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IMPACT Newsletter – April 29, 2020
4/29/2020During the last fiscal year, members of the University of Michigan Innovation Partnerships team worked with U-M researchers on a record-breaking 502 inventions, successfully negotiating 232 agreements with industry, and launching 22 new companies.
IMPACT Newsletter – April 2020
4/3/2020U-M Innovation Partnerships and the Fight Against COVID-19
Our Fight Against COVID-19
4/3/2020“The situation we face today would have been unimaginable for many of us just weeks ago. As COVID-19 has changed the way we work and live, the U-M Innovation Partnerships team has been giving considerable thought as to how we can best assist in the fight against COVID-19. While the...
Optimizing Micro-Particle Drug Delivery Systems for Acute Inflammatory Disease
4/2/2020The Eniola-Adefeso Lab Typically, white blood cells are a key agent in repairing tissue, controlling infection, and defeating disease. But in the case of acute lung injury, which has a mortality rate of 40 to 60 percent, white blood cells exacerbate the problem by breaking down vascular barriers to the...
COVID-19 Announcement: Update on Innovation Partnerships
3/16/2020Message from U-M Innovation Partnerships In order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus through the local community, many members of the U-M Innovation Partnerships team are currently working remotely. It is our sincere hope that we will be able to provide the same degree of phenomenal customer service...
IMPACT Newsletter – December 2019
12/20/20192019 was a wonderful year for innovation, technology commercialization and impact at the University of Michigan.
Giving Blueday – Support Accelerate Blue Fund
12/3/2019Technology Transfer transforms U-M research discoveries into technologies that improve our quality of life and fuel economic development. Inventions from U-M Technology Transfer changed the way we are vaccinated from the flu. They have changed the way doctors monitor critical patients. And we are paving the way towards the connected...
University of Michigan Accelerate Blue Fund
11/25/2019The University of Michigan Accelerate Blue Fund (“Accelerate Blue” or the “Fund”) is a new early-stage investment fund approved by the Regents of the University of Michigan on October 17, 2019. Accelerate Blue is a collaborative, cross-campus effort led by the U-M Innovation Partnerships Venture Center in support of U-M...
Accelerate Blue Fund
10/18/2019New investment fund to offer early-stage capital for U-M startups Michigan News | by Dave Wilkins U-M Innovation Partnerships, the unit responsible for commercializing University of Michigan research discoveries and innovations, will create the Accelerate Blue Fund to provide seed capital to nascent U-M startup companies. Creation of the fund...
U-M Innovation Partnerships Sets Records in FY19
10/15/2019Innovation Partnerships activity sets records in fiscal year 2019 Michigan News, October 14, 2019 By Dave Wilkins The University of Michigan’s efforts to advance entrepreneurial activity and commercialize research accelerated to an unprecedented level in fiscal year 2019. U-M Innovation Partnerships reported that 22 startups were launched at the university,...
2019 Distinguished University Innovator Award
10/10/2019Blaauw, Sylvester win 2019 Distinguished University Innovator Awards Michigan News – Written by David Wilkins ANN ARBOR—Pioneering computer technology that is spurring innovation and disruption across industries has earned David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, professors of electrical engineering and computer science, this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award. The pair will...
IMPACT Newsletter – August 2019
8/26/2019Sexton on the changing landscape of technology commercialization, attracting VCs to the Midwest, and what’s next for the business environment at U-M.