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Three University of Iowa Startups Secure NIH SBIR Funding to Advance Medical Innovations

Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Halide Biologics, Zwicoat Materials Innovations, and Geminii Health have been awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), totaling over $960,000.
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UI researchers receive funding for clinical trials in new cancer treatment

Friday, November 22, 2024
Taking a page from culinary arts, the researchers are creating foam substances that make tumors more vulnerable to treatment.
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Iowa Nurse Innovators Pitch Competition: Healthcare Innovation in Action

Thursday, November 21, 2024
The event provided a platform for nurse innovators to pitch their ideas for the chance to win up to $20,000 in funding to develop their solutions.
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Building Iowa’s medical innovation ecosystem

Leaders discuss opportunities for investment, development of health care innovation.
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Targeting Tumors

Perspective Therapeutics’ pioneering treatment now in clinical trials
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DJ Dillon, Protostudios Student Alumni, Joins UnityPoint Health as Makerspace Program Coordinator

Thursday, September 12, 2024
DJ Dillon, a former Senior Prototyping Associate at Protostudios and a 2024 Mechanical Engineering and Art graduate from the University of Iowa has started a new role as Makerspace Program Coordinator at Unity Point's Generate lab powered by MakerHealth.
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Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows Announced for 2024-2025

Wednesday, September 11, 2024
11 graduate trainees have been selected to participate in this year’s Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows Program, a year-long educational experience designed to immerse them in the dynamic world of healthcare discovery and innovation.
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UI seeks Iowa Board of Regents approval for 3 facilities projects

The Iowa Board of Regents will consider renovations to the Performing Arts Annex and Iowa Bioscience Innovation Facility, as well as construction of the Utilities Services Building, at its September meeting.
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From Prototype to Project Site: Adam Holmes’ Summer Internship Experience

Thursday, August 29, 2024
This summer, one of our Senior Prototyping Student Associates, Adam Holmes, expanded on the skills honed at Protostudios during an internship with Shive-Hattery in Iowa City.