In laboratories, clinics and startup companies across Tennessee, innovators from the University of Tennessee (UT) are developing technologies that could transform how diseases are diagnosed and treated. From artificial intelligence that can interpret the hidden signals inside a heartbeat to experimental drugs designed to overcome treatment-resistant cancers, these innovations are moving from university laboratories into the hands of clinicians and patients with support (read more)
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From Lab Bench to Breakthrough: How a UT Mentor-Student Partnership Sparked a Rising East Tennessee Biotech Company
When Trey Fisher, PhD, walked into the vascular biology lab led by Deidra Mountain, PhD, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Knoxville more than a decade ago, he was a graduate student looking for a scientific challenge. He found one, and something more: the beginnings of a partnership that would one day spark a promising East Tennessee biotechnology company.
UT Martin Students Reimagine the Future of the West Tennessee Solar Farm in UT Research Foundation Pitch Competition
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) and UT Martin (UTM) launched a student-led pitch competition to develop a strategic business plan that helps shape the future of UT’s 5-megawatt West Tennessee Solar Farm and its educational exhibit located at the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) Welcome Center on Interstate 40. The projects in the pitch competition aim to develop a comprehensive business plan that integrates the solar farm, the educational exhibit, and interstate-facing signage (read more)