The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) and AgLaunch brought the inaugural “Ag Works” accelerator to a conclusion with a panel discussion and brief pitches from the five participating start-ups.
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Vortex BioTech Secures Licensing Agreement with University of Tennessee Research Foundation for Point-of-Care Diagnostic Device
Most diagnostic devices on the market today are expensive and can take hours or even several days to provide results. Since 2009, Dr. Jayne Wu, associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in UT’s Tickle College of Engineering, and Dr. Shigetoshi Eda, professor in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries at the UT Institute of Agriculture, have been collaborating to develop a low-cost diagnostic device that is easy to use, portable, and can detect infectious diseases, pathogens, and physiological conditions in humans and animals in a matter of minutes.
UTRF Inventor, Cong Trinh Featured in KNS Article
Cong Trinh comes into his lab at the University of Tennessee each day with a building excitement. Eventually, he hopes, the work he’s doing could help eliminate e.Coli, Ebola, influenza, Zika virus – practically any pathogen dangerous to humans either through natural causes or being used as a bio-weapon.