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SmartScreen: enhancing receptor interactions with RCPR technology
The technology uses Receptor Compartmentalized Partnered Replication (RCPR) to identify optimal interactions between receptors or pathways and their effector molecules by selectively amplifying genes that produce a thermostable polymerase during thermal cycling in emulsified libraries. Background The technology involves the identification and evolution...
Published: 9/10/2024   |   Inventor(s): Andrew Ellington, Jimmy Gollihar, Elizabeth Gardner, Katie Kao
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Category(s): Life sciences > Research tools > Tool/assay/screening platform
Engineered RNA polymerases and capping enzymes for the expression of 7‑methylguanylate capped RNA
Background Dr. Andrew Ellington and his team have identified and engineered a novel group II intron reverse transcriptase, RT-12. Dr. Ellington is a Professor in Molecular Biosciences, the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology, and holds the Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry at UT Austin. His...
Published: 11/5/2024   |   Inventor(s): Andrew Ellington, Shaunak Kar, Elizabeth Gardner, Jimmy Gollihar, Raghav Shroff
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Category(s): Life sciences > Research tools > Reagent
Thermostable reverse transcriptase based on a thermostable DNA polymerase
Background Reverse transcriptase enzymes are pivotal in molecular biology for transcribing RNA into DNA, facilitating studies from gene expression analysis to viral detection. The reliability and efficiency of reverse transcription are crucial for accurate cDNA formation, a foundational step necessary for subsequent applications such as cloning and...
Published: 3/21/2024   |   Inventor(s): Andrew Ellington, Jared Ellefson, Jimmy Gollihar
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Category(s): Life sciences > Research tools > Tool/assay/screening platform, Life sciences > Research tools > Reagent
Fabrication of metal-insulator-semiconductor photoelectrodes
Background Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising technology for converting solar energy into clean and storable chemical energy. In PEC cells, semiconductors play a key role in absorbing photons from the light source to create mobile charge carriers. Various semiconductor materials have been studied for the high-performance PEC cells,...
Published: 12/11/2023   |   Inventor(s): Edward Yu, Soonil Lee, Li Ji
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Category(s): Physical sciences > Semiconductor, Physical sciences > Green tech
PMU-Embedded Analytics for Online Event Detection and Classification in Power Grids
The energy requirement of the world is increasing exponentially every year. With the power demand sites concentrated in the region with the highest population density, energy production sites must be located remotely. This isolation requires lengthy and complicated grids to be designed and manufactured to transmit power over long distances. Grid failures...
Published: 7/30/2024   |   Inventor(s): Payman Dehghanian, Shiyuan Wang, Li Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Industrial or Consumer Tech > Energy Infrastructure and Environment
Bacterial reagents: stable, low-cost, readily available reagents with no purification requirements
Problem Most molecular biology techniques commonly used in research, biotechnology, healthcare, and education rely heavily on purified functional protein reagents. However, purification of these protein reagents requires substantial investment of time, expertise, equipment, and infrastructure. As a result, this significantly limits the availability...
Published: 11/1/2023   |   Inventor(s): Andrew Ellington, Sanchita Bhadra, Arti Pothukuchy, Michelle Byrom, Raghav Shroff, Jared Ellefson, Jimmy Gollihar
Keywords(s): Diagnostics, Isothermal amplification, Nucleic acid amplification, Point-of-need
Category(s): Life sciences > Research tools > Reagent, Life sciences > Research tools > Tool/assay/screening platform, Life sciences > Therapeutics > Synthetic biology
Distributed Feedback Fiber Laser Pumped by Multimode Diode Lasers
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences and Canada's Carleton University recently succeeded in fabricating high reflectivity (>99%) Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) into phosphate glass fibers using UV light and a phase mask technique. With this new manufacturing technique, fiber lasers can be created as single monolithic...
Published: 4/3/2023   |   Inventor(s): Nasser Peyghambarian, Axel Schülzgen, Li Li, Jacques Albert
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources
All-Fiber Multicore Fiber Laser Devices
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a compact, power-scalable, alignment-free fiber laser that takes a new approach to stabilizing phase-locked operation of multi-core fiber lasers by completely removing all free space optical components. This high-brightness, all-fiber laser package uses passive optical fiber spliced at both ends...
Published: 4/3/2023   |   Inventor(s): Nasser Peyghambarian, Axel Schülzgen, Li Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Fiber Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources