Peptide-based drug developer Navigen has been backed by University of Utah-based student venturing fund UVF II in its first equity round.

University of Michigan's manufacturing coolant spinout Fusion Coolant Systems has been backed by the institution's Mints fund, taking its total to $9.9m.

Virtual training software provider Strivr increased its total funding to more than $23m, having been incubated in partnership with Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab.

Five US-based biomedical projects at Wayne State University have received Mtrac funding to pursue goals including better immunotherapy and new antibiotics.

Hong Ma, professor of biology, has been appointed associate dean for research and innovation at Penn State’s Eberly College of Science.

Medical diagnostics developer Drawbridge Health has secured capital from Kyoto University Innovation Capital thanks to a meeting at the GUV: Fusion conference.

Partly based on Columbia University research, Modis is advancing treatments for rare diseases caused by dysfunction in cellular mitochondria.

Sutro Biopharma, an immunotherapy developer commercialising technology created at Stanford University, has floated on the Nasdaq Global Market.

University of Rochester-affiliated VC fund Excell Partners has been selected to manage a state government-funded vehicle targeting local companies in sectors such as optics and life sciences.

As MedWhat scores an initial win in its courtroom battle with Stanford, Paige.ai finds itself in the middle of allegations that its licensing deal with Sloan Kettering was improper.