Medical startup Storx Technologies improves fetal health and lowers the rate of C-sections. The team develops better standards than heart rate monitors for assessing fetal […]
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CITRIS Foundry X-Lab – Precision Agriculture Challenge
The CITRIS Foundry‘s new Resource Sustainability X-Lab supports student innovators, entrepreneurs, and researchers in developing innovative solutions for grand resource challenges that will have high […]
CITRIS Foundry welcomes 10 teams for Summer 2020 Cohort
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes ten new teams covering a variety of tech fields from artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to 3D mapping and […]
Apply to the CITRIS Foundry- Student Employee Position
About the CITRIS Foundry The CITRIS Foundry is an emerging technology innovation incubator that supports top entrepreneurial scientists, researchers, and engineers from the University of California […]
CITRIS Goes Virtual for Cal Week 2020
Cal Day has now become Cal Week (April 18 – 24, 2020) Cal Day, a free public UC Berkeley spring tradition that generally draws upwards […]
CITRIS Foundry Alum Aluna Receives FDA Clearance
CITRIS Foundry alum Aluna recently received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its asthma management device and platform. Aluna helps patients, particularly pediatric patients, […]
7 Questions for Correlia Biosystems Co-Founder Akwasi Apori
A CITRIS Foundry company, Correlia Biosystems represents the next generation of the life science industry. With their patented nanomaterial, they develop microscale tools to accelerate molecular interactions to measure proteins, thereby reducing the cost and time of drug development, clinical trials, and patient testing and monitoring.
CITRIS Foundry event welcomes spring 2020 cohort
The new spring cohort of CITRIS Foundry teams was announced February 13 at a Foundry event featuring Rich Lyons, UC Berkeley’s first-ever Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer. The 32 teams cover deep tech fields from AI and engineering systems to materials science and biotechnology, tackling issues including health care, energy and the environment, transportation, and sustainable infrastructure.
CITRIS Foundry – Spring 2020 Cohort
In Spring 2020, the CITRIS Foundry welcomed 32 teams covering deep tech fields from AI and engineering systems to materials science and biotechnology, tackling issues […]
CITRIS Foundry Spring 2020 Application Now Open!
The CITRIS Foundry application for Spring 2020 is now open! The CITRIS Foundry Incubator empowers top entrepreneurs from the University of California to build transformative […]
UCSC Entrepreneurs Supported by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Santa Cruz Tech Beat: Michael Matkin, Assistant Director of CITRIS Santa Cruz, writes about three UC Santa Cruz student-helmed companies that got started via the CITRIS Foundry.
Testing School Water for Lead Contamination
CITRIS Foundry Alum John H. Pujol has launched the Lead In School Water Project, the first web-based application to rank and track every US state […]
CITRIS Foundry announces fall 2019 cohort
Spin microscopy for quantum computing, underwater nanoscience for clean tech, and bio-prospected hemp are a few of the novel technologies represented in the fall incubator cohort announced by the CITRIS Foundry, the innovation hub of the multicampus Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute, headquartered at UC Berkeley.
CITRIS Foundry alum receives $1.7 million
CITRIS Foundry alum WattTime has received a $1.7 million Google AI Impact Grant.
Calling all innovators: Apply to CITRIS Foundry 201
Devising plans for a startup? Looking for help and support? A call for applications is now open at the newly relaunched CITRIS Foundry innovation incubator. […]
Now Hiring: CITRIS Foundry – Communications Assistant
About the CITRIS Foundry The CITRIS Foundry is a deep tech innovation incubator that supports top entrepreneurs from the University of California build transformative technology […]
Job Opportunity: CITRIS Foundry – Community and Events Coordinator
About the CITRIS Foundry The CITRIS Foundry is a deep tech innovation incubator that supports top entrepreneurs from the University of California build transformative technology […]
CITRIS Foundry innovation hub expands under new leadership
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes a new executive director, Maher Hakim, Ph.D., who comes aboard after the Foundry’s five-year-review.
7 Questions for BioInspira Founder Ray Chiu
Po Jui (Ray) Chiu, co-founder and CEO of BioInspira, was named among Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy for 2019.
Job Opportunity: CITRIS Foundry Program Manager
Job Title: CITRIS Foundry Program Manager (7377U) Job #26149 – CITRIS Location: Main Campus-BerkeleyPart-Time or Full-Time: Full-TimeRegular/Temporary: Regular Tip: Search for “26149” in job portal […]
Siemens acquires Oakland startup Comfy
German conglomerate Siemens has acquired Comfy, which designs IoT-enabled technology for office workers to control temperature and lighting. The company got its start at CITRIS […]
CRISPR reduces autism symptoms in mice
Company GenEdit, founded by Berkeley PhDs Kunwoo Lee and Hyo Min Park, with Berkeley bioengineering professor Niren Murthy, was part of a study representing the first demonstration of behavior […]
Sam Altman: How to build a successful bio startup
On April 25, 2018, CITRIS hosted Y Combinator President Sam Altman to discuss how to build a successful bio startup. Joining him on the panel […]
New CITRIS Foundry cohort advances deep technology
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes the newest cohort of startup teams to its accelerator program, advancing such novel technologies as high-efficiency nanolayer battery coatings, precision immune therapies, and […]