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Sironix Renewables uses a patented method to make nontoxic, sustainably-sourced surfactants that replace their counterparts made from petroleum.

Postdoc Alina Zdechlik tapped into the broad network of support and educational opportunities available at the UMN for young innovators to increase her research impact and jump start her career.

UMN and Launch Minnesota have been recognized for their partnership in connecting technology entrepreneurs across the state with a multifaceted array of education, resources, and advising.

Plant pathology professor Linda Kinkel used her scientific discoveries to launch a startup company that helps farmers manage crops more sustainably and without using harmful chemicals.

Abdennour Abbas, co-founder of "green chemistry" company Claros Technologies, hopes to address a state water pollution problem. 

A Tech Comm program helps researchers share tools developed in the course of their work with others in academic and industry settings.

Recent UMN grad student Emily J. Pomeroy leveraged her scientific expertise, and a knack for developing new ideas, to innovate new cell therapies for cancer.

RoundtableRx, a nonprofit startup launched by UMN College of Pharmacy students, is Minnesota’s first and only statewide medication repository.

Carp Solutions, which specializes in controlling water pests, is helping investigate how goldfish are harming aquatic ecosystems.

Technology Portfolio Manager Allison Ferro and Venture Program Manager Mary MacCarthy explain Tech Comm's role in advancing UMN inventions and discuss efforts to engage more women and other underrepresented groups in technology commercialization.