COMMERCIALIZATION CONNECT
DECEMBER 2019
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FOUR UK TECHNOLOGIES PITCHED TO ENTREPRENEURS AT FOUNDER HUNT
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OTC AND PARTNERS RECEIVE PHASE II FUNDING FOR SOUTHEAST XLERATOR NETWORK
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In October 2018, it was announced that the
University of Kentucky (UK)
, as the academic lead partner with
XLerateHealth
, a health technology accelerator based in Louisville, and regional partners had received a federal National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant that could potentially total $3.5 million over three years to create a hub to accelerate the commercialization of biomedical technologies. This hub, one of four NIGMS IDeA Hubs, will benefit university innovators and their commercialization resource partners in the Southeast Institutional Development Award (IDeA) region (AR, KY, LA, MS, PR, SC, and WV).
After Phase I planning, OTC is pleased to announce that funding for Phase II was awarded. The award provides $1.49 million to
execute on the Phase I planning. In addition, the Southeast XLerator Network was awarded an Administrative Supplement of $250,000 to fund the advancement of promising health technologies with commercial potential across the region, which the Hub has called the “Ideas to Products (I2P)” program.
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New Staff: Liz Knapp
Liz Knapp is the program manager for the Southeast XLerator Network in OTC. Prior to working at UK, Liz did program development work for NASA Kentucky and was the assistant director for Kentucky's EPSCoR Program.
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New Ambassador: Holden Turney
Holden Turney is a new OTC Ambassador. He is a senior and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering.
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This year OTC awarded annual OTC Superlatives to recognize the exemplary individual work of OTC staff members in three areas reflecting core principles of the OTC: Service, Relationships, and Support.
Join us in congratulating this year's SUPER-lative winners!
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2019 OTC EXEMPLARY STAFF AWARD
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WINNER: RAJA KRISHNAN, COMMERCIALIZATION MANAGER
The staff person who, in 2019, best represented OTC's mission statement and actively exhibited the OTC Operating Model in all work activities.
Winner chosen by the OTC Leadership Team.
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WINNER: TAUNYA PHILLIPS, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NEW VENTURES & ALLIANCES
The staff person who, in 2019, best exhibited the OTC Operating Model principle to provide exemplary customer service to others outside the office in their work responsibilities.
Winner chosen by the OTC Staff.
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2019 OTC RELATIONSHIP AWARD
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WINNER: ERIC HARTMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NEW VENTURES
The staff person who, in 2019, best exhibited the OTC Operating Model principle to put relationships on a pedestal, and built and maintained relationships with others outside the office that created value to OTC.
Winner chosen by the OTC Staff.
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WINNER:SABRINA DARNELL, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR
The staff person who, in 2019, best practiced the OTC Operating Model principle to support others within the office to complete work activities, projects or goals.
Winner chosen by the OTC Staff.
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BY THE NUMBERS
November 2019
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ISSUED PATENTS
B. Mark Evers, Jing Li
(College of Medicine)
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Kunlei Liu, associate director for research at UK's Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) and associate professor in the UK College of Engineering, was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Kunlei will be recognized by OTC at Patent Palooza! in March 2020.
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REACH GRANT PROGRAM:
KENTUCKY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION (KYNETIC)
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The Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (KYNETIC) program supports faculty (including basic scientists, clinicians, and physicians), staff, and trainees, who want to take their ground-breaking healthcare-related research/discoveries, product inventions or improvements that they are developing in their laboratories or daily practice to the marketplace to improve human health.
On December 12, a Town Hall was held to provide an opportunity for attendees to learn details on how the Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) grant will benefit Kentucky's public universities and colleges, and to meet project administration and leadership.
If you weren't able to attend, check out the presentation video and web page below.
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SAVE-THE-DATE: UK ENTREPRENEUR SHOWCASE/PATENT PALOOZA!
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A great opportunity to learn more about innovations of alumni, faculty, and student researchers.
Date: March 24, 2020
Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Ballroom 212C, Gatton Student Center
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An opportunity to celebrate UK's innovators and learn about the amazing innovations happening on campus.
Date: March 24, 2020
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Ballroom 212A, Gatton Student Center
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Every Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.
DV8 Kitchen
867 S Broadway #140, Lexington, KY
No RSVP Necessary
W
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men Innovators and Founders of Lexington Meetup
Thursday, December 19, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Harvey's Bar
200 W Main St, Lexington, KY
No RSVP Necessary
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Thursday, December 19, 4:00 p.m. - 6;00 p.m.
Puccini's
833 Chevy Chase Place, Lexington, KY
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FY 2020 STATISTICS YEAR-TO-DATE
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