Innovation Insider

FEBRUARY 2023

KENTUCKY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROFESSIONALS LEADING NATIONAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Kentucky will be represented by more than 25 technology transfer professionals at the upcoming AUTM annual meeting February 19 – 22, 2023 in Austin, Texas. AUTM is the leading international non-profit professional association supporting technology transfer professionals to develop academic research that drives innovation. The group is comprised of more than 3,000 members at more than 800 organizations. 

But in addition to attending, KY's representatives are leading national discussions, policy making and organizations such as AUTM to advance research technologies.

SAVE THE DATE! UK WOMEN INNOVATORS NETWORK (UKWIN) EVENT

March 28

3:30 - 5:30 pm ET

Ballroom 212A, Gatton Student Center

Join us for our UKWIN Event featuring a panel discussion on the book - Funded Female Founders: How to traverse the uneven playing field and secure funding to grow your business.

Follow UK Innovate on social media to learn as we spotlight our panelists and guest speakers.

The first fifteen registrations will receive a free copy of the book.

April 11, 2023

9:30 am - 6:30 pm ET

Harris Ballroom

Gatton Student Center

The Kentucky Innovator Challenge brings together leaders from business, service organizations and higher education for a one-day summit to identify the most pressing challenges facing Kentucky and discuss collaborative solutions through research and innovation.

UK Innovate is hosting this in-person event, which aims to forge new relationships and lay the groundwork for innovative solutions addressing the problems of our business partners.

Click the button below to see our agenda, presenters, and keynote speakers.

WELCOME NEW TEAM MEMBERS!

CHELSEA EX-LUBESKIE

INNOVATION CONNECT MANAGER, UK INNOVATION CONNECT,

UK INNOVATE

Chelsea Ex-Lubeskie is an Innovation Connect Manager for UK Innovate. She will provide focused and dedicated support to advancing impactful innovation and research industry partnerships specifically for the College of Medicine and contributing to and executing the overall UK Innovation Connect strategic plan.

LAURA TRIPLETT

OPERATIONS AND EVENTS COORDINATOR, LAUNCH BLUE, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION

Laura Triplett is the Launch Blue operations and events coordinator for the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) at the University of Kentucky (UK) where she is responsible for working with startups and stakeholders in the Kentucky startup ecosystem to execute top-tier online and in-person events to advance those startups toward the next milestone.

JERICHO WILKERSON

LICENSING AND

NEW VENTURES MANAGER

KENTUCKY COMMERCIALIZATION VENTURES (KCV)

Jericho Wilkerson is a Licensing & New Ventures Manager with Kentucky Commercialization Ventures (KCV), where his primary responsibilities involve assessing, licensing, and managing technologies. KCV's commercialization program is a dedicated resource for faculty, staff, and students at partner universities and colleges that moves great ideas and research to products on the market for public benefit.

Thursday, March 16, 2023

12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Zoom

Join us for a Venture Builders panel. Details coming soon!

U.S. PATENTS ISSUED

JANUARY 2023

11,553,715 Synthesis and Formulation of Lignin Derived Compounds as Treatment of Plant Diseases

Jian Shi

11,560,334 Concrete Repair Coating

Thomas Robl, Robert B. Jewell, Anne Oberlink, Tristana Duvallet

11,560,559 Inducing Production of Full-Length Progranulin (GRN) From Nucleotides Including Mutations Containing a Premature Stop Codon (PTC)

Haining Zhu

11,564,394 Distorted Gold(I)-Phosphine Complexes and Methods for Use as Antifungal Agents

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Samuel G. Awuah, Emily Kristen Dennis, Jon Hyun Kim

LICENSES/OPTIONS EXECUTED

JANUARY 2023

Beckman Research Institute for the City of Hope

Justin Todd Burus

Lee Park

Pamela Hull

Thomas Jefferson University

Justin Todd Burus

Lee Park

Pamela Hull

Valiidun, Inc.

Kunlei Liu

Xin Gao

Ayokunle Omosebi

Reynolds Frimpong

Heather Nikolic

Veterans Health Administration

Nora Warshaswsky

OTC'S 2022 UK INNOVATORS SURVEY OPEN

Each year the UK Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) creates a feedback survey on its services for UK innovators who interacted that year with OTC to provide feedback.

The UK Innovator Survey for 2022 is live. If you are a University of Kentucky employee innovator who interacted with the Office of Technology Commercialization in 2022, we need your feedback to continue to improve our services.

Please complete the OTC UK Innovator Survey 2022 by April 16, 2023.