School:University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

University Innovation Fellow: Ben Johnston

Ben Johnston's Landscape Analysis (Presentation Summary)

Student Initiatives

• Not much publicized success for biotech startups
• TissueGen- most successful startup out of UT Arlington
• Strong access to funding sources to pursue research projects (NCIIA, UT Horizon Fund)

School Resources

• UTSW Medical Center:
  • Biocenter with incubator
  • BIODFW networking organization
  • Dr. Robert Eberhardt advises/oversees new products
  • NTEC incubator/manufacturing facility
• UT Arlington Engineering
  • TMAC consortium of manufacturing efforts that derives revenue from local projects at reduced costs for startups
  • UT Horizon Fund
  • Darlene Ryan- all around expert/entrepreneur and founder of Cow Town Angels network
• Prototyping and Incubator facilities:
  • Tech Wildcatters programming center
  • Biotech Manufacturing Center
  • Tech Fort Worth Wetlabs
  • Dallas Makerspace
  • UTARI Manufacturing