COMMERCIALIZATION CONNECT
MARCH 2021
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OTC FY 2020 ANNUAL REPORT IS LIVE |
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We are excited to announce our FY 2020 Annual Report is now available.
"While none of us expected the curveball that FY 2020 threw at us, UK OTC was not surprised to see the resiliency of the UK innovation community, which maintained a high level of innovation and commercialization activity. In fact, through the pandemic-induced remote-work period beginning in March, we saw an increase
in invention disclosures, patent filings, and license deal activity. One thing is for sure: UK OTC is more emboldened than ever by the spirit, the innovative capacity, and the culture of our research enterprise to realize our office’s mission: to advance innovation that makes a difference." -- Ian McClure, OTC Executive Director
Check out the record-breaking numbers, innovative COVID technologies, milestones, amazing partnerships and so much more.
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UK ENTREPRENEUR SHOWCASE 2021 |
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Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. ET
Via Zoom
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Join us virtually to recognize our second Lee T. Todd Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship recipients, Elaine and Myron Jacobson, co-founders of Niadyne and Niadyne Pharma. This award will be presented by our first recipient and namesake, Dr. Lee T. Todd Jr.
Presentations will be given by the following UK faculty innovators, alumni entrepreneurs, and Launch Blue Incubator participant:
- Luke Bradley, Faculty Innovator, Avast Therapeutics
- Gilson Capilouto, Faculty Innovator, NFANT Labs
- Johnathon Davis, Alumni Entrepreneur, JT Davis Asset Management, LLC
- James McCollum, Launch Blue Incubator Participant, Synaptek
- Tony Schmidt, Alumni Entrepreneur, GreekTrack
- Christine Trinkle, Faculty Innovator, Cellect Microfluidics
Learn more about our honorees and our presenters through the link below.
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Drug Repurposing Short Course
Session 4 Webinar
Funding Opportunities: A Non-Profit Foundation
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Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET
Learn About:
- Drugs that have been repurposed successfully and gotten FDA approval
- Clinical trials of repurposed drugs
- Case study of a success story through the non-profit foundation funding program
Presenters:
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OTC March Webinar:
Why SLP (Startup License Package)?
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Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
An opportunity for UK innovators to learn how SLP (Startup License Package) benefits them.
Presenter:
- Eric Hartman, associate director, New Ventures
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Natasha Jones (1974-2021) |
It is with great sadness that we announce our colleague and friend, Natasha Jones, unexpectedly passed away on February 16, 2021. Natasha was a commercialization manager who worked with technologies from both UK colleges and centers. She had a lifelong devotion to learning and a quick wit. We will miss her dearly.
We will be hosting a virtual Celebration of Life Lunch for Natasha on her birthday, April 28, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET. Anyone interested in joining us is welcome and can reach out to otcinfo@uky.edu for more details.
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LICENSES EXECUTED
FEBRUARY 2021
Arisu Therapeutics, Inc (UK Startup)
Kyung Bo Kim, Zachary Miller,
Min Jae Lee, Deepack Bhattarai
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Every Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. ET
Virtual
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Every Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Base 110, 110 W Vine St, 3rd Floor, Lexington
In-person
Thursday, March 11, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Virtual
Thursday, March 18, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET
Virtual
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Every Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. ET
Virtual
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Wednesday, March 10, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
249 E. Main St, Lexington
In-person
Friday, March 12, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ET
Virtual
Thursday, March 18, 4:00 p.m. ET
Virtual
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CCTS SPRING RESEARCH DAY 2021 CONFERENCE
April 7-8
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
This multidisciplinary event is focused on celebrating research efforts, sharing research findings, disseminating best practices, enhancing collaborations, and mentoring the upcoming generation of clinical and translational researchers.
John M. Barry, award-winning author, will lead a panel discussion and Q&A on pandemics from a medical and historical context.
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If you worked with the OTC team during 2020 and haven't completed our Innovator Survey, we would appreciate receiving your feedback. Your feedback is very important to us and helps us determine the direction we need to take in providing customer service, programs, and events to you.
Thank you for bringing us great innovations, working on your startups with us and everything in-between.
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