http://www.econdev.uky.edu UK Commercialization and Economic Development News http://www.econdev.uky.edu/ Geeks Night Out, a networking opportunity for individuals in high-tech fields, will meet Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. at Soundbar. Events include drink specials and an interactive game of Clue. Participants will follow clues throughout downtown and finish at Soundbar at 8 p.m. There will be great prizes for the winners, as well as drink special and networking opportunities! To RSVP, contact Kimberly Solsbury. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-alltranz-4mill.html AllTranz has been awarded a $4 million research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to advance the company’s transdermal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) patch for the treatment of marijuana dependence and withdrawal. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-tolera-app.html Tolera Therapeutics Inc., which holds a license with UK for a monoclonal antibody, has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead candidate, TOL101, for prophylaxis of acute rejection of solid organ transplantation. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-eastern-state.html Governor Steve Beshear has unveiled plans and artist renderings of a new Eastern State Hospital facility, to be built on a site at the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington. Construction on the project is scheduled to begin in July 2010. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-startup-slam.html The Start-Up Slam will be held in Lexington on November 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event offers free networking and speakers and low-cost company startup assistance. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-clifton.html Therix Medical has hired Lexington native Jim Clifton, a 23-year veteran in new business development, to lead the company that will turn UK clinician’s ideas into useful diagnostics and devices to improve patient care. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-transposagen-4.html Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, located in UK's on-campus incubator ASTeCC, has come to an agreement to expand its license for piggyBac technology to cover nearly all commercial applications, enabling facile genetic manipulation of most species. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-eds.html The local equine community made its voice heard when IDEXX Laboratories announced plans to close its Lexington-based office, Equine Biodiagnostics Inc. (EBI). As the outcry grew, Jennifer Morrow and Amy Graves, both UK alumni, saw an entrepreneurial opportunity and reopened the lab as Equine Diagnostic Solutions LLC. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-lexmark.html Lexmark officials and the University of Kentucky, have forged a relationship to work over the long term to create opportunities at UK for new projects in engineering and marketing. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/newsletter/3rd%20Quarter%2009/news-econdev-3rd09.html Get the scoop on news and developments in the UK Office for Commercialization and Economic Development. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-ip-disclosure-process.html Effective October 1, 2009, faculty, staff and students should go online to make an intellectual property disclosure. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-09-state-of-uk.html UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. recognized the contributions of many students, faculty, staff and alumni to both the university and Commonwealth. In particular, Todd noted the accomplishments of College of Pharmacy faculty researchers Peter Crooks and Linda Dwoskin as an example of work being done on campus to boost Kentucky's economy. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-uk1.html More startup companies were formed by UK faculty and staff entrepreneurs than at any of UK’s 19 benchmark institutions per $10 million in annual research expenditures according to a recently released report by AUTM for 2007. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-mersive%20tech%20awards.html Mersive Technologies, a UK affiliated company, has been named runner up in the Software category of The Wall Street Journal 2009 Technology Innovation Awards. http://www.research.uky.edu/faculty/bulletin.html http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-sbdc.html According to an independent study by James Chrisman, professor of management at Mississippi State University, the KSBDC, part of the UKCED, significantly contributes to Kentucky’s economy. http://www.alltechfeigames.com/news/detail.aspx?id=2970 The World Games 2010 Foundation has announced the University of Kentucky’s Coldstream Research Campus as a satellite parking location for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/newsletter/2nd%20Quarter%2009/news-econdev2nd09%20full%20text.html#Coldstream Coldstream will offer redundant power and fiber optics early next year, putting the UK research campus in the top tier of research parks in the Midwest. Construction for the project will begin in late summer 2009. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-hastings.html ASTeCC faculty researcher and College of Engineering associate professor Todd Hastings has won a two-year, $300,000 Young Faculty Award from the national Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-UEDA finalist.html The UK Alumni Expert Network is a finalist in the University Economic Development Association’s 2009 Awards of Excellence Competition. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-clinician day release.html University of Kentucky HealthCare clinicians can now turn their ideas into products thanks to a new commercialization initiative that will be unveiled August 4 during the 1st Annual Clinician Innovation Day. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-yaupon.html Yaupon Therapeutics Inc., a UK affilitated company, has enrolled 260 patients into late-stage trial for a skin-cancer drug, which it hopes to take to market next year. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-alltranz%20ceo.html Clint (Skip) Dederick has been named president and chief executive officer of AllTranz Inc. A former UK ASTeCC incubator company, AllTranz is set to begin human clinical trials on a first generation pain managament product. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-todd%20speach.html Read about redundant power coming to Coldstream Research Campus; the UK, Kentucky and Argonne National Laboratory partnership; UK's consortium to reduce coal carbon dioxide emissions and more. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-todd%20speach.html Growing and expanding Kentucky's economy is a major focus for UK and UK's economic development strategy is a topic UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. is passionate about. Watch Dr. Todd’s video on UK’s chain of economic development for the Commonwealth. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-mersive_herring.html Mersive Technologies, a leading display technology company based on UK research, has been named one of the Red Herring 100 North America, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures in North America. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-tolera%20license.html Using a monoclonal antibody developed at the University of Kentucky, Tolera Therapeutics Inc., has been granted orphan drug status by the FDA for its initial lead candidate, TOL101, for prophylaxis of acute rejection of solid organ transplantation. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-coal.html The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has created a consortium with government agencies, electric utilities and their research organizations to seek cost-effective technologies to reduce and manage carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-transposagen%20grant.html Transposagen, a worldwide leader in producing genetically modified laboratory rats, has received more than $395,000 in additional SBIR funding. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-transposagen%20japan.html Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals Inc. has entered into an agreement with Trans Genic Inc., headquartered in Kumamoto Japan, for the non-exclusive rights to market Transposagen’s products in Japan. http://governor.ky.gov/pressrelease.htm?PostingGUID={193DFAA6-36E4-44EF-B03E-7E22FA8612A5} The University of Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the University of Louisville will partner with Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing Research and Development Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/newsletter/1st%20Quarter%2009/news-econdev%201st09.html Featuring Therix Medical, a new business model for clinicans innovations, and the new UK Alumni Expert Network. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-business development center.html The Kentucky Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) contributed significantly to Kentucky’s economy during its recent fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2007 through Sept. 30, 2008.  http://www.uky.edu/webuk/spots/spot-202.html What do AllTranz, NanoTech Solutions and Scout Diagnostics all have incommon? Each was founded in a research laboratory at UK, and each was recognized by the Lexington Venture Club for attracting a record $55 million in venture funding last year. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/b2b%20event.html "Bench2Business" events allow University of Kentucky faculty researchers to network with other innovative faculty from colleges across campus and discuss their research and commercialization plans. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-alumni%20expert%20network.html The UK Alumni Expert Network connects tens of thousands of Kentucky small businesses with alumni who have expertise in hundreds of areas from business operations to new product development. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-venture.html These UK companies also created 98 new jobs, including 68 full-time positions with an average salary of $70,000, employ a total 239 people, and reported annual revenue of $16.4 million. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-specialedition.html Read year in review headlines from UK's commercialization and business development activities, capital investments, industry and public partnerships, Coldstream Research Campus and campus incubator and UK-affiliated companies. http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news-forecast_09.html Read forecasts from Dr. Todd, Mayor Newberry, Bob Quick, Len Heller and more .