The UT Research Foundation (UTRF) proudly hosted its annual Innovation Awards on November 25 in Knoxville and December 4 in Memphis, commemorating 90 years of advancing research, commercialization, and innovation. UTRF recognized 3 startups, 36 commercialization agreements, and 25 issued patents during these two events. Additionally, UTRF recognized two exceptional researchers with the prestigious 2024 (read more)
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UTRF’s Accelerate Fund Makes First Investment in UT Startup, Co-Investing with LaunchTN’s InvestTN Fund
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation’s Accelerate Fund made its first investment in Orion Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing next-generation RNA medicines using a novel drug delivery system. UTRF and Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) co-invested, both contributing $150,000 of pre seed investment. UTRF’s Accelerate Fund launched in 2023 and provides funding opportunities to help viable startups (read more)
Inventor Spotlight: Ramesh Narayanan
“I always tell my students that a doctor can change the life of one patient at a time, whereas if you are a drug discoverer, you can change the life of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people simultaneously,” said Ramesh Narayanan. Narayanan is a professor in the Department of Medicine, Eric Muirhead Professor of (read more)