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PythonFix is a startup spun out from the labs of Columbia's Dr. Stavros Thomopoulos and Dr. William Levine.

Vidrovr is based on technology from the lab of Dr. Shih-Fu Chang.

In 2018, Omron, a leading company in the industrial automation and machine vision market, licensed the MPS technology from Columbia and developed an inspection system that launched in 2020. The product is now used by several leading automotive and consumer electronics manufacturers.

Leica Microsystems' new Viventis microscope debuted at Cell Bio 2025. The microscope uses SCAPE technology developed by Elizabeth Hillman, formerly of Columbia.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected the newest class of Fellows, including Dr. Elisa Konofagou and Dr. Louis Brus from Columbia. NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

Dr. Azra Raza's approach to research seeks to prevent the first cancer cell instead of trying to eliminate the last.

The Faculty Ambassador program helps faculty connect with CTV and with one another around innovation and commercialization.

Part of Columbia Technology Ventures, the Carbontech Development Initiative is pleased to announce awards of over $2.6 million to research and commercialization teams working to develop and scale critical carbon-related technologies.


 

A phase 3 trial of Belite Bio’s Tinlarebant in adolescents with a rare genetic eye disease has met its primary endpoint! The company plans to seek FDA approval in the first half of next year. The startup is based on discoveries by Columbia's Dr. Konstantin Petrukhin. 

Based out of Columbia Technology Ventures, CDI is a carbontech market transformation and grant-seeding commercialization hub.

UCB received FDA approval for a TK2d nucleoside therapy developed by Columbia's Dr. Michio Hirano.

At Columbia Engineering, Dr. Dan Esposito and his team are developing an alternative to Nafion. Their work, in collaboration with industrial partners Nel Hydrogen and Forge Nano, aims to replace the Nafion membranes used in conventional electrolyzers with ultra-thin, PFAS-free oxide membranes. Replacing this component eliminates upwards of 99% of the PFAS contained in an electrolyzer.