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For Shanae Butler, the Michael G. Wells Student Healthcare Competition taught her that translating scientific discovery into an innovation with commercial potential required honing a new skill: storytelling. “People like …
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Paul Ohodnicki was no stranger to innovation commercialization when he arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 2020.
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Pitt innovators were issued 11 U.S. patents in June 2024. Tuberculosis kills more than 1.5 million people each year. Current treatment is a strict six-month antibiotic regimen with a minimum …
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Each year the biotech industry gathers to discuss trends, share insights, and explore partnership opportunities at the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest meeting of its kind. The University …
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Antonio D’Amore arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 to pursue his doctoral studies in the Department of Bioengineering with an appointment to the prestigious McGowan Institute for Regenerative …
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Innovators at the University of Pittsburgh received 114 U.S. patents in 2023, up from 105 the year before. Their efforts earned Pitt a No. 14 ranking for utility patents granted …
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Pitt innovators were issued eight U.S. patents in April 2024. University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a non-noble metals based electro-catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane …
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Pitt’s Office of Industry and Economic Partnerships (OIEP) will be attending the BIO International Convention in San Diego from June 3-6, 2024. “BIO” is the largest and most comprehensive event …
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Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in April 2024. Conventional weight measurement tools pose a challenge to many wheelchair users and those with impaired lower extremity function. Wheelchair users …
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Today is World Intellectual Property Day, an annual celebration of the critical role that intellectual property (IP) plays in incentivizing and protecting creativity and innovation. The Office of Innovation and …
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Students at the University of Pittsburgh are active, experiential learners who view acquiring knowledge not as an end, but rather a means to apply their insight and creativity to solve …
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When a startup launches from a university there often remains a level of risk that potential investors are not ready to take on. That’s where a SBIR (Small Business Innovation …