NEWS & EVENTS
Member Company Nuclein Raises $14M for Covid PCR Test
"Austin startup Nuclein might become known as the company that made an at-home Covid-19 test that's so easy you just spit in a can, press a button and wait about an hour for results. But this isn't the story of a startup built out of the current pandemic. Nuclein was...
The COVID-19 Vaccine – It’s Not a Shot in the Dark
Spring has sprung here in Texas. It’s kind of shocking how quickly it seemed to have appeared after such a devastating winter storm. There was so much damage and so much suffering, and while we were still scrambling to get food and water to those in need, it was 80...
A New Approach to Managing Opioid Addiction
Who would have thought that we would be close to a year since the last time we’ve seen each other in person? Usually, there would have been a networking event, an Incubator tour, a pitch competition, or somewhere where I run into those who want to keep up with the...
Member Company EQO Named 2020 Top 100 Startups
EQO brings molecular bio solutions to environmental bio problems. eDNA, eRNA, automated sampling, endangered species protection, invasive species eradication. See the complete list of 2020 Top 100 Startups
Motivation For a Cure with Alice McConnell of Speragen
Developing a drug for a disease is more complicated and arduous than you may think. It all starts with basic research on how the body works and uncovering the functionality of specific cellular pathways. Without that initial framework, it is difficult to see what...
Science in the Mall with Laura Bosworth of Tevido BioDevices
All great discoveries start as an idea in someone’s head and it requires a lot of time, energy, perseverance and help to actually get it into the hands of someone who will benefit from it. First, you have to convince yourself that it’s a good idea (not always as easy...
ABI & Partners Launch Consortium to Support Innovators Fighting COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
The Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS) will work toward pandemic readiness, response, recovery and resiliency. A collaborative group of more than 50 organizations in the academic, public and private sectors has formed the Texas Global Health...
Battling Invasive Species with John Higley of EQO
Summer is squarely upon us and getting out into some cool water is one of the few activities that is somewhat condoned as acceptable during this unprecedented quarantine. But, just like last summer, the news is already starting to report the hazards of swimming due to...
A Message About COVID-19 from Macromoltek
Amidst an unprecedented pandemic, the entire world is in desperate need of treatments for the highly-infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus. When racing against such a rapidly-spreading disease, the speed of drug development is of the utmost importance. An effective therapeutic...
All About Antibodies
We had hoped that by now, we would have all resumed our normal lives and be back to doing what we do. Alas, as of this week, the cases of COVID-19 is on the rise. I know that we are all being inundated with information about the different types of tests and the...
Science in the Mall, Y’all
We spent 4 years building the successful Incubator that we have today. It has required becoming a part of the ever-growing life science ecosystem in Austin to ensure that we were serving an actual need to the community, as well as to ensure that we would have...
ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS
Environmental Quality Operations (EQO), a start-up company focusing on the extermination of zebra mussels through a chimeric protein, offered a week-long internship for high school students, Madison Mueller and Maria Noonan, from Ann Richards School for Young Women...
CONGRATULATIONS SOWJANYA!
We would like to congratulate our former Lab Technician Intern, Sowjanya Guthula! She accepted the Manufacturing Technician – GMP Upstream position with Molecular Templates, Inc. on January 13, 2020! Sowjanya began her internship with ABI in August 2018...
MEET THE ABI INTERNS
Tina Arms is a native Austinite and a student at ACC. She decided to return to school and to figure out what to do for the rest of her life after starting a family at a young age. This led Tina to take a giant step after her youngest child left for college...
January 2020 ABI Update
It’s hard to believe that we opened our doors 3 years ago. With the help of a state grant and tremendous support from the Austin Community College administration, the ACC Bioscience Incubator has become a huge success. Being the first and only leaseable...
Member Company, Erisyon, wins UT Invention of the Year
'Cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart failure, diabetes and many other disorders are associated with unique proteins that can act as biomarkers, giving away the presence of disease. Detecting these proteins will help researchers diagnose diseases earlier and even...
Member Company, EQO, featured on KVUE
'Researchers in Austin are currently working on a solution to remove zebra mussels from Central Texas lakes for good. The dime-sized creatures have infested area lakes, ultimately changing the ecosystems around them as they filter thousands of liters of...
Member Company, Catalyst Education, named as finalist for MassChallenge Texas
'MassChallenge Texas has selected 14 finalists from a pool of 79 startups in its accelerator program, and three of them are based here in Austin. One of them, which we recently featured, is music tech startup Rhythmo. Founded by Ethan Jin, the startup’s...
Newormics co-founder, Adela Ben-Yakar, featured by the American Institute of Physics
'Mechanical engineer Adela Ben-Yakar, at the University of Texas at Austin, collaborated with stem cell biologist Joshua Brickman, from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, to painstakingly develop an automated microfluidic device for the stable...
Member Company, EQO, featured on KXAN
'Several dogs died after swimming in Lady Bird Lake and near Red Bud Isle. Analysts suspect toxins produced by blue-green algae blooms may be the cause. The city closed Red Bud Isle and has been warning dog owners not to let their pets swim in the lake...