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The Wyoming Research Products Center (RPC) was formally launched on October 1, 1999 as a collaborative effort between the University of Wyoming Research Office and the Wyoming Business Council. The RPC is the technology transfer office for the University of Wyoming.

The RPC also has an outreach mission to assist any Wyoming entrepreneur or inventor across the state. We will work closely and supportively with Wyoming citizens and companies to help them identify, protect and commercialize their intellectual property.

Our Goals

  • Support Wyoming individuals and organizations in technology transfer - the protection, marketing, and ultimate transfer of their intellectual property to industry.
  • Develop a greater outside awareness of the University's research and development programs, along with the opportunities that the state of Wyoming offers to industry.
  • Support the creation of new technology startup ventures within Wyoming.
  • Encourage partnerships between University faculty and Wyoming business.

Success Stories

UW Scientists Have Developed New Optogenetic Tools for Biomedical Research

January 24, 2011 — Researchers at the University of Wyoming have characterized and engineered new proteins that expand the use of light as a tool to manipulate cell cultures, tissues and laboratory model animals. (Read UW News Story)

Other News:

The National Institutes of Health has selected to highlight on its web page research conducted by Don Jarvis, professor in the UW Department of Molecular Biology. The article focuses on Jarvis' studies of "factories" made of virus-infected moth cells that produce large quantities of human-like proteins used in research and in medicines.  (Read UW News Story)

Professor Lewis and his team at the University of Wyoming have successfully implanted the silk-making genes from a golden orb spider into a herd of goats and are now, finally, producing one of nature's strongest products in useable quantities. (Read News.com.au News Story on UW website)

Research conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Paul Johnson and others demonstrates that genetically modified tadpoles work well as sensitive monitors for rapidly detecting water pollution. (Read UW News Story)

C. Jeffery Woodbury, a University of Wyoming associate professor has helped identify a little-known and previously poorly understood population of skin sensory neurons that can make people feel extreme pain following injury. (read UW News Story)

The Clean Coal Energy Fund administered by the School of Energy Resources now supports nine projects in the fields of carbon capture and storage, coal gasification and synthesis gas cleanup, among others. (read UW News Story)

A University of Wyoming School of Energy Research associate director has taken on a leadership role in a national organization that promotes energy research, education and communication. .(read UW News Story)

Little critters in the darkness of coal seams helped lead a University of Wyoming researcher to find a way to trace coal-bed methane (CBM) water and could help energy companies be more efficient and reduce impact footprints. The research analyzes the ratio of carbon 13 to carbon 12 isotopes to identify CBM water.    (Read UW News Story)

The Arch Coal Foundation today announced a $1.5 million gift to the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) Clean Coal Technology Center. "This gift from Arch Coal will help move the University of Wyoming along on its path to becoming a leader in advanced coal technology development," says Gov. Dave Freudenthal. (Read UW News Story)

UW Pharmacy Scientists receive more than $1 million in grants for research into the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. (Read UW News Story)

Patrick Johnson received $485,000 grant to explore biomass conversion to ethanol (Read more)