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PharmAdva LLC, a medical device manufacturer, has been approved to participate in the START-UP NY economic development program. The company will locate in High Tech Rochester’s (HTR) Lennox Tech Enterprise Center in Henrietta. Read More
By KERRY FELTNER Rochester Business Journal October 8, 2014 Adarza BioSystems Inc. has completed its final tranche of fundraising, reaching a total of $6.8 million. The funds will be used toward development of its immunoassay product and will accelerate development of even more sensitive tests for
Applications for HTR’s Pre-Seed Workshop (early this November) are being accepted through 24 October. Sign up here: http://htr.org/pre-seed-workshop-application. In addition to teams, the PSW is looking for Idea Champions. An Idea Champion is someone who works with a workshop team to explore opportunities in an
The fall 2014 round of the Technology Development Fund (TDF) has started. The TDF awards winning applications from faculty, staff, or students up to $100,000 to develop their technology to a commercial endpoint. A submitted invention disclosure to UR Ventures is required for an application.
As of Wednesday, 17 September 2014 UR Ventures has moved to a new location in the Saunders Research Building. We have kept our mailing address, all of our phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. The only difference is our physical location — SRB suite B360. The
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center have received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study an experimental drug combination that appears to rid white blood cells of HIV and keep the infection
Rochester Business Journal 12 August 2014 The Entrepreneurs Network is soliciting applications for its 17th class, with sessions to begin next month. The class will meet monthly at High Tech Rochester Inc. in Henrietta and other venues in the Rochester area beginning Sept. 18 and
Experiment measures millions of quantum trajectories to predict ‘most likely’ route As a quantum state collapses from a quantum superposition to a classical state or a different superposition, it will follow a path known as a quantum trajectory. For each start and end state there
Recently, 113 semi-finalists were announced in the 2014 43 North $1 million business plan competition. Ten of those semi-finalists are from the Rochester area. Four of those are connected to University of Rochester technologies. Health Care Originals (Rochester, NY) is negotiating a license for a
Recently, 113 semi-finalists were announced in the 2014 43 North $1 million business plan competition. Ten of those semi-finalists are from the Rochester area. Four of those are connected to University of Rochester technologies. Ovitz Corporation (West Henrietta, NY) intends to develop and commercialize a
Recently, 113 semi-finalists were announced in the 2014 43 North $1 million business plan competition. Ten of those semi-finalists are from the Rochester area. Four of those are connected to University of Rochester technologies. Raland Therapeutics, Inc. (Fairport, NY) has licensed three technologies from the
Recently, 113 semi-finalists were announced in the 2014 43 North $1 million business plan competition. Ten of those semi-finalists are from the Rochester area. Four of those are connected to University of Rochester technologies. SmartDialysis (Rochester, NY) is trying to create a portable hemodialysis device
On 15 July 2014, nearly 7,000 applicants from 96 countries were winnowed down to 113 semi-finalists in the $1 Million 43 North Business Plan Competition. It is very exciting to see that ten of the semi-finalists are from the Greater Rochester Area! They are: Artwork
The UR Ventures web site underwent a minor update last week. We have simplified navigation within the site, hopefully making the things you’re looking for a little easier to find. As always, we welcome your feedback. Send comments and suggestions to the e-mail link, below.
The Winter/Spring 2014 issue of Endeavor (a publication of the Office of Advancement Communications) contains a nice write-up of the TDF . . . what it is and why it’s so very important to our research enterprise. View the article online here. While you’re there,
Eighty faculty and students from the University of Rochester and Cornell converged in Ithaca on Tuesday, 6 May 2014 for the Upstate New York Health Sciences Symposium and Technology Showcase. Attendees heard presentations from Cancer Biology and Neurobiology researchers and later mingled among more than