Monthly news, events & updates | Building a Rainforest in the Desert | April 2024 | |
Research Innovations and Discoveries Highlighted at the 2024 Innovate New Mexico Technology Showcase | |
The 2024 Innovate New Mexico Technology Showcase brought together the leading research institutions in the state to highlight their latest research and technology advancements. There were over 135 attendees which included investors, entrepreneurs, industry reps, local start-up companies, and local business members.
The showcase, which took place March 5th at the Sandia Event Center in Albuquerque, included ten technology pitch presentations, keynote speaker Doug Campbell, a lunchtime panel with local company CEOs, and breaks throughout for networking opportunities.
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Roanhorse Consulting Joins the Lobo Rainforest Building
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The Lobo Rainforest Building, located in the growing innovation district in downtown Albuquerque, welcomed new tenants Roanhorse Consulting, LLC to the building.
Roanhorse Consulting is an Indigenous-led firm that purposefully works to change power dynamics in health and wealth system. Their goal is to build a world in which our children and grandchildren will thrive. The group engages in project planning and implementation, resource creation, project design and development, ecosystem development, and research and evaluation.
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In the Spotlight - Featured UNM Inventor | | | |
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Alexander Albrecht, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Optical Science & Engineering
The University of New Mexico
Dr. Albrecht's research areas include:
- Optical refrigeration (laser cooling of solids)
- Radiation-balanced lasers
- Semiconductor disk lasers for high power, narrow line width, and pulsed operation
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Join Us at the Rainforest Pitch Competition Finals Event
| Join us to support entrepreneurial students pitching in the final round of the Rainforest Pitch Competition. No need to register, just show up! | |
UNM Rainforest Forum Presents Dr. Hengameh Raissy, UNM Health Sciences
April 18, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the Lobo Rainforest Building
Join us to learn more about research at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
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For the next Rainforest Forum, join us to hear from Hengameh Raissy, PharmD, interim Vice President for Research at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is thriving in an increasingly challenging biomedical research landscape, having attracted $200 million in extramural funding. Our funding success is a tribute to the inspired work of our faculty, students and staff, who continue to break new ground in so many areas and have done a terrific job of putting UNM on the map as a center of research and innovation. This achievement caps more than a decade of continual growth in extramural funding and highlights our focus on developing major new discoveries that improve the health and well-being of New Mexicans.
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Spring 2024 Rainforest Accelerator Cohort Presents Their Innovative Ideas | |
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The Rainforest Accelerator Program wrapped up its spring cohort Monday, March 25 with teams of entrepreneurial researchers presenting their innovative projects.
The Rainforest Accelerator Program is administered by UNM Rainforest Innovations and supports teams of University of New Mexico faculty and/or post-doctoral or graduate students to go outside of their laboratories and into the marketplace where they can learn first-hand about entrepreneurship. They are also encouraged to explore and validate the commercial landscape surrounding their innovation with the support of $3,000 to fund their market discovery efforts and proof-of-concept prototyping.
See list of participants
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Combining and Balancing Forces in the New Mexico Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Interview with the NMEDD JEDI Office
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Attend Upcoming Open Office Hours
Providing Mentoring for Your Startup/Idea
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Marketing Mentoring Hours with Chaz Rose
April 19, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (MDT)
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Do you need some advice with marketing or help telling your business story?
Attend one-on-one mentoring with marketing professional, Chaz Rose. During this 30-minute session, you can talk with Chaz about some of your marketing pain points and receive advice on how to improve your marketing and tell your business story!
Chaz Rose is the founder of Towa Marketing Consultants. He graduated from Missouri State in 2016 with a degree in Marketing & Advertising. He works with business owners to develop custom marketing strategies for their business. These strategies relieve business pains, provide measurable advertising results, and increase business owners' bottom line. Sign up today to receive help with creating your business marketing strategy.
| This is a HYBRID event offered in-person at the Lobo Rainforest Building and virtually via Zoom. | |
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