The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is proud to support a culture of entrepreneurship across the University of Tennessee System. In keeping with its mission, UTRF wants to help move ideas to the marketplace to benefit the people of Tennessee and beyond. UTRF is a Founding Member of the Innov865 Alliance, a coalition dedicated to (read more)
Entrepreneurship
Collaboration Is Key in Neuromorphic Computing Research: TENNLab Research Group Issued Seven Patents, Four Patents Pending
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is proud to support researchers in emerging and developing research fields, including neuromorphic computing, a computing system design modeled after the human brain. The TENNLab Neuromorphic Computing Research Group is made up of faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates who are developing hardware and software to aid in the (read more)
Long-term vision and partnership: UTRF startup to develop next-generation RNA medicines using a novel drug delivery system
Around a decade ago, a researcher at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTSGM) and a graduate student in her lab began to imagine creating a company based on a technology they were developing. In 2022, their initial dream became a reality. They launched Orion Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup company developing next-generation RNA (read more)