Nancy Gray

April 27, 2017

UAMS, BioVentures, Conductor Extend Sign-up to May 7 for Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

Ben Boulden

April 27, 2017 | Arkansas college students interested in learning the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and forming new health science ventures at a residential boot camp at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in Conway have until May 7 to register. Held from May 22-26, the camp is a joint initiative of the University of Arkansas for…

April 24, 2017

How a Governor’s Cup Win Got an Assist from the UAMS Translational Research Institute

David Robinson

Winners of the Governor’s Cup business plan competition are (l-r): team members Joshua Phillips, Tiffany Jarrett and Amanda Stolarz. They are joined by (back left) Rush Deacon, CEO, Arkansas Capital Corporation; Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Carol Reeves, team adviser, and Kevin Burns, chairman of the board, Arkansas Capital Corporation.

April 24, 2017 | UAMS’ Amanda Stolarz, Pharm.D., Ph.D., recently celebrated her team’s victory in the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup business plan competition. The team, Rejuvenics Technologies, won the $25,000 top prize with its idea for commercializing a drug-delivery system to reduce the harmful side effects of chemotherapy. Just under a year ago, the…

January 11, 2017

UAMS BioVentures Changes to Nonprofit

Ben Boulden

Jan. 11, 2017 | UAMS BioVentures of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became a private, nonprofit limited liability company to give it more flexibility in using funds for the new companies it helps get started. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the change in September. The nonprofit legal structure…

September 22, 2016

Arkansas Summit Oct. 19 to Showcase State’s Life Science-based Companies

Ben Boulden

Sept. 22, 2016 | Entrepreneurs, investors, research scientists, service providers and the public interested in technology companies that develop products to improve people’s lives and health are invited to the Arkansas Life Sciences Summit to be held Oct. 19 in Conway. The event will showcase presentations from 14 of the fastest-growing technology companies with research and…

March 11, 2015

Nancy Gray, Ph.D., Named UAMS BioVentures Director

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LITTLE ROCK — Nancy M. Gray, Ph.D., has been named director of UAMS BioVentures, the technology licensing office and business incubator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


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