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UM tech transfer office sets record with 444 inventions

10/23/2017
The University of Michigan’s faculty, researchers and startups reported a record 444 inventions this year. Researchers topped last year’s 428 inventions to continue its streak of five straight years of more than 400 inventions, a UM news release said. The UM Technology Transfer Office tallied 172 U.S. patents this year,...

U-M Innovation Partnerships Reports Record Number of New Inventions

10/19/2017
University of Michigan researchers reported 444 new inventions in fiscal year 2017 — up from last year’s 428 — and the fifth straight year of more than 400 inventions from U-M faculty. U-M Innovation Partnerships also had a record 172 U.S. patents issued in FY ’17, up from 135 in...

Phrixus to Launch Clinical Trials for Duchenne Drug in Early 2018

10/17/2017
After showing some early promise in treating European patients, Ann Arbor, MI-based Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, a startup developing drugs to treat cardiac and respiratory problems in young males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is preparing to launch U.S. clinical trials early next year. During the first quarter of 2018, Phrixus will dose...

U-M startup marks milestone in drug therapy for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

10/13/2017
Two boys under treatment outside the United States for Duchenne muscular dystrophy—an X-linked disease that affects only boys and young men—met key milestones while on Carmeseal-MD, a drug developed by a University of Michigan startup. Phrixus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is working with Ethicor Pharma Ltd., its licensor, to commercialize the drug...

U-M startup says jet lag app is just the beginning

10/13/2017
As a University of Michigan doctoral student, Olivia Walch got a lot of attention for developing the Entrain app, which reads the body’s circadian rhythms to help people overcome jet lag quickly. Now, as a postdoc, she’s branching out to sell her algorithms as an application programming interface, or API,...

Akadeum Life Sciences recognized for Best New Technology at CYTO Innovation

9/1/2017
Each year, the top minds in cytometry—which refers to the methodology used to extract quantitative information from individual cells—join together at ISAC’s CYTO Innovation to present the industry’s new technologies in the technology showcase. This year, Ann Arbor-based Akadeum Life Science, Inc.’s microbubble technology rose to the top as the...

Neurable: A Game You Can Control With Your Mind [NYT]

8/28/2017
When you pull the headset over your eyes and the game begins, you are transported to a tiny room with white walls. Your task is to break out of the room, but you cannot use your hands. There is no joystick or game pad. You must use your thoughts. You...

UMD receives $3.3M Department of Education grant to evaluate U-M startup Ventris Learning’s dialect shifting curriculum Toggle Talk

8/24/2017
Researchers at the University of Maryland were recently awarded a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences to investigate the efficacy of Toggle Talk—a proprietary curriculum intended to help young children learn to shift between various American English dialects and Academic Classroom English. Young...

Innovation Partnerships’s NAB Celebrates 15 Years of Progress

7/14/2017
The U-M Innovation Partnerships National Advisory Board (NAB) celebrated its 15 year anniversary with a dinner and meeting on May 9th and 10th. The NAB is composed of leaders from the business, venture, university and local communities and provides advice and network contacts to enhance the effectiveness of our tech...

Using Sound to Hack Critical Vehicle Sensors

7/14/2017
Having demonstrated that sound waves can be used to hack sensors in everything from cars to smartphones, a University of Michigan team led by Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Kevin Fu, has developed  software that can effectively detect and prevent malicious acoustic interference. This is of particular interest...

ONL Secures Series A Funding

7/14/2017
University of Michigan startup ONL Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the closing of a $4.25 million Series A funding round. According to the company, which is developing novel therapeutics for preserving sight in a range of retinal diseases, these funds, along with a recently awarded $1 million grant from the National...

Innovation Partnerships Profile: Ed Pagani

7/14/2017
Ed Pagani, Associate Director for Health Technologies at U-M Innovation Partnerships, joined the Innovation Partnerships team in 2014, after an impressive early career working for such well-known healthcare companies as Pfizer, Sterling Winthrop and Beckman Coulter. Ed is responsible for the assessment, protection, marketing and licensing of promising medical technologies...