The B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Awards for Excellence In Technology Transfer The B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Award is given to a University of Tennessee faculty member(s) who excel in the commercialization of university-based research results. The B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Foundation provides the award stipend, through an endowment fund which was established (read more)
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Maha Krishnamurthy and Janet Ralbovsky UTRF Staff Spotlight
Maha Krishnamurthy, Ph.D Maha Krishnamurthy is a licensing associate for the University of Tennessee Research Foundation – Multidisciplinary (Knoxville) Office. She is responsible for intellectual property portfolio management and commercialization of UT’s technologies from plant biotechnology, college of engineering, arts and sciences. Maha’s expertise includes bridging the gap between research and business by evaluating patentable (read more)
Finding A Non-Invasive Solution For Detecting Amyloidosis
By Kimberly Hood It’s hard to find what you can’t see, and it’s difficult to diagnose what you can’t find. This is exactly the problem Solex LLC is trying to correct in the detection of amyloidosis. Every year 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with amyloidosis, but currently, there is no imaging technique available in the U.S. (read more)