Over his nearly 30-year career, Dr. Tony Skjellum’s research has focused on high-performance computing and cybersecurity, with a strong emphasis on the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies
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UTRF, UTHSC, and Anviron Partner to Commercialize Novel Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
A Mission for Making Good Medicine The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF), the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and biotech therapeutics startup Anviron recently announced a partnership to commercialize a novel treatment with promising efficacy against pancreatic cancer tumors. According to the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center, the total number of (read more)
We’re Hiring – UTRF Patent Coordinator
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is the technology transfer organization for the University of Tennessee. Through offices in Knoxville and Memphis, UTRF manages the commercialization of inventions and discoveries developed across the UT system. UTRF’s technology transfer objective is to identify and protect UT intellectual property that represents potential products and services, and to (read more)


