Philadelphia entrepreneur and investor Bob Moore is an expert in data analytics. The co-founder of RJ Metrics and the recently launched Crossbeam, a B2B software company that uses data analytics to help companies find partnerships, recently conducted a study of 100 cities in the US with the highest spending power for startups. Albuquerque made the top ten list at number 5. To read more, see Collin Krabbe’s January 23, 2019 …Read More
Technology Developed by Former UNM Emergency Medicine Doctor Reaches the $1 Million Mark in Sales
In 2012, STC.UNM licensed a lightweight, one-size-fits-all femoral traction splint, developed by former UNM emergency medicine doctor Sam Slishman, to medical supplies and products company Rescue Essentials. Today, the Slishman Traction Splint (STS) has reached $1 million in sales thanks to its innovative design and ease of use. The company has served the emergency medical community with low-cost, cutting-edge medical supplies since 2007, supplying products to medical and law enforcement …Read More
UNM Distinguished Faculty and Inventor Receives National Honor
Dr. C. Jeffrey Brinker, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Fellow at Sandia National Labs, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Brinker is a prolific inventor at UNM who combines advanced materials science and biology to create innovative membranes, sensors, thin films, and nanoparticles that have a far-reaching and disruptive impact on cancer treatment, environmental remediation …Read More
UNM Inventor Moving Forward with Innovation
UNM inventor Dr. Christina Salas, an assistant professor in the departments of orthopaedics & rehabilitation and mechanical engineering, is developing technology that promises one day to improve the treatment for injured ligaments. Dr. Salas’ research team is focused on additive manufacturing techniques—3D bioprinting and electrospinning—for tissue engineering of the bone-ligament interface. See Michael Haederle’s September 10, 2018 article, “Good as New,” from the UNM Health Sciences Newsroom, reprinted below. Good …Read More
UNM startup BennuBio receives $1.5 million investment from the State’s Catalyst Fund
A UNM technology that has been incubating a superfast, multi sample cytometer that can screen cells up to 100 times faster than what’s currently on the market is getting a big boost from the state of New Mexico’s Catalyst Fund. The technology was developed by Professor Steven Graves and colleagues from the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering. Dr. Graves is the President and CEO of the new startup, BennuBio, …Read More
UNM Tech Transfer Program Investing in New Mexico’s Economic Future
STC.UNM, the University of New Mexico’s technology-transfer and economic-development arm, is raising the level of commitment to grow New Mexico’s economy with jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for the state’s young people. The 11 companies spun off from UNM technologies this year plan to stay in New Mexico. More companies have been spun off by students from UNM’s entrepreneurial program, the Innovation Academy (IA), and STC-IA co-partnered student pitches and the …Read More
UNM Technology Transfer Raised to New Level
With the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Lobo Rainforest Building just around the corner, the University of New Mexico’s technology transfer organization, STC.UNM, is reporting a higher level of commercialization activity among faculty, students, entrepreneurs and investors. Year-end metrics reveal a positive trend. The 11 startups spun out this year using UNM technology are all based in New Mexico. See Kevin Robinson-Avila’s July 10, 2018 article, “More UNM-related …Read More
Fourteen Patents Issued for UNM Technologies in April, May, and June
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued fourteen patents during April, May and June for technologies invented at the University of New Mexico. The patents issued during STC.UNM’s 2018 fiscal 4th quarter are for a variety of technologies created by researchers in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Physics & Astronomy, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mechanical …Read More
Technology Developed at the University of New Mexico Helping to Decrease Healthcare Costs
An innovative model developed at the University of New Mexico to treat chronic and complex diseases in rural and underserved areas of New Mexico is helping to lower the cost of healthcare. Project ECHO®, created by Dr. Sanjeev Arora, professor and vice chair in the Department of Internal Medicine at UNM’s Health Sciences Center, provides specialty care throughout the state to these populations by linking expert, interdisciplinary specialist teams with …Read More
UNM Student Inventor Inspired to Solve a Major Environmental Problem
STC.UNM and the UNM Innovation Academy recently hosted their seventh student pitch competition on April 16. The competition, The Rainforest Student Pitch Competition, is an opportunity for aspiring student entrepreneurs to present their innovative ideas for products, services and technologies to local entrepreneurs, investors, and business professionals. The competition is open to currently enrolled students from any university in the state of New Mexico. Mostafa Peysokhan, a UNM engineering student, …Read More