily in biotech fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTIP is an established program in Connecticut that is known to improve the likelihood of startup success,\u201d says Mostafa Analoui, executive director of venture development and TIP at UConn.<\/p>\n<p>A program within UConn\u2019s Office of the Vice President for Research, TIP supports UConn startups as well as innovative external technology ventures. All TIP startups are able to conduct R&amp;D activities at UConn and benefit from having access to the university\u2019s research infrastructure, specialized equipment, customized business support services, and a pool of talented graduates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UConn&#8217;s incubator facilities are a critical part of the innovation ecosystem, both for the university community and the entire state,&#8221; says Radenka Maric, vice president for research at UConn and UConn Health. &#8220;We are committed to supporting high-potential startups that want to grow in Connecticut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow UConn Research on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FUConnResearch&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C2190cc806094420bf3b008d61efc1d08%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636730465490725996&amp;sdata=x7toGyDgv%2FVxj1VaaW1ggPWSf9nnmNcoeDxG0WIca5I%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em><u> &amp; <\/u><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fuconnresearch&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C2190cc806094420bf3b008d61efc1d08%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636730465490725996&amp;sdata=7hid3FG3d5m%2BFMFp%2Fm2NAw2dtSadVPfpn5nuLzc%2BkrY%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a><em><u>.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo tour of UConn&#8217;s Technology Incubation Program, where the University is helping innovative start-ups launch and succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":152717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731,69,2076,1862,179,2225],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2140],"class_list":["post-152960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship","category-gallery","category-research","category-busn","category-uconn-health","category-uconn-storrs","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-02 09:35:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152960"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153032,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152960\/revisions\/153032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/152717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152960"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=152960"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=152960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}