2020-10-19 13:30:22 Rapid disease pathogen identification a step closer following successful GeneCapture demonstration Details Published: 19 October 2020 Soon it could only take an hour to find out what pathogen is making you ill, following the successful demonstration of the world's first multi-pathogen identification using non-amplified RNA detection by GeneCapture, a company cofounded by … Read more » 2020-09-24 15:14:09 UAH awarded $3.7 million Department of Defense grant Details Published: 24 September 2020 The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been awarded a $3.7 million Department of Defense (DoD) grant under the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP) by the Office of … Read more » 2019-04-16 21:42:22 UAH faculty and researchers recognized with University Awards for Excellence Details Published: 16 April 2019 On Monday, April 15, UAH hosted the 2019 University Awards for Excellence Ceremony in the Student Services Building to recognize the contributions of the university’s faculty members and … Read more » 2019-01-22 20:50:12 GeneCapture scientists preview new technology for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing Details Published: 22 January 2019 Scientists at GeneCapture, Inc., a company founded by Dr. Krishnan K. Chittur, a professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at UAH, have developed a method to report phenotypic antibiotic sensitivities/resistances direct from patient samples … Read more » 2018-11-09 17:27:00 Scanning the Social Media Minefield Details Published: 09 November 2018 UAH collaborates with a headhunter to create software that inspects candidates’ social media histories. The team of UAH faculty, along with two computer science graduate research assistants, worked on developing software that can automate the … 2018-10-03 16:44:02 Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH Details Published: 03 October 2018 The nation’s bioscience industry is rapidly becoming an economic driver according to a recent report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, generating $2 trillion in annual economic impact and employing more than 1.74 million … Read more » 2018-05-15 14:53:59 The Office of Technology Commercialization promotes and translates innovations at UAH Details Published: 15 May 2018 Kannan Grant’s door in the UAH Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) is always open. "We proactively promote and support a culture of learning and innovation at UAH by creating and capitalizing on commercial opportunities that benefit … Read more » 2018-05-01 22:07:53 Rapid-infection diagnosis now a reality thanks to startup cofounded by UAH professor Details Published: 01 May 2018 Biotechnology startup GeneCapture Inc. has successfully demonstrated a completely new process for rapidly determining the genetic signature of a pathogen. The disposable test cartridge is about the size of a smartphone and can analyze a human or … Read more » 2018-03-13 16:27:27 Tech Company Event Brings Together Business Professionals and Tech Developers Details Published: 13 March 2018 Kannan Grant, director of the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently participated in an "Own Your Own Tech Company" event hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Entrepreneurial … 2018-01-29 15:27:58 Two UAH graduate students take first place in prestigious embedded security challenge Details Published: 29 January 2018 When Thiago Alves and Rishabh Das, two cybersecurity Ph.D. students at UAH, placed first in the North American Embedded Security Challenge this past November, they were both in a state of shock. Not only was the competition tough, says Das, but a … Read more » 123