CED spotlights strategic partners that help to propel Triangle entrepreneurial companies onto the national stage as successful businesses. One of our Strategic Partner Spotlights is LaunchUNCG Read the article here.
Recent Innovation – When the Playing Days End The college seniors were gathered in a familiar athletics meeting room on The University of North Carolina at Greensboro campus, chatty and at ease until one unfamiliar question gave them pause. The words, printed in the workbooks before them, were strikingly simple. … Continued
Olav Rueppell, Ph.D., says his research at the University of North Carolina Greensboro clearly illustrates how relatively small but timely grant funding from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center can have a big impact. Read More
In the news UNC-TV recently aired a story about the importance of bees in agriculture and what can be done about the decline in bee populations in recent years. Biology professor Dr. Olav Rueppel weighed in on one of the factors causing the decline, Varroa mites, and his research on … Continued
On August 1, 2017, the Office of Innovation Commercialization officially became the UNCG Innovation Partnership Services Office. The name change reflects the office’s evolving role on campus and the valuable services it provides to faculty, staff, students, and external partners. As in the past, IPSO will offer patent, licensing, and … Continued
Repost from UNCGNow The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) have been awarded a five-year, $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish Greensboro as an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site. NSF I-Corps is a federally funded program … Continued
Dr. Qibin Zhang, co-director of UNCG’s Center for Translational Biomedical Research and an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for a research project seeking novel biomarkers for the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. The award is $1.7 million … Continued
New online well-being resource for NCAA freshman student-athletes. http://preventionstrategies.com/new-online-well-resource-ncaa-freshman-student-athletes/
In May, 2016, Dr. Olav Rueppell, Biology Department at UNCG, was awarded a Technology Enhancement Grant (TEG) through the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) for Honey Bee Health related research. Thereafter, his team’s work has continued to gain recognition and recently received a major grant of nearly $1 million from … Continued
April 12, 2016, the North Carolina Biotech Center hosted a Johnson & Johnson Innovation event. Seven members of J&J’s senior scouting and partnering team visited to present to the community on J&J’s partnering interests and to conduct 1-on-1 meetings with select companies and investigators that are developing products in areas … Continued