CU Startup News
- MyoKardia was co-founded by聽Leslie Leinwand, Distinguished Professor of聽Molecular, Cellular, and developmental Biology聽at CU Boulder's聽BioFrontiers Institute,聽in 2012. Leinwand and her research lab聽continue聽to collaborate with the company, currently on finding new treatments for rare genetic diseases.
- Researchers at CU Boulder and CU Anschutz have developed a new way to diagnose diseases of the blood like sickle cell disease with sensitivity and precision and in only one minute.
- The company was recently awarded $225,000 through the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and $310,000 through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).聽These awards will allow the company to further technologies in the field of gastroenterology, specifically their C-Tube product line that incorporates proprietary Pillar鈩 micro-texture technology.
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- Wieman, a former 25-year physics professor at CU Boulder and current Stanford physics professor, was the founder of CU Boulder鈥檚 award-winning PhET Interactive Simulations project. Working with Kathy Perkins, director of PhET and a baby直播app member in CU Boulder鈥檚 Department of Physics, Wieman will use the prize money to support PhET鈥檚 mission to advance STEM education globally.
- "We are humbled to receive this recognition from an esteemed research firm such as Frost & Sullivan," said Michael Hurowitz, chief executive officer and chief technology officer for OMS, a CU Boulder spinoff. "Our passion and vision is to develop earth observation technology that can have a tremendous impact on humanity in terms of safety, security, and prosperity."
- ASTRAlite, a spinout of CU Boulder, developed the world's first small-scale topographic and bathymetric scanning LiDAR that can detect small underwater objects, measure shallow water depth and survey critical underwater infrastructure from a small UAV platform.
- Donning a baby直播app flag-themed face mask and safety glasses, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-baby直播app, toured Solid Power in Louisville in late August 2020 to learn how the startup hopes to power electric vehicles sustainably.
- 鈥淭his investment and grant capital is critical for our operations through 2021 and will allow us to further develop and harden our HASEL technology while demonstrating intelligent motion solutions in customer driven applications,鈥 said CEO Dr. Tim Morrissey.
- Darwin Biosciences, CU Boulder spinoff and creator of the Sick Stick, have developed a rapid, portable, saliva-based COVID-19 test able to return results in 45 minutes. Such a test might eventually be deployable in community settings like schools and factories, and efforts are underway to conduct further validation tests and seek regulatory approval.