Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

The technologies ranged from AI for skincare to a toothpaste for allergies and a toothbrush designed to do what your dentist desires.

Two cohorts of five early stage companies each will participate in the 12-week program.

The new centers will develop technologies to tackle the carbon challenge, expand physical capabilities, make heating and cooling more sustainable, and enable the U.S. supply and manufacturing of natural rubber.

Consolidated Nuclear Security focuses on STEM, while applications for KOSBE Awards for small businesses in 10 Northeast Tennessee counties are due at the end of the week.

Two "Lab to Launch" events were held during the day, followed by a well-attended "Beer and Biotech" meetup at Schulz Bräu Brewing Company.

There are six categories with three finalists in a start-up subgroup and three in the growth subgroup.

The challenge: how, when and why an infection in a population will spread, or cause an epidemic or pandemic, rather than dying out.

The goal is to enhance the relationship between federal laboratories and industry to accelerate the transfer of research to the marketplace.