Empowering the UAB community to inspire, discover, innovate, and create.
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) was approved by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Board of Trustees in February 2013. The UAB Research Foundation, which currently manages intellectual property created by the UAB community, will now have an expanded presence, and operate as the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Institute will serve to create and
06/20/2014
Technology transfer brings 'more than money' to university communities -- TAMPA, Fla., June 18,... TAMPA, Fla., June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just how valuable is "technology transfer" for universities? This question is addressed in "More than Money: The Exponential Impact of Academic Technology Transfer," an article from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) that examines the impa…
12/18/2013
Investment to help Soluble Therapeutics expansion and collaborations - Birmingham Business Journal Soluble Therapeutics has secured a round of investment that will help the biotech...
Two UAB professors elected as fellows to National Academy of Inventors University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor of Microbiology David Briles, Ph.D., and Professor of Optometry Lawrence DeLucas, O.D., Ph.D., have been...
11/01/2013
Would you be interested in a free online course designed to help science and engineering researchers better understand how research commercialization works? If so, take a look and register for the course offered by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer. It take place November 14 thru December 12.
The Research Commercialization Course is recommended for all science, engineering and medical researchers in public or private research institutions (e.g., grad students, post-docs, and faculty). This is an indispensable course for S&E grad students looking for jobs in the next 6-18 months.
Research Commercialization and SBIR Center Now on its sixth run, the Research Commercialization Introductory Course is a very popular online course designed to help science and engineering researchers better understand how research commercialization works. Over 5000 students, faculty and researchers from across the US have taken this course…
10/25/2013
The Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything UAB has officially kicked off the public phase of The Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything, the university’s largest fundraising campaign to date,…
10/24/2013
Protect your pets! Watch out for these jerky treats which could be potentially dangerous to your cats and dogs.
FDA warns pet owners about dangerous jerky treats, asks owners and vets to report problems WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is trying to solve a stubborn mystery surrounding the deaths of almost 600 dogs that ate jerky treats, and officials are hoping pet owners and veterinarians can help them figure out what exactly may be causing the illnesses.The problem appears to be tied...
So many wonderful things are happening at UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, in Birmingham, and throughout the state of Alabama. This article features just a few. A small reminder this state has "more to offer than sweet tea, southern rock and football."
What’s happening in the Silicon Valley of the Southeast will surprise you - Network World Network World - When I say “Alabama,” what comes to mind? Lynyrd Skynyrd’s famous song “Sweet Home Alabama”? Definitely. Big burly football players and four NCAA national championships in a row? For sure. Silicon Valley of the Southeast? Wait, what?
10/16/2013
Oreos are addictive. I knew it! We are thinking the researchers should follow this with a study on Nutella.
Oreos May Be As Addictive As Co***ne | TIME.com That stuf is addictive
10/15/2013
Very exciting news!
Licensing deal marks coming of age for UAB-UW nanopore sequencing technology The University of Alabama at Birmingham today announced that Illumina Inc. has licensed the rights to a DNA sequencing technology developed by a UAB m...
10/14/2013
Day 14 of the Government Shutdown. A biomedical resercher weighs in on how this is affecting (killing) research.
How the Shutdown Is Devastating Biomedical Scientists and Killing Their Research - Wired Science One area where the devastating effects of the shutdown aren’t getting much public attention is basic biomedical research. What’s happening to the thousands of researchers, laboratory animals and billions of dollars dedicated to understanding human disease and development? I talked …
10/10/2013
Are you as guilty as I am for multi-tasking? Well check out what a
Stanford University professor says about its effects on you brain.
What Multitasking Does To Your Brain Having 20 tabs open on your laptop while Snapchatting with your best friend eating a sandwich and listening to Taylor Swift is overwhelming. And makes...
10/08/2013
How has this impacted Science? Forbes weighs in.
The Shutdown Versus Science: National Observatory Latest Victim Of Washington Politics An enormous telescope, known as Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, shut down on Friday along with two other iconic radio telescopes operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The Very Large Array at Socorro, New Mexico, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The foremost astronomical inst...