KU – McCollum Laboratory
The McCollum Laboratory is home to KU’s Biopharmaceutical Innovation & Optimization (BIO) Center, which focuses on drug delivery research.
Supporting the next generation
of innovative business growth.
KU Innovation Park is a growing community of innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization. We offer a variety of enterprise services for technology and bioscience businesses at any level, from concept to industry.
What We Do
Support Startups
We support entrepreneurs as they take the first steps and hit the ground running by connecting them to the resources they need.
Help Businesses Grow
We provide strategic business services, customizable space, and a broad network of connections to help businesses scale and become sustainable.
Bridge the Commercialization Gap
We team up with our partners at KU to help researchers successfully get inventions and new technologies to market.
Develop a Diversified Economy
In collaboration with our stakeholders, we are building a more robust and resilient economy for Lawrence, Douglas County, and the region.
Provide Flexible Options
The Park offers access to shared workspaces through its virtual tenancy program for early-stage technology and bioscience companies not ready for physical lab or office space.
KU Innovation Park’s Economic Impacts
73
Companies
$
49.4
M
Annual Payroll
745
Jobs
Company Spotlights
Oak Therapeutics
Ed Maliski knew there had to be a better way. On a mission trip to Kenya, Ed watched as doctors tried to save a young child with cerebral malaria. Medicines that would’ve helped weren’t available, and efforts to stabilize the toddler were unsuccessful. The heartbreaking experience is one that inspired the next phase of his career. “No parent should have to go through this,” Ed said. “I can’t just sit here and do nothing. So, we started a venture to try to help these children and make it easier for them to take their medicine.”
Company Spotlights
Icorium Engineering Company
Icorium Engineering Company is blazing a trail in recycling refrigerants. The spin-out company from the University of Kansas designs separation systems to handle complex refrigerant mixtures. Refrigerants, like those used in air conditioners and grocery store coolers, are being phased out because of global warming concerns, and the technology to separate the refrigerant mixtures and reuse the components in new products hasn’t existed. That is until Kalin Baca, Ph.D., MBA and Professor Mark Shiflett teamed up at KU.
Company Spotlights
KanREN
The internet was a much different place in 1992. Still in its infancy as a public network, the term “surfing the internet” was coined and popularized that year. The New York Times had yet to write a single article about the World Wide Web or the first browser, and the launch of Amazon.com was still two years away. But in Kansas, the public universities across the state collaborated to create KanREN, a pioneer in research and education networks.
Company Spotlights
Foster Care Technologies
Foster Care Technologies started at KU Innovation Park with an idea for a foster child placement service. The Park’s analyst team examined the market and financial opportunities for the business, then validated the algorithm and technology through a partnership with KU’s School of Social Welfare researchers.
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