The graduate student founders of Instapath Bioptics took home the $12,500 grand prize in the 2017 Novel Tech Challenge, run by the Tulane Office of Technology Transfer. With rapid, high-quality imaging, Instapath aims to improve how biopsies are processed to increase pathology efficiency and reduce repeat biopsies. The team won the competition’s experienced category. Other winners in that category that also work with the Center’s Commercialization team were Viralchemy, developing an anti-viral treatment for dengue fever, and CMDX Biopsy, which has created a new, integrated biopsy punch device to improve skin biopsies.

April 21, 2017 — Learn more at Tulane.edu

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Advano as one of 114 small businesses nationwide to receive funding and collaborate with national labs to develop critical energy technologies. With $180,000 from the Energy Department’s Small Business Vouchers Pilot, Advano will collaborate with Argonne National Laboratory to develop functionalized silicon nanoparticles for use in lithium-ion batteries. Demand is increasing for these batteries, which are used extensively in electronics, aerospace, and beyond. Based on research from Tulane, Advano is commercializing a technology that lowers the cost of manufacturing nanoparticles to increase battery energy capacity.

April 21, 2017 — Read more at Energy.gov

Aiming to transform urban emergency response, Ready Responders took home $55,000 in cash and in-kind service prizes at the Big Idea competition at the close of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. The company is developing a technology-assisted, on-demand network of regular people trained as EMTs and healthcare providers available to provide fast response to medical emergencies to supplement existing medical resources and reduce unnecessary ambulance and emergency department utilization.

March 24, 2017 — Read more at The Times-Picayune

With a team of Tulane graduate students and faculty advisers, Instapath Bioptics won the top $10,000 prize package in a Cox Business competition during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. The competition featuring five startup finalists was part of the Get Started event series hosted by Cox Business, in partnership with Inc. Magazine. Instapath offers an imaging system that rapidly displays important biopsy features for diagnosis and increases pathology efficiency. This allows patients to be treated sooner and reduces repeat biopsy procedures.

March 23, 2017 — Read more at Biz New Orleans

Partnering with Caesar’s Entertainment, MobileQubes is now providing portable backup battery charging kiosks at eight major hotels and casinos as the company enters the Las Vegas market. The startup has seen rapid expansion across the country, with their self-service, fully automated kiosks providing smartphone users with on-the-go, easy power charging at hundreds of locations.

March 23, 2017 — Read more at New Orleans CityBusiness

Chosen Diagnostics won JEDCO’s fifth annual startup pitch competition during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, with a cash and services prize package valued at $60,000. The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, in partnership with First NBC Bank, hosted the final competition featuring five local startups, and Dr. Sunyoung Kim of Chosen delivered the winning pitch. The company’s Neonatal DDx test will make it easier for doctors to diagnose a common and life-threatening GI disease called necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants.

March 21, 2017 — Read more at Silicon Bayou News

Digital health startup RDnote will receive a $250,000 seed investment from the Lafayette General Foundation’s subsidiary Healthcare Innovation Fund. Based at the Center, RDnote provides clients such as hospital systems with a unique nutrition care practice model to manage and customize interventions for patients at high-risk for chronic disease. The seed funding allows RDnote to pilot its product in partnership with Lafayette General Health System and accelerate growth to other Gulf Coast hospital systems.

February 16, 2017 — Read more in The Advocate

The Louisiana Hospital Association’s Ninth Annual Winter Healthcare Leadership Symposium will kick off with an American College of Healthcare Executive (ACHE) panel discussion addressing critical challenges and innovative opportunities in healthcare technology. The ACHE-accredited panel discussion will be led by Heidi Redmond Raines, President and CEO of the healthcare quality, risk and compliance services and technology firm Compliance Partners. This symposium, which will take place from January 31 to February 1 at the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel, convenes hospital leaders from across the state around key issues that affect hospital strategic decision-making. Compliance Partners was founded by experienced hospital executives who set out to deliver value by developing quality, risk and compliance solutions, specifically designed for community health systems, which create an environment of prevention while reducing costs.

January 27, 2017 — Read more in the Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge

Two life sciences startups have been selected as finalists in the 2017 JEDCO Challenge. Five regional companies will compete for over $20,000 in prizes on Monday, March 20 in the final event during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. This Jefferson Parish-based pitch competition gives entrepreneurs a platform to raise awareness of their early-stage companies. BioAesthetics was founded with the mission to improve reconstruction options for breast cancer patients after they undergo mastectomies, and Chosen Diagnostics aims to improve healthcare delivery for patients by providing diagnostic tests that personalize their treatment.

January 26, 2017 — Read more at Silicon Bayou News