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OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award 
OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award  670 893 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alumni company OWiC Technologies has been awarded a $2.35 million Fast-Track SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). OWiC is developing a light-powered chip platform that enables faster, high-throughput chemical synthesis for small-molecule drug discovery. 

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Assurtek invents first AI dental drill
Assurtek invents first AI dental drill 1080 840 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alum Assurtek Surgical is commercializing the world’s first AI-powered dental drill technology.

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Nanopath creates 15 jobs, secures $14M for diagnostic platforms
Nanopath creates 15 jobs, secures $14M for diagnostic platforms 1280 1920 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Nanopath is developing molecular diagnostic platforms to detect viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens using a single patient sample.

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Niffy Drone Solutions earns Air Force contract for AI platform
Niffy Drone Solutions earns Air Force contract for AI platform 1028 1182 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Angelo Niforatos, a recent Syracuse University graduate with master’s degrees in engineering and business, used his NSF I-Corps experience to accelerate his startup, Niffy Drone Solutions.

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Burlington Bio awarded $305k for agricultural biomaterials
Burlington Bio awarded $305k for agricultural biomaterials 2048 1365 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alum Burlington Bio, a biotech startup spun out of the University of Vermont, was recently awarded a $305,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the NSF.

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Biobe raises $700k for mental wellness tools for children
Biobe raises $700k for mental wellness tools for children 1280 854 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alum Biobe, a startup founded at the University of Vermont, is leading the conversation around emotional wellness for children and families.

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PlasmaChem Solutions secures $305k to advance plasma reactor
PlasmaChem Solutions secures $305k to advance plasma reactor 800 533 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Dr. Yuguang Chris Li, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University at Buffalo, founded PlasmaChem Solutions to commercialize a novel plasma-based method to more efficiently convert atmospheric nitrogen and water into ammonia.

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Empath Medical’s Telemed Approach for Hepatitis C Treatment Shown >90% Effective, Secures $10M
Empath Medical’s Telemed Approach for Hepatitis C Treatment Shown >90% Effective, Secures $10M 2188 1454 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Dr. Andrew Talal, a University at Buffalo Professor of Medicine and leading liver disease expert, first participated in I-Corps in 2020 to evaluate the market fit of a facilitated telemedicine approach for hepatitis C (HCV) treatment in opioid treatment programs.

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Bluminate helps to prevent hospital-acquired infections
Bluminate helps to prevent hospital-acquired infections 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Bluminate (formerly VAPGuard) is transforming infection prevention in critical care with a novel, patent-pending medical device that reduces the risk of the most costly and deadly hospital-acquired infections, such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

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Cellec Technologies develops advanced lithium-ion cells
Cellec Technologies develops advanced lithium-ion cells 2076 1010 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Cellec Technologies incorporated in 2016 after completing the NSF I-Corps national program and successfully identifying a product-market fit through customer discovery.

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