UCSF Joins I-Corps’ New Regional Innovation Hub
UC San Francisco is part of a new Northwest Region Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub funded by the National Science Foundation to train faculty and student entrepreneurs on how to commercialize their research.
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Female FoundersAt UCSF
UCSF Innovation Ventures Engagement & Opportunity Development and Licensing Teams organized and hosted a networking event designed to connect UCSF’s current and upcoming female founders with entrepreneurs who support them.
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Translating Research into Human Therapeutics
We hosted a conversation with the founders of Minutia, a next-generation cell therapy company, and a UCSF spinout, about the experience of working to move academic research into a start-up environment and how the process can be different for a predominantly female team.
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UCSF Cancer Patients Meet NASA Astronauts
At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital at Mission Bay, an extraordinary meeting of superheroes took place where the sky was the limit.
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Cardiology Innovation Showcase
Senior Alliance Manager Olivia Roberson, brought together the University’s best and brightest researchers and physician-scientists working in uncharted spaces where new discoveries in cardio health await.
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Innovation Ventures Brain Tumor Forum
Starting with a fireside chat where investors and industry leaders discussed strategies to finance university spinouts, and culminated with UCSF faculty members pitching UCSF spinouts, the Brain Tumor Forum showcased an array of UCSF technologies.
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Translational technology development and commercialization is a complex process because every project is unique. Innovation Ventures is dedicated to helping the UCSF community navigate those complexities by working up close with our research faculty and promising students to really understand their science. We have a single purpose and that is to support the transition of UCSF innovation out of the lab and into the marketplace as more fully developed therapies, with greater confidence of success. Whether evaluating a new discovery, securing funding, seeking external partnerships, or starting new companies, Innovation Ventures is here to facilitate the protection, development, and commercialization of novel and valuable healing inventions.

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Invention Disclosure

UCSF faculty, staff, and students can now submit an invention disclosure online using the new ImPact Inventor Portal.

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