Application deadline for “Startup Day 2018” pitch competition is Friday Teknovation Biz article by Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Attention East Tennessee area entrepreneurs. Applications are now being accepted for the “Startup Day 2018” pitch competition that is the featured event in the Knoxville region’s “Innov865 Week” that runs September 23-28. The deadline to apply is (read more)
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Startup EMBrace develops ‘Traction-on-the-Go’ Back Brace
Dr. Denis J. DiAngelo is a Distinguished Professor of Biomechanics and Director of the BioRobotics and Rehabilitation Laboratory in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), as well as Co-Founder and President of medical device company EMBrace Design. He joined UTHSC in 1993 after receiving (read more)
WVLT Article: University of Tennessee develops disease-resistant Dogwood trees
University of Tennessee develops disease-resistant Dogwood trees KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — A research foundation that began more than a decade ago to develop disease-resistant dogwood trees was started by the University of Tennessee Research Foundation. In the late 80s up to the mid-90s, two fungal diseases, Dogwood anthracnose, and powdery mildew hit the dogwood population. (read more)