Six to Ten Months
Average program time.
Hands-on Experience
Work directly with a UIRF licensing staff member.
Gain Diverse SKills
Technology review, marketing, and patent strategy.
Advance Innovation
Work on your own research.
Requirements
Student must be:
- Currently enrolled at the University of Iowa as post-baccalaureate student, graduate student, or post-doctoral fellow.
- Either a contributor on a recent UIRF invention disclosure OR;
- Working with a mentor who has recently disclosed to UIRF and be familiar with the disclosed technology.
Outcomes
- Gain a strong understanding of UIRF's process and the basics of academic technology transfer.
- Knowledge of how new technologies are reviewed and how commercialization strategies are developed.
- Experience with common marketing techniques, and methods to find development funding.
- A basic understanding of intellectual property (IP) and how IP strategies are determined for academic technologies.
- Experience moving their own technology through the pipeline.
At the end of the program trainees will be awarded a certificate of completion.
Curious about joining?
Interested individuals are encouraged to reach out to Sarah Sapouckey at sarah-sapouckey@uiowa.edu.
Current Technology Analysts
Kai Vorhies
Kai is working on a new technology called RAIDAR, which is a technique that allows for in vivo construct expression while maintaining specificity between two connected neurons. RAIDAR allows for granular interrogation of specific circuits in vivo depending on their connections in addition to their genetic identity.
Damien Castor
Misty Perez
Misty is also working on the RAIDAR technology, which will allow scientists to study and map how specific connected neuron populations directly affect behavior in living systems, with the potential to lead to new therapeutics targeting the specific neuronal sources of behaviors and vastly increasing the speed at which those discoveries can be made.
Garret Caltridge
Garret's is currently working on a novel dynamic cell culture device that will help understand biology and physiology of organ systems undergoing cyclic deformation.
Jonah Propp
Jonah has developed a structure-based computational screening method, and identified a novel series of compounds showing promising antibiotic activity. While these compounds are early stage, their identification offers new hope in the management of gastric cancers.