Inventor Spotlight – Trilce Estrada, PhD
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Associate Professor Department of Computer Science The University of New Mexico Pending U.S. Patents (UNM-Affiliated) System and Methods for Graphic Encoding of Macromolecules for Efficient High-Throughput Analysis Research areas include: […]
UNMRI’s FY2024 Year-End Metrics Reveal Increases Across the Board
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UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI), the University of New Mexico’s technology-transfer and economic development organization, has wrapped up another successful fiscal year. Metrics for technology-transfer and commercialization activities from July 1, […]
Heather Gomez Makes it to the Pow Wow Pitch Semi-Finals
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Heather Gomez, a Tribal Liaison for the New Mexico Tribal Entrepreneurship Enhancement Program (NMTEEP), has been chosen as a semi-finalist in a pitch competition for Indigenous entrepreneurs. Dubbed the Pow […]
Student Interns @ UNM Rainforest Innovations – Aliah Gibbs
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University of New Mexico students from an array of academic disciplines join our internship program every year to learn about university technology transfer and commercialization here at UNM Rainforest Innovations […]
UNMRI Board Chair Sandra Begay Receives Distinguished Level Promotion at Sandia
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Sandia National Laboratories has announced that 22 members of their Division 8000 staff members have been promoted to the Distinguished level, including UNM Rainforest Innovations’ Board Chair Sandra Begay. Promotion […]
$250k Awarded to Ten Collaboration Seed Grant Awardees
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UNM Rainforest Innovations has announced the awardees of the 2024 UNM Health Sciences & Main Campus Research Collaboration Seed Grant. The pilot program was launched this past year to support […]
11 U.S. Patents Issued to UNM Rainforest Innovations for UNM Technologies in April, May, and June
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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued 11 U.S. patents to UNM Rainforest Innovations during the months of April, May, & June for technologies invented at the University […]
Inventor Spotlight – Janet Page-Reeves, PhD
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Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Family & Community Medicine Director of Research Office for Community Health UNM Health Sciences Center Copyright (UNM-Affiliated) Addressing Social Determinants of Health […]
New UNMRI Startups to Receive Lucky Entrepreneur Coin™ in FY2025
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Starting July 1, UNM Rainforest Innovations will start giving out a Lucky Entrepreneur Coin™ to each newly founded startup company based on a University of New Mexico technology. Starting a […]
The University of New Mexico Ranks on Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. June 4, 2024—The University of New Mexico (UNM) has ranked #61 on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023, a list published by the National […]