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Two teams from the ATLAS Institute were selected to participate in Catalyze CU, a highly selective, summer-long startup accelerator that combines world-class mentorship, funding and dedicated co-working space.

ATLAS researchers have 10 published works and one special interest group associated with the CHI 2021 conference, the world’s preeminent conference for the field of human-computer interaction. Held virtually, CHI 2021, also known as ACM’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, took place May 8-13.

On April 13, the audience of the New Venture Challenge 14 will vote for their favorite startup, including two teams headed by ATLAS PhD students, with the winner taking home a $1,000 "Audience Choice Award."

Kailey Shara, ATLAS PhD student and a member of the Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, won two top prizes within several days to fund her company, Chembotix, taking home a total of $17,500. Shara won first place at the NVC 14 Female Founder Pitch ($5000) and the NVC Finals Audience Choice Award ($1000), as well as two first-place wins with CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's New Venture Launch program ($11,500).

Kailey Shara is the CEO of Chembotix, a company that is developing a robotic automation platform to dramatically speed up chemistry research and development.

Assistant Professor Carson Bruns received $142,080 from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)'s Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program for the project, Invisible Melanin: Permanent Transparent Tattoos that Reduce Skin Cancer and Aging Rates.

ATLAS Assistant Professor Carson Bruns discusses how nanotechnology can give tattoos biomedical applications. He discusses recently-published research on tattoos that alert an individual when their skin needs protection by employing ink that is only visible when exposed to UV light.

Carson Bruns , assistant professor of mechanical engineering with the ATLAS Institute, speaks at the Colorado Tattoo Convention & Expo , Sept. 27-29 at the National Western Complex in Denver. His talk will address the future of tattoos, a subject he also covered in a TedXMileHigh talk last November.

Carson Bruns , assistant professor, discusses careers in STEAM at the Belmar Teen Science Café at the Belmar Library in Denver on Sept. 25. Bruns will discuss the potential of technologically enhanced tattoos and allow some hands-on experience with tattoo-ink at the café, which offers Jeffco-area teens opportunities to meet...

Assistant Professor Carson Bruns presents at the "me Convention," in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 11–13. A collaboration between Mercedes-Benz and South by Southwest, the event describes itself as, "a ‘future lab’ for exploring major issues and promising ideas for society, business, science and our planet."