Rising Tide – UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Making an Impact

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The Cool Side of Laser Medicine

How interdisciplinary collaboration at UC Irvine’s Beckman Laser Institute drove medical innovation forward

Jill Kato

Making an Impact

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Improving Human Memory by 226%

UC Irvine Startup Memory Air® Uses Scent to Achieve Unprecedented Memory Improvement.

Jill Kato

Making an Impact

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Will Modulim End the Amputation Epidemic?

Modulim is changing lives with cutting-edge imaging technology that enhances blood flow assessment, empowering early ...

Jill Kato

Advancing Towards Market

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Early Assurance for Early Arrivals

NeoCare Innovations Technology Offers a Safer Start for Vulnerable Newborns.

Jill Kato

News

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UC Irvine Joins the New NSF I-Corps Northwest Region Hub

Joined by UC Santa Cruz, UC San Francisco, UC Davis, University of Alaska, Oregon State University, and The Universit...

Ryan Mahar

Making an Impact

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Pioneering Personalized Learning

Today, ALEKS is a remarkable success story. But thirty years ago, it was just an idea.

Jill Kato

Making an Impact

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A Collaboration that Created an Industry

Before the partnership between Glaukos and UCI, MIGS did not exist. Now, an entire industry has developed around it.

Jill Kato

Advancing Towards Market

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Can We Prompt Hair to Grow?

UC Irvine startup Amplifica is developing novel treatments to address hair loss.

Jill Kato

Advancing Towards Market

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Is Cell Regeneration a Cure for Blindness?

UC Irvine startup jCyte uses cultivated cells to bring dying photoreceptors back to life.

Jill Kato

Advancing Towards Market

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How Might Automation Assist Surgical Outcomes?

UC Irvine startup Perceptive Medical seeks to positively affect 250 million surgical procedures per year by automatin...

Jill Kato

News

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Propelling New Frontiers in Space and in NSF I-Corps

CISGAM participates in the prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program.

Jill Kato

News

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Startup: ValVention, Inc.

A UCI startup moves three next-generation heart valve and minimally invasive cardiac support technologies closer to m...

Ryan Mahar

Faculty Feature

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Sunny Jiang Shines a Light on Water Cleanliness

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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UCI Green Tech Startup Circular Combats Climate Change and Hunger with One Secret Weapon

Jackie Connor

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4 Tips on Making Your Startup More Sustainable

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Purist Cultivates Effective Medication Ingredients using Customer Discovery

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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The Blue Box Wants to Democratize Early Breast Cancer Detection

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Where Are They Now: Immerse Sets Language Learning Market Ablaze

The VR language learning company and Wayfinder graduate lights up English learning curriculum across the globe.

Jackie Connor

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5 Innovations That Changed Outdoor Recreation

Disruptive technologies alter the way we engage with the natural world.

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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NXgenPort Brings the Next Generation in Remote Patient Monitoring

The Wayfinder startup team has designed a technology that can remotely monitor a cancer patient’s blood flow.

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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Maksim Plikus Explores the Curiosities of Skin

The UCI professor looks in peculiar places to find answers to tissue regeneration.

Ethan Perez

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UCI Libraries is Well-Read on Entrepreneurship

UC Irvine Libraries will not keep quiet about its resources for the local entrepreneurship community. Totaling 350,00...

Grace Wood

Startup Spotlight

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Turning Trash into 3D Printed Treasures

What started out as a school project eventually evolved into Wayfinder startup Closed Loop Plastics’ full-fledged bus...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Omaroon Refines Approach to Orphan Diseases

Ethan Perez

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Graduate Students Access Innovation Opportunities in New Program

UC Irvine (UCI) Beall Applied Innovation offers several programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship for mem...

Ethan Perez

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6 Well-Known Companies That Got Their Start in the OC

Ethan Perez

Faculty Feature

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The Future of Bone Cement is Radioactive

UCI Professor Joyce Keyak combines Phosphorus-32 and bone cement to help treat patients with bone tumors in more targ...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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eLysis Uses Saline and Electricity to Get that Perfect Look

eLysis uses saline and electricity in their minimally invasive body contouring technology — or procedures in which ex...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Docbot Tackles GI with AI

The UCI startup and Wayfinder graduate’s deep learning technology helps guide gastrointestinal disease diagnosis and ...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Current Surgical Wants to Give Surgeons Superpowers

A swish of a magic wand to make dreams come true is the stuff of fairy tales. But, Wayfinder startup Current Surgical...

Jackie Connor

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Hit Like! 4 Startups Share Tips on Enhancing Social Media Presence

Social media platforms can help startups cultivate their brand and expand their reach to customers that may not have ...

Applied Innovation

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The OWN Initiative Fosters Diversity and Inclusion

This all-encompassing effort seeks to enhance outreach and access for low income, first generation and underrepresent...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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SimRated Improves Patient Safety with an Online Educational Simulation Program

The UCI startup is tapping into the growing online education market to teach students from high school to medical sch...

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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Sunil Gandhi Takes a Look Inside the Brain

The associate professor of Neurobiology and Behavior explores new ways to image the brain and improve its function. N...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Sayenza Biosciences Seeks to Streamline Adult Stem Cell Harvesting From Human Fat

Research suggests that the possibilities of using stem cells for tissue repair and cosmetic enhancement are essential...

Applied Innovation

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5 Business Sectors That Boomed as a Result of the Pandemic

Businesses must contend with all manner of variables in order to achieve success. Their leadership team, product-mark...

Ethan Perez

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New Startup Launch Program Helps Early-Stage Startups with $5K Grants

Early-stage startups need lots of support and resources to succeed. The UCI Beall Applied Innovation new Startup Laun...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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InfraDerm Takes a Deeper Look at Skin

The UCI startup is developing a better imaging platform to aid in the diagnosis, management and understanding of skin...

Ethan Perez

Faculty Feature

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Leslie Thompson Tackles Huntington’s Disease One Gene at a Time

The UCI professor has dedicated her career to finding answers to Huntington’s Diseases’ most crucial ques...

Jackie Connor

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Need Another Way to Fund Your Startup? Here Are 4 Tips to Launching a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

Crowdfunding can be a rewarding, alternative solution for startups seeking funds for the first manufacturing run of t...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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SyringePro Combats Hand Pain for Healthcare Workers

As an increasing number of Americans begin to receive their COVID-19 vaccines, the volume of syringes used by medical...

Applied Innovation

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Four Faculty Recognized at Third Annual UCI Innovator Awards

The virtual award ceremony acknowledged innovators for their work in commercializing university intellectual property...

Ethan Perez

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Faculty Innovation Fellowship Program Welcomes Second Cohort

The Faculty Innovation Fellowship program draws from all schools and fields on UC Irvine’s campus to promote cross-co...

Applied Innovation

Faculty Feature

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Weian Zhao Develops Microscopic Solutions to Medicine’s Biggest Problems

The UCI professor and his lab focus on solving problems with speed and accuracy. Speed and accuracy play a large role...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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CenSyn Brings Brain Health to Front of Mind

The UCI startup is developing a portable EEG device in hopes of putting it into the hands of medical professionals ac...

Jackie Connor

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5 Tips to Building a Strong Startup Team

Having a quality product or service is only one piece of the puzzle to startup success. Another equally essential pie...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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What’s in The Blue Box? Breast Cancer Detection

As COVID-19 cases increase, more people are opting out of regular cancer screenings, with breast and colorectal cance...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Recreate Energy is Creating a New Answer to Sustainable Fuel

Recreate Energy, a new addition to the Wayfinder program, is an energy startup focused on turning micro algae into a ...

Applied Innovation

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5 Emerging Startup Spaces

Entrepreneurs create innovative ways to disrupt markets with fresh ideas. New startup spaces are established more fre...

Ethan Perez

Faculty Feature

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Phil Felgner Knows Thy Enemy

UC Irvine professor Phil Felgner and his research team hit the ground running studying all things COVID-19. Since ear...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Brevvie Replaces Consumerism with Convenience

Brevvie uses technology and makes everyday life easier by enabling the sharing of everyday items. With the advent of ...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Wave Wearable: On the Quest to Alleviate Wrist Pain

With so many Americans working from computers, carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist injuries could potentially harm...

Applied Innovation

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5 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs, Innovators & Creatives

Expert speakers from diverse backgrounds offer insights into subjects beneficial to those who pave their own paths. E...

Ethan Perez

Faculty Feature

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Chris Barty is Laser Focused on Laser World Domination

UCI’s Distinguished Professor aims to advance the age-old X-ray machine and has uncovered a laser technology that cou...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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VolunteerCrowd Helps Students Give Back and Stand Out

The startup provides students with a central hub to find, request and track community service opportunities for schoo...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Zeppelin Floods: the Rock Star of Flood Forecasting Technology

Flooding from torrential downpours is common throughout most of the world, and at times, the damage done can have irr...

Applied Innovation

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10 Ways Startups Can Look Up in an Economic Downturn

Orange County business professionals, executives and investors share some advice to startups looking to navigate a tr...

Grace Wood

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Bringing Prototypes to Life at the Cove @ UCI

The Cove Prototyping Lab inside UCI Beall Applied Innovation offers high-tech equipment dedicated to facilitating pro...

Kate Wokowsky

Startup Spotlight

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Wing’s App Soars Across California

Wing’s app has not only taken off among college students, but also now answers the nation’s call for help durin...

Jackie Connor

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5 Ways to Enhance Your Startup's Pitch Deck

In the struggle to find funding for a startup, the pitch deck can make or break an investment opportunity. Creating a...

Applied Innovation

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POP Grants Bridges Funding Gap for UCI Researchers

Specialized program helps bring meaningful technologies out of the lab and into the world. UC Irvine is one of the na...

Ethan Perez

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The ANTrepreneur Center is the First Point of Innovation for Students

The campus-based center offers a wide variety of resources, mentors, programs and services for UCI students intereste...

Grace Wood

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7 Things ‘Smart Money’ Can Offer in Addition to Investment Dollars

Money is the lifeblood of entrepreneurial endeavors. Whether a company is just starting out or looking to grow, they ...

Ethan Perez

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New Women-Focused Workshop Series Starts at the Cove @ UCI

The workshops aim to help more women participate in SBIR and STTR programs. The Small Business Innovation Research (S...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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GreenTech California Bubbles Up Water Innovation

The Wayfinder startup advances water filtration with nanobubble technology. While there are myths about a coveted fou...

Grace Wood

Faculty Feature

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Daniele Piomelli Has High Hopes for the Body’s Endocannabinoid System

The UCI professor utilizes the endocannabinoid system to tackle pain management, anxiety, inflammation and much more....

Jackie Connor

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5 Tips on Pitching Your Startup Virtually

In a world gone virtual, pitching a startup company to investors is no exception. Although pitching and chiming in on...

Jackie Connor

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Five Funding Resources that can Help Startups During COVID-19

Although startup companies are all too familiar with the ebb and flow of change, recently COVID-19 has upended the va...

Jackie Connor

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5 (More) Places to Kick Off Your Startup Journey in Southern California, Part II

There are many ways to get your company off to a good start and incubators and accelerators can help. Start your star...

Grace Wood

Startup Spotlight

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Where Are They Now? Givsum

The Wayfinder alum team, Givsum, has found a home in Irvine to expand their business. Volunteering, donating to chari...

Grace Wood

Startup Spotlight

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Ureka Science! An Open Science Solution

The UCI startup company Ureka Science wants to bring scientists together with its platform to encourage research shar...

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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Aimee Edinger Starves Cancer Cells to Death

The UCI professor’s lab uses novel techniques to destroy cancer cells by targeting their metabolism. Each year, milli...

Ethan Perez

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UCI Beall Applied Innovation Launches First Fellowship Program

UC Irvine (UCI) Beall Applied Innovation recently hosted an awards reception recognizing the first cohort of Faculty ...

Ethan Perez

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5 Places to Kick Off Your Startup Journey in Southern California, Part I

There are many way to get your company off to a good start and incubators and accelerators can help. It is often inti...

Grace Wood

Faculty Feature

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Greg Weiss Lets Never-ending Curiosity Drive his Research and Commercial Goals

The multi-faceted professor, Greg Weiss, uses his passion for organic chemistry to change cancer testing turnaround t...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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NOWA Innovations Breathes New Life into Respiratory Disease Management

The UCI Beall Applied Innovation startup aims to use university research to help millions. Asthma and chronic obstruc...

Ethan Perez

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Sky's the Limit at New Home of UCI Beall Applied Innovation

The new home of UCI Beall Applied Innovation is a new three-story building built for success. The new home of UCI Bea...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Maven Takes Language from the Tip of Your Tongue to Your Fingertips

It seems that learning a new language makes an appearance on every bucket list and in every New Year’s resolution. Ho...

Grace Wood

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Key Funding Options for UCI Startups

Financing without giving up equity is available if you know where to look. Funding is necessary for any company, espe...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Modulim Puts Best Foot Forward in the Medical Device Industry

For more than a decade, the UCI startup has achieved many major milestones that have helped them set up shop in Irvin...

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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Mo Li is Building a Better Tomorrow

Professor Mo Li is engineering the materials and methods that will build the roads, bridges, buildings, energy infras...

Ethan Perez

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10 of Orange County’s Resources for Entrepreneurs

Diving into the entrepreneurial world can be as intimidating and exhilarating as catching that first wave. Think of t...

Applied Innovation

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First Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program in UC System Starts in Fall at UCI

The 9-month curriculum has recently gained popularity at UCI as applications pour in for fall quarter. As of fall of ...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Immerse Corners Language Learning Market with VR-based Technology

The Wayfinder startup company tackles a new virtual reality technology frontier for learning a new language. In the U...

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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Vascular Biologist Christopher C.W. Hughes Grows Organ Tissues

He and his fellow collaborators are unlocking real-world solutions through innovation in vascularized tissue. Christo...

Ethan Perez

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Dr. Li-Mei Lin Gets to the Core of Technology Development with I-Corps

Dr. Li-Mei Lin, a neurosurgeon at UCI Health, wants to fix stroke care, one minute at a time. She developed a product...

Grace Wood

Startup Spotlight

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Don’t Forget the Brain! CenSyn Aims to Commercialize Neuro MedTech Device

Throughout the years, biomedical research has more popularly focused on cardiac health, and, ironically, according to...

Jackie Connor

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Top 5 Most Popular Startup Sectors

Startups – regardless of what they do or the industry in which they operate – are all based on the principle of creat...

Ethan Perez

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Follow the Money through the Venture Capital Process

In this first installment, we track the dollars through the venture capital investment process. Venture capital is mo...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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AG Tools Elevates the Agriculture Industry from the Ground Up

The startup uses big data to solve one of the industry’s biggest problems. According to a study published in 2011 by ...

Ethan Perez

Faculty Feature

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UCI Professor Abe Lee’s Journey to Lab-on-a-Chip

The accomplished researcher and entrepreneur helps establish a UCI department, startup ventures and pivotal research....

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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DeraNaz Solutions Untangles the Problem with IV Lines

When people think of hospitals, they conjure images of medicine, doctors, patients and emergencies. What they forget ...

Grace Wood

Startup Spotlight

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Wing Takes Flight with Smart Technology

We can all use an extra hand to make life run smoother. And, for some, that help comes from an app. Wing is the smart...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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SimRated Makes Waves in the Medical World

With over 1,500 hours of simulation exams and more than 350 documented procedures done successfully on real patients,...

Applied Innovation

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Introducing the Innovation Advisors Network

Innovation Advisor network promotes startup success through meaningful guidance Just as startups strive to develop in...

Ethan Perez

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How to Pitch to Investors, Part 3: Refine Your Pitch

Part three of a three-part series focusing on refining your pitch and lessons I have learned along my entrepreneurial...

Richard Sudek, Ph.D.

Faculty Feature

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Elliot Botvinick: UCI Professor, Researcher turned Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

Elliot Botvinick and his team of researchers plan to save lives one med tech startup at a time. Within the glass wall...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Startup 70 Degrees Brings History Back to the Future

History, although in the past, can help shape the future. Local historian and entrepreneur Jennifer Keil, co-founder ...

Grace Wood

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The Life of an Industry Sponsored Research Agreement at UCI

Agreements involving research funded by or through for-profit industry sponsors are handled by Industry Sponsored Res...

Ethan Perez

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The SBDC Knows the ABCs of Small Business

Forming a technology startup is never easy. Besides inventions and patents, teams must know how to present a pitch de...

Grace Wood

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How to Pitch to Investors, Part 2: Come Prepared

Part two of a three-part series focusing on lessons I have learned along my entrepreneurial journey. Entrepreneurs ar...

Richard Sudek, Ph.D.

Startup Spotlight

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AVIAA Spreads Wings into Irvine and Beyond

CEO and UCI Professor Gillian Hayes leads AVIAA startup toward expansion after graduating from the Cove @ UCI. ...

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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The Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic’s Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith Has an Eye for Optics

Developing novel, noninvasive solutions to address the needs of clinicians and patients alike. Along West Peltason Dr...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Modulated Imaging Expands Commercialization with $7M in Series B Funding

Modulated Imaging, a leader in optical imaging solutions for noninvasive tissue health assessment and a UCI startup c...

Jackie Connor

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How to Pitch to Investors, pt. 1: Portray Passion

This three-part series will focus on lessons I have learned along the way of my entrepreneurial journey. For more tha...

Richard Sudek, Ph.D.

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9 Tips About Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) refers to ideas or creative works that are protected by law through the issuing of patents...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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InSolar: Lightening the Load of Solar Costs for Renewable Energy Consumers

The company’s transparency helps customers save more than 50 percent. Within UCI Applied Innovation’s open-spaced eco...

Jackie Connor

Faculty Feature

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UCI Professor Alon Gorodetsky Turns Science Fiction into Reality

Gorodetsky’s infrared technology makes a splash in the scientific community and beyond. A not-so long time ago, at a ...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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HUMBLE Technologies Administers a Much-Needed Dose of Innovation

According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are roughly 2 million America...

Ethan Perez

Startup Spotlight

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Waterborne Skateboards Rides the Engineering Wave with the Surf Adapter

Since age 14, UCI undergrad Patrick Dumas has been carving up the faces of Newport Beach’s waves as well as hitting t...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Immerse Takes Language Learning to New Heights with Virtual Reality

After two years of tirelessly learning Arabic within the confines of a classroom, Quinn Taber quickly realized that s...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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OpsGuru's COMPAS Technology Cuts Clinic Wait Times

In a busy clinic, patients might often spend hours waiting to receive medical care. Imagine reducing those wait times...

Grace Wood

Startup Spotlight

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JeniVision puts the “Eye” in Vision with New Drug Therapy

Currently, an estimated 61 million adults in the United States are at high risk for developing vision loss. Of this p...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Wayfinder Startup Company Product Receives 2018 Parents’ Choice Award

The “52 Essential Conversations” card game focuses on the social and emotional development for children and adults. M...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Docbot’s Deep Learning System Aims to Nip Colon Cancer in the Bud

By combining a software tool with a massive database, the team hopes to improve polyp detection and colon cancer scre...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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From the Garage to the Cove @ UCI: Laser Associated Sciences Technology Plans to Improve Hemodynamic Monitoring

From accessing prototyping labs to investors, business plan competitions and much more, LAS moves with momentum towar...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Purist: Cooking up Radioisotopes that can Save Lives

Through resources at UCI and UCI Applied Innovation, startup Purist moves research and technology forward to produce ...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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Putting the ‘A’ in STEAM: Professor Aditi Majumder uses Computer Science to Amplify Art

UCI Professor of Computer Science Aditi Majumder’s, Ph.D., journey into the virtual/augmented reality world stems bac...

Jackie Connor

Startup Spotlight

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UCI Faculty Startup Addresses Broadband Scarcity with Innovative Radio Technology

According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, a standard for broadband insights and trends related to spectrum, glo...

Applied Innovation

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SBDC @ UCI Applied Innovation: Accelerating Small Business Growth

Since 2003, entrepreneurs from all backgrounds in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have sought out the O...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Untangling Neurons: Xona Microfluidics

For neuroscientists, growing and differentiating the tangled strands of nerve cells in the lab for research can be a ...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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jCyte Develops Treatment for Rare Eye Disease

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) generally first affects people in their teens. An early symptom is impaired night vision, ...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Glaukos Corporation

Glaucoma is a general grouping of eye diseases that impact the optic ...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Stem Cell Strides - Asterias Biotherapeutics

Asterias Biotherapeutics, a leading biotechnology company in the emerging field of regenerative medicine, is making p...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Joe Rinehart's path to UCI as a physician, researcher, entrepreneur and mentor dates back to his early days in hig...

Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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GlyTR Therapeutics

Professor and inventor Michael Demetriou has been studying immune-related diseases and cancers long before foundi...
Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Middle School Moguls

Gina Heitkamp, CEO and co-founder of Middle School Moguls, strives to create examples for young women interested ...
Applied Innovation

Startup Spotlight

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Modulated Imaging

David Cuccia is the CEO and CTO of Modulated Imaging, a start-up based in Irvine, CA that uses spatial frequency ...
Applied Innovation