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ASCEND Business Advising Cohort

Expert guidance to help early-stage biomedical companies take the next step toward commercialization. 

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Accelerating Commercialization & Tech Transfer

Empowering innovators to accelerate biomedical commercialization through education, mentorship, and business consultation.

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ASCEND Webinar Series

The April ASCEND Hub Webinar will feature a presentation from University of Nevada, Reno on managing conflicts of interest. 

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The Ascend hub difference

Entrepreneurial Training

The ASCEND Hub provides resources, advising, and mentoring to aid in the translation of promising innovations from academia to the market.

Mentoring

Mentors can help first-time entrepreneurs navigate the complex commercialization process and ASCEND can help you find a good match.

Technology Development

Funding for biomedical technologies for preclinical development can be difficult to identify and difficult to obtain, but ASCEND will help you navigate this process.

Entrepreneurial Resource Database

Resources from across the United States have been compiled into this searchable database.

Resources are available to every stage of technology development.

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LATEST NEWS

STTR Award Boosts Research for UNM-based Therapeutic

STTR Award Boosts Research for UNM-based Therapeutic

Thursday, January 14, 2021
With a newly awarded research grant, the GPER G-1 Development Group will continue to develop a novel therapeutic for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. The technology comes out of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences center with research led by Eric Prossnitz, PhD, a professor in and chief…
Montana-based Company Inimmune Secures $22M Investment

Montana-based Company Inimmune Secures $22M Investment

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Inimmune, a biotechnology company based in Missoula, Montana, has accomplished its first outside investment with $22 million in Series A funding. Inimmune participated in the ASCEND Business Advising Cohort in 2019 where executives received technology review and pitch preparation. The investment will fund the advancement of Phase I human clinical…
Barati Medical Wins People’s Choice at AAC

Barati Medical Wins People’s Choice at AAC

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
UAF scientist turned startup-founder Bahareh Barati took her company, Barati Medical, to the finals of the 2020 Alaska Angel Conference on May 21 and won the People’s Choice Award sponsored by Alaska Airlines. Barati Medical participated in the ASCEND 2020 Business Advising Cohort where executives received technology review and pitch…
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Take your technology to market

Business advising for ASCEND innovators and their technologies is available to researchers at all of the ASCEND partner institutions. Advising will include a technology review, assignment of a technology readiness level, suggested next steps, and ASCEND resources that can help move the technology forward.

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testimonials

The grant will help accelerate and expand educational programs in translational medicine and career development in health care and pharmaceutical industries across Montana and the Mountain West Region.

Jay Evans, PhDASCEND Academic Lead
University of Montana 

This is a significant opportunity for small businesses, academia, and the federal government to partner in two critical areas: boosting high-tech innovation and tackling biomedical research needs.

Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D. NIGMS Director

The goal is to educate faculty within the various institutions on how to commercialize their research, including startup funding and finding business partners.

Eric Prossnitz, PhD UNM’s principal investigator

It is exciting to be selected by the NIH to lead this important initiative in the Western region. We look forward to working on this with University of New Mexico and other research institutions in the Western region.

Neil Fanger, PhDCEO of Virtici and Prinicipal Investigator for ASCEND

The Ascend Hub gave me an opportunity to develop a pitch to showcase our technology. By working with the Ascend team and mentors I was able to take the next step towards bringing our life saving technology to the clinic. Thank you Ascend!

Kelly Drew, PhDCEO of BeCool Pharmaceutics
University of Alaska Fairbanks 

[The ASCEND Team] met with me weekly, answering questions I had about the process of starting up, what is necessary and what is not, and how to proceed. During these meetings, we developed a terrific side deck for use at the BIO International Conference, and one for a MicroGrant pitch sponsored by ASCEND. Being a part of the cohort was a great help to me during this difficult and sometimes confusing time as I start my biotech business. 

Elizabeth Corbin, PhD CEO of Optima Labs 
Montana State University 
ASCEND Hub

Funds for the ASCEND hub were made possible by a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award (UT2GM130166) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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