Biosciences
Founded by CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Professor Larry Gold in 2000, SomaLogic revolutionized protein measurement by developing a faster, cost-effective process to monitor the vast number of proteins in the human body.
JILA—Flari Tech Inc., a startup rooted in cutting-edge JILA research, has clinched one of the prestigious 2024 Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) grants from the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, advancing its pioneering work to build a breathalyzer for diagnostics use targeting life-threatening diseases such as lung cancer.
Fourteen teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).
News-Medical—Patients who go to the doctor to provide a blood sample are typically faced with a needle and syringe and hours or days of waiting to get results back from a lab. CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researchers hope to change that with a new handheld, sound-based diagnostic system to deliver precise results in an hour with a mere finger prick of blood.
Daily Camera—Research funding at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has more than doubled in the last decade, increasing by about $391 million. There were 35 CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ-affiliated startup companies this last fiscal year compared to 10 the year before.
The Onyxâ„¢ platform enables scientists to create libraries of millions of precisely engineered single cells in one experiment through a fully automated workflow.