Please contact UTRF Marketing for high-resolution images (include last 2 digit number of filename for requested images). 2017 UTRF Innovation Awards Ceremony (Multi Campus Office) Honors UT Researchers Wheeley Award, Innovation Driver Award winners announced KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) recognized UT researchers for their inventions and commercialization efforts made within the last (read more)
UTRF News
UTRF Executes a Non-Exclusive License Agreement with Amfora Inc. for Plant-Based Promoter Technology
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) has executed a non-exclusive license agreement with Amfora, Inc. for a plant-based promoter technology developed by Neal Stewart Jr., Ph.D., professor of plant sciences and Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in Plant Molecular Genetics at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. This promoter has been shown to (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Neal Stewart, Jr.
Neal Stewart, Jr., Ph.D. is a professor of plant sciences, the Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in Plant Molecular Genetics at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), and co-director of the Tennessee Plant Research Center. His primary research interest is exploring how genetic engineering can positively impact the environment with focus areas in (read more)