Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer recently held its 18th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation, where it honored outstanding scientists, research and innovations at Emory.
The event kicked off with an awards presentation spotlighting superlative projects in seven categories. Awardees represented several schools across the university, including the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the departments of pediatrics and biomedical engineering, and Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
Members of the Atlanta biotechnology industry joined Emory’s academic research community to celebrate the university’s groundbreaking work. Awards included:
Innovation of the Year
A bio-inspired skin interface method for continuous access to blood for measurement and therapy
David Myers, PhD; Nicholas Au Yong, PhD; Priscilla Delgado
Blood tests are typically performed by drawing a patient’s blood and sending the sample to a testing lab, with the results reported to the physician — a process that can take 2-3 hours. This delay may sometimes mean life or death, depending on how the results affect treatment outcomes.
To reduce the duration and risk of this process, Emory innovators have developed a technology called “A Bio-Inspired Skin Interface Method for Continuous Access to Blood for Measurement and Therapy.” It’s a wearable, continuous blood collection device that can monitor blood-based biomarkers with reduced risk of blood clots.
“Right now, we really want to validate that it works,” says Myers, one of three team members to receive the award. “We’re moving into human testing. We’re developing sensors and arrays of sensors and characterizing how long it can work for, and seeing if we can just keep making it better.”
Deal of the Year
License with Allonix Therapeutics: Liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1) modulators as potential therapeutics for metabolic, cancer and inflammatory diseases
Eric Ortlund,…
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