Different Roads to Translation
From left to right: Robin Rasor, Matthew Becker, PhD, Arif kamal, MD, MBA, Howard Levinson, MD, Stefan Roberts, PhD. By Aliza Inbari The Duke Office for Translation and Commercialization receives about 400 invention disclosures…
International Women’s Day 2022: Spotlighting Innovative OTC Fellows
OTC Fellows are working every day to change the world through innovations. Not only do they work on their PhD theses to explore new scientific frontiers, they also move novel technologies from the bench out…
Interested in Entrepreneurship? Come Talk to Us
Meet our New Director of Duke New Ventures: Jeff Welch, PhD By Aliza Inbari Jeff Welch returns to Duke after a long career as a life science and business development executive. In May 2021, he…
New Small Business Grant Funds Available for North Carolina Technology Companies
One North Carolina Small Business Program to include SBIR/STTR pre-application support for the first time in more than a decade. NC Department of Commerce, January 20, 22 — Applications are now being accepted for a…
The Role of a University Technology Transfer Office in Moving Great Ideas Forward
“You may have great technology, but if you don’t have the right talent or the right team, it’s hard to get the investment, certainly from venture firms. We spend a lot of time trying to…
New Startup Support Structures Yield Many Success Stories
Duke ECE Magazine, OCTOBER 8, 2021 | KEN KINGERY Three recent Duke ECE startup companies highlight the many ways Duke Engineering is making entrepreneurship easier than ever before As soon as the prototype was…
Nucleate will Award up to $1.5 Million to Biotech Founders in Partnership with Petri
Nucleate, the nonprofit organization led by academic trainees and dedicated to empowering future biotech leaders, announced Petri Funding Awards totaling $1.5M to accelerate startup formation from its nationwide Activator program. The award is organized in…
An Opportunity to Grow
By Meredith Thompson Three years ago, I started the JD/LLMLE program at Duke Law with a clear vision for my future: become a start-up lawyer. I’ve always enjoyed working with entrepreneurs and helping their ventures succeed.…
Duke Angel Network Presents its 2021 Associate Class
The Duke Angel Network (DAN) Associate Program brings together some of the University’s brightest minds from graduate schools across Duke University—the Fuqua School of Business, Pratt School of Engineering, School of Medicine, School of Law, Duke University Health System, and more. DAN Associates…