COMMERCIALIZATION CONNECT
JULY 2020
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OTC SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UK, JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY AND XLERATEHEALTH TO HELP HBCUs COMMERCIALIZE IDEAS
Jackson State University (JSU) is an HBCU and urban research university in Jackson, Mississippi, and XLerateHealth is a national award-winning startup accelerator from Louisville, Kentucky. JSU is receiving support from XLerateHealth and assistance from OTC to build, launch, promote and manage the operations of this program. The XLerator Network (XLN), an NIH-funded accelerator hub that supports health care innovation at 24 academic institutions across the southeastern United States, will assist with the execution of this program. UK is the lead academic institution on the XLerator Network grant project with Ian McClure, executive director of OTC, as the primary investigator, Taunya Phillips, senior associate director of OTC’s New Ventures and Alliances team, as co-investigator, and Liz Knapp as program manager.
“OTC is ecstatic to support this great program to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in innovation and entrepreneurship,” said McClure. “We are thrilled to be partnered with Jackson State University and XLerateHealth, who are doing amazing things to accelerate university research to health-impacting outcomes.”
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OTC ANNOUNCES ENHANCED UKACCEL PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAUNCH BLUE
T
he University of Kentucky
Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)
has announced a revamped and enhanced
UKAccel
program through a partnership with
Launch Blue
. Under the enhanced UKAccel, the Launch Blue team will provide professional development and experiential learning to UK innovators who are interested in learning the best commercialization path for their technology.
New Benefit: UK innovators that successfully complete the UKAccel program will be eligible to apply to OTC's CATalyst Proof-of-Concept (POC) Fund. CATalyst funds in the range of $10,000-$50,000 are available to advance the commercialization potential of the UK technology.
Deadline to apply is July 31, 2020.
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OTC PARTICIPATES IN REGIONAL INNOVATIONS FOR STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS (RISE) PROGRAM FOR THE THIRD YEAR
OTC is excited to continue our RISE work in the following areas:
- coaching and mentoring
- working with the Bluegrass Angels
- providing university commercialization support
- hosting Startup Breakfast and SBIR Unplugged
- participating as a partner in Launch Blue
- working with community organizations Awesome Inc, Base 110, Commerce Lex
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Amir Najarzadeh is pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from UK. He graduated with a M.S. in mechanical engineering, B.S. in chemical engineering, B.S. in mathematics, and a B.S. in Spanish from UK.
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Jay Phillips is pursuing a Juris Doctorate from UK's J. David Rosenberg College of Law. He graduated in 2019 from UK with a Bachelor of Science in agricultural and medical biotechnology.
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Amy Rice plans on pursuing a Master's degree in pharmaceutical sciences at UK. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology and an Associate of Arts in chemistry from Thomas More College (now University).
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Kennedy Hodge is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing.
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Sydney King is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and marketing, and a Bachelor of Science in accounting.
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Faith Thibaudeau is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in history and classics.
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August OTC Webinar
Licensing 101
Date: August 18, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
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September OTC Webinar
How Does OTC Market Technology?
Date: September 9, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
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You can access Patent 101 and all of the OTC Monthly Webinars on our YouTube Channel. Check it out now!
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PATENTS ISSUED
JUNE 2020
David Minion
College of Medicine
Linda Dwoskin
College of Pharmacy
Dibakar Bhattcharyya
College of Engineering
David Puleo, Zach Hilt, Vishwas Talwalkar
College of Engineering
College of Medicine
UK Research Foundation
Todd Hastings
College of Engineering
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LICENSING DEALS
JUNE 2020
Epionc, Inc.
Chunming Liu
David Watt
Jessica Blackburn
College of Medicine
Carbon Science Solutions, Inc.
Christopher Swartz
College of Medicine
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Every Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. EDT*
Virtual
*Summer Hours
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Every Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. EDT
Virtual
July 28-29
Hybrid of in person and virtual offerings
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Freelance Fridays
Friday, July 24, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT
Base 110
110 W Vine St, 3rd Floor, Lexington
*In person
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Friday, July 24, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. EDT
Virtual
Saturday, August 1, 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT
Virtual
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MARION COE
OTC FELLOW ALUM
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Marion Coe completed the OTC Fellows program during 2018. She is currently working as a scientist at Pinney Associates, Inc supporting pharmaceutical clients during the drug development process.
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Did being an OTC Fellow change your career trajectory? If so, how?
The OTC Fellowship no doubt enhanced my resume, and during interviews it was the most frequently asked-about position.
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How did being an OTC Fellow help you with your current job?
Creating summary documents and conducting market research for UK technologies for potential out-licensing provided a useful foundation for competitive intelligence and asset acquisition research I am currently engaged in.
"As an OTC Fellow, I loved 'being close to the action.' A wealth of excellent research is conducted daily, but without a dedicated group of people who disseminate that research and go through the complicated process of developing a tangible product, that research might never benefit the public. Having an opportunity to get UK-developed technologies into the hands of companies and people who were in a position to translate them into public-benefiting goods and services was extremely rewarding. It solidified my desire to eventually be someone who could help turn research into medicine." --
Marion Coe
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