NAI Announces 2025 Class of Senior Members (Links to an external site)
Author: Leslie Roettger
Life sciences company Varro sees a big and bright future in St. Louis (Links to an external site)
2025 WashU Researcher Forum
OTM’s Malcolm Townes, PhD, MBA, presented at the 2025 WashU Researcher Forum in a session titled, “Translating Research Discoveries Into Beneficial Products and Services: Lessons from the WashU Gap Fund Operated by the Office of Technology Management”. A recording and slides from the presentation are available on Box. (WUSTL-key protected)
The Long Quest for Artificial Blood (Links to an external site)
One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close?
Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials (Links to an external site)
Trial will assess safety, efficacy of next-generation vaccine given via nasal spray, inhalation
WashU Medicine innovator Polina Lishko, PhD, selected to the 2025 Equalize Startups cohort
Polina Lishko, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology and BJC Investigator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was selected to the 2025 Equalize Startups cohort in the therapeutics category. Lishko joins 38 other women academic entrepreneurs in a six-month mentoring, training and networking program that culminates in a virtual pitch event […]
OTM Attends J.P Morgan Week 2025
Every January, OTM heads to San Francisco for J.P. Morgan week during the largest health care symposium in the industry that connects global industry leaders, emerging fast-growth companies, innovative technology creators and members of the investment community. Throughout the week, OTM team members had over 30 meetings with investors, working to make connections to help […]
WashU’s economic impact totals $9.3 billion (Links to an external site)
WashU employs 22,181, an increase of nearly 6,000 jobs in five years
Washington People: Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg (Links to an external site)
Physician-scientist brings empathy, compassion to families with children in critical care
OTM’s Gina Smutz featured in Bayh-Dole Coalition Member Spotlight
The December 2024 issue of the Bayh-Dole Bulletin spotlights Gina Smutz, Compliance Manager with OTM. Read the full profile here.
Innovation Insights, Fall 2024 issue
Check out the latest issue of OTM’s newsletter, Innovation Insights, Fall 2024 edition. Subscribe here to receive future issues direct to your inbox.
Lanza named fellow of National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Joins this year’s class of 170 honorees for his innovations in imaging, diagnostics and drug delivery using nanoparticles
WashU Medicine reaches all-time high in NIH funding (Links to an external site)
NIH grants recognize the quality and significance of WashU Medicine research in enabling life-changing advances in medicine
NAI Announces 2024 Class of Fellows (Links to an external site)
AI Reads Multiple Mammograms to Help Predict Breast Cancer Risk (Links to an external site)
Analyzing multiple mammograms improves breast cancer risk prediction (Links to an external site)
AI method spots subtle changes over time, enhances accuracy of determining five-year risk
OTM announces four new Gap Fund awards
The Office of Technology Management is pleased to announce four new Washington University Gap Fund awards. The Gap Fund, operated by the Washington University Office of Technology Management (OTM), provides support to help de-risk and mature technologies created by WashU researchers and facilitate their commercialization. The WashU awardees and their technologies include: Kevin M. Bennett, […]
OTM convenes Domain Expert Program
The Office of Technology Management (OTM) hosted a Domain Expert Program (DEP) panel on November 21, 2024 geared to the MedTech vertical market. Three pitches by WashU innovators were evaluated by DEP Advisory Board members, consisting of experts in the MedTech space. The participating researchers received customized feedback on their pitches and will use that […]
Probiotic delivers anticancer drug to the gut (Links to an external site)
Oral immunotherapy shrinks gastrointestinal tumors in mouse study
Welcome to the Wall 2024
On November 7, 2024, the Office of Technology Management celebrated the annual Welcome to the Wall, an event recognizing and celebrating WashU IP startup companies. WashU startup founders, faculty, OTM staff and ecosystem friends gathered for an evening of community while recognizing 10 new FY24 WashU IP startup companies and the talented innovation teams behind […]
2024 Women in Innovation & Technology Luncheon
The Office of Technology Management’s (OTM) Women in Innovation & Technology program brings together WashU’s women academic researchers to celebrate their achievements in technology commercialization and showcase successful role models. This year’s annual luncheon, held October 30, 2024, featured keynote speaker, Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD, a professor of pediatrics and of biomedical engineering and Co-Founder and Chief […]
Healthy brains suppress inappropriate immune responses (Links to an external site)
Harnessing this process may offer therapies for neuroinflammatory diseases such as MS, mouse study suggests
Equalize Startups: Applications for the Equalize 2025 cohort now open
Equalize Startups is a six-month mentoring, training and networking program that seeks to equalize the pathway for academic women who want to commercialize their innovations. Equalize participants receive education, a field-specific mentor, and access to networks that drive new entrepreneurial connections. Equalize candidates can include faculty, postdocs, and grad students in STEM disciplines. Applications are […]
Frantz appointed vice chancellor for innovation, commercialization (Links to an external site)
Doug E. Frantz has been appointed the new vice chancellor for innovation and commercialization at Washington University in St. Louis, effective Jan. 1, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.
Hispanic Heritage Month: An Interview with Dr. Jonathan Silva, SMNAI (Links to an external site)
Ignition Schools: Top 50 Institutions Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship (Links to an external site)
WashU research funding exceeds $1 billion for first time (Links to an external site)
External dollars solve major challenges, spark local job growth, development
Welcome to the inaugural Venture Fellows cohort
The Washington University in St. Louis Office of Technology Management (OTM) and BioGenerator announce the inaugural Venture Fellows cohort. This cohort of four WashU postdoctoral researchers will participate in an intensive six-month curriculum that provides experiential learning in venture capital investing and company creation, as they work alongside entrepreneurs, investors, and faculty in the St. Louis ecosystem. […]
OTM’s Malcolm Townes published in Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Malcolm Townes, PhD, MBA, innovation fund manager for Washington University’s Office of Technology Management, recently had a journal article published in Journal of the Knowledge Economy presenting the results of a study aimed at understanding how technology maturity level influences the incidence of university technology transfer to the private sector. Read the full article here.
WashU to lead $26 million decarbonization initiative (Links to an external site)
National Science Foundation grant is largest in McKelvey Engineering history
OTM celebrates New Ventures summer intern, Sam Wardenburg
The Office of Technology Management was happy to sponsor an undergraduate summer intern for 2024. Sam Wardenburg, a rising junior at American University, in Washington D.C, joined OTM in June as a summer intern working on special data projects for the New Ventures team. This fall Sam will return to American University where he is […]
OTM Newsletter, Innovation Insights
Check out OTM’s inaugural newsletter, Innovation Insights, Summer 2024 edition. Subscribe here to receive future issues direct to your inbox.
WashU among top 100 granted patents in U.S. (Links to an external site)
Washington University in St. Louis was ranked among the top 100 U.S. universities granted patents in 2023, according to a report released June 4 by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
OTM’s Malcolm Townes featured in Technology Transfer Tactics
Malcolm Townes, PhD, MBA, innovation fund manager for Washington University’s Office of Technology Management wrote a column for the May issue of Technology Transfer Tactics, a monthly newsletter developed by Tech Transfer Central. Townes’ column, “TRL scale is a useful if imperfect tool for TTOs” was in response to the article “Technology Readiness Level Scale: […]
OTM goes to BIO 2024
The Office of Technology Management recently attended Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) International Convention from June 3 – 6, 2024. As the largest and most comprehensive event for biotechnology worldwide, the BIO International Convention annually attracts leaders in biotechnology and pharma for several days of programming and networking opportunities. The OTM team met with more than 100 investors […]
Physician-scientists receive Scholar-Innovator award (Links to an external site)
Recognized for innovative research with potential clinical impact
Zayed Receives WashU Gap Fund Award
Mohamed Zayed, MD, PhD, MBA, a professor of surgery, radiology, molecular cell biology, and biomedical engineering at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received a Washington University Gap Fund award to perform translational work to de-risk and mature technology related to the Aorto-Iliac Fenestrated (AIFEN) Stent System, a fenestrated balloon expandable stent system […]
Office of Technology Management to mentor Mizzou on commercialization (Links to an external site)
Washington University selected to support Mizzou in accelerating translational research
DiPersio receives innovation award (Links to an external site)
Oncologist recognized for developing new therapies for blood cancers
WashU Celebration of Inventors 2024
On April 25, 2024, the Office of Technology Management hosted the seventh annual Celebration of Inventors, an event to honor and recognize Washington University inventors, researchers and faculty entrepreneurs. Honorees included 2023 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awardees; National Academy of Inventors Fellows and Senior Members; and the recipient of the 2024 Chancellor’s […]
2024 Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium
The Office of Technology Management hosted their annual Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium on April 11, 2024. The event was a day of learning and networking for women academics interested in technology commercialization. Featured speakers for the event included representatives from the United States Patent and Trademark Office; national venture capital consultants; Washington University […]
OTM Office Hours: Licensing Technology from Tech Transfer Offices for your Startup – A National Perspective
The Office of Technology Management hosted a special edition of the monthly Office Hours educational series on April 11, 2024 immediately following the annual Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium. The event featured three national tech transfer experts for a panel discussion titled, “Licensing Technology from Tech Transfer Offices for your Startup – A National […]
Washington University in St. Louis to serve as University of Missouri – Columbia’s mentor institution on NSF ART grant
WashU will serve as the mentor institution to the University of Missouri – Columbia (MU) as part of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program. NSF announced in late 2023 the first-ever Accelerating Research Translation (ART) awards to empower academic institutions to accelerate the pace and scale of translational research that […]
OTM Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium featured in The Source
OTM’s recent Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium was featured in WashU’s The Source under “The View From Here 04.22.24“.
Washington U tech transfer unit hits milestone: 100 faculty-founded startups (Links to an external site)
WashU faculty selected as 2024 Scholar-Innovator Award recipients from Harrington Discovery Institute
Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD, and Russell Pachynski, MD, are among 10 physician-scientists nationwide named as recipients of the Harrington Discovery Institute 2024 Scholar-Innovator Award. The scholar awards support breakthrough new treatments for heart disease, autoimmune disorders, cancer, infectious disease, inflammation, and rare diseases using small molecule, nucleic acid, vaccine, biologic, and gene therapies. Bubeck […]
Obituary: Philip Needleman, emeritus trustee, longtime benefactor, 85 (Links to an external site)
Ones to Watch: St. Louisans driving disruption in a range of industries (Links to an external site)
These entrepreneurial St. Louisans are taking novel approaches that are reshaping a range of sectors in ways large and small.
The power of persistence: Bridging the gender gap in patent applications (Links to an external site)
WashU’s economic impact totals $8.8 billion (Links to an external site)
University supported 54,380 jobs; drew $978 million in research funding to the region