The University of Tennessee Research Foundation held its annual Innovation Awards ceremony on December 14 at the Mooney Library at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis. The event celebrated the achievements of researchers across the UT System who collaborate with UTRF to bring their innovations to market, thus making life better both locally and globally.
UTHSC College of Pharmacy researchers and inventors were recognized as team members for seven patents and one invention.
Issued Patents
Patent 11,597,743 – Glycosyltransferase Inhibitors for Treatment of Solid Tumors
- Michio Kurosu (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- William M. Clemons
Patent 11,465,987 – Compounds for Treatment of Cancer
- Wei Li (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Duane D. Miller (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Min Xiao (UTHSC College of Pharmacy Graduate, 2015)
- James Dalton
- Sunjoo Ahn
- Jin Wang (UTHSC College of Pharmacy Graduate, 2015)
Patent 11,230,523 – Selective Androgen Receptor Degrader (SARD) Ligands and Methods of Use Thereof and Patent 11,230,531 – Timestamp Inconsistency and Shift Detection for Synchrophasor Data Based on Correlation Between Relative Phase Angle and Frequency
- Ramesh Narayanan (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Duane D. Miller (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Thamarai Ponnusamy (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Dong-Jin Hwang (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Yali He (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
Patent 11,273,147 – Selective Androgen Receptor Degrader (SARD) Ligands and Methods of Use Thereof
- Ramesh Narayanan (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Duane D. Miller (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Thamarai Ponnusamy (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Dong-Jin Hwang (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Yali He (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Jayaprakash Pagadala
- Christopher C. Coss
- James T. Dalton
- Charles B. Duke.
Patent 11,591,290 – Selective Androgen Receptor Degrader (SARD) Ligands and Methods of Use Thereof
- Ramesh Narayanan (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Duane D. Miller (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Thamarai Ponnusamy (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Dong-Jin Hwang (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Charles B. Duke
- Christopher C. Coss
- Amanda Jones
- James T. Dalton.
Patent 11,648,234 – Selective Androgen Receptor Degrader (SARD) Ligands and Methods of Use Thereof
- Ramesh Narayanan (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Duane D. Miller (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Thamarai Ponnusamy (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Dong-Jin Hwang (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Yali He (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
Licensed Technologies
O-Linked Selective Androgen Receptor Degraders (SARD)
Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc.
- Ramesh Narayanan (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Duane Miller (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Thamarai Ponnusamy (UTHSC College of Medicine)
- Dong-Jin Hwang (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
- Yali He (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)
Read more on the UTRF Innovation Awards (link)