Advancing RNA Detection with Innovative Peptide-Based Fluorescent Probes
TS-065455 — The Need: In modern biotechnology and biomedical research, there is an escalating demand for efficient tools that can accurately detect and analyze specific RNA sequences. The ability to precisely target and identify RNA molecules, particularly U-rich sequences, is crucial for various applications s…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Bong, Dennis; DeSantis, Christopher; Gopalan, Venkat; Liang, Yufeng; Mao, Jie; Marathe, Ila; Miao, Shiqin "Shiqin"
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Cell Classification
TS-064577 — Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant brain tumor accounting for 47.7% of all brain cancers. Unfortunately, treatments are limited, and survival is poor, with approximately only 40% living past the first-year post-diagnosis and 17% in the second year.
The Need
Developing drugs for cance…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Schultz, Zachary; Rist, David; Skardal, Aleksander; Venere, Monica
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Advanced AAV Gene Therapy Characterization Technique
TS-062608 — Gene therapy is an emerging technology that replaces a faulty gene or adds a new gene to cure disease or improve your body's ability to fight infection. These next-generation treatments hold promise for treating various genetic and chronic conditions, including but not limited to cancer, cystic …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wysocki, Vicki; Cleary, Sean; Du, Chen
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Fluorescent probes for intracellular RNA tracking
TS-062554 — The Need: Intracellular RNA fluorescence labeling is a crucial technique for studying cellular processes and understanding gene expression. However, the conventional MS2 labeling method using protein fusion labels can have drawbacks, such as increased mass, potential steric accessibility issues, and…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Bong, Dennis; Liang, Yufeng
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Method and device for determining virus titer by surface enhanced Raman scattering
TS-062346 —
The ability to rapidly identify and determine virus titer is of utmost importance in numerous biomedical applications, ranging from gene editing to pharmaceutical and vaccine development. In the context of lentiviruses, which are widely used for cell reprogramming in immunotherapies, knowing the e…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Schultz, Zachary; Morder, Courtney
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Ion Carpet-Based Surface-Induced Dissociation Device
TS-062342 — The Need
In the field of mass spectrometry (MS), the study of proteins and protein complexes in their native form, known as native MS, has become crucial in understanding their structure and function. However, the current collision-induced dissociation (CID) technique used in tandem MS experiments …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wysocki, Vicki; Gilbert, Joshua; Stiving, Alyssa
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Primers and Probe for the Detection of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus (MCMV)
TS-062260 — The Need:
Efficient and accurate diagnosis of maize lethal necrosis (MLN)-causing viruses is essential for MLN surveillance programs and testing seed for zero tolerance of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) in seed lots. To effectively manage MLN in both farmers' fields and commercial seed fie…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Miller, Sally; Baysal-Gurel, Fulya; Ma, Xing; Redinbaugh, Margaret "Peg"
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Paper-based Dried Blood Spheroids for Stabilization of Labile Organic Compounds Stored in Ambient Air
TS-038604 — Apparatus and methods to form three-dimensional dried blood spheroids on hydrophobic paper substrates.
Dried blood spots on paper substrates offer a facile sample collection, storage, and transportation approach for biofluids. However, variable diffusion, volcanic effects, analyte instability, and difficulty in recovering samples from paper plague this method, lowering confidence in analyte quantif…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Badu-Tawiah, Abraham; Damon, Deidre
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Functionalization of Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) Surface by Amination with Polyethyleneimine (PEI) for Applications in Microfluidic Immunoassays, Protein/Enzyme Biochips, and Biocatalysis
TS-037631 — Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is a useful material for development of assays, biochips, and other biological materials. However, PMMA makes for a difficult substrate because of complexities with respect to adhesion. This technology presents two new methods for enhanced protein binding onto PMMA.
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is a synthetic resin in the acrylic family, often used as a substitute for glass or as a material for biomedical devices. PMMA-based biosensors have low protein binding efficiency and low sensitivity. PMMA is used in a variety of applications like immunoassays, biosen…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Yang, Shang-Tian "ST"; Bai, Yunling
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Multichannel Polymer Chips for Rapid Multiplex Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
TS-014978 — A more accurate, cost efficient and faster method to one of the most widely used diagnostic tests in the world.
The conventional Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, or ELISA, is typically carried out in a 96-well or 384-well microliter plate. The method involves a series of mixing and washing steps, which are not only tedious and laborious, but which also often result in large errors and inconsistent outcome…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Yang, Shang-Tian "ST"; Bai, Yunling; Huang, Wei-Cho
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana