R&D

A Taxing Situation: The IRS Has Billions in Enforcement Money and Increased Scrutiny Is Expected in 2024 

Dallas-based tax experts have tips for both corporations and startups.
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Taysha Gene Therapies Replaces CEO, Appoints R&D Chief
by | Dec 19, 2022

Dallas-based Taysha Gene Therapies is starting a new chapter in its fight to tackle devastating neurological conditions with changes in its top executive leadership.

Late Friday, the publicly traded biotech announced that Sean P....

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UTD’s Dr. Amy Pinkham Picked to Head Global Initiative to Standardize Schizophrenia Assessment
by | Dec 9, 2022
Dr. Amy Pinkham of UTD’s School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences received an award for outstanding research on social cognition. The award puts her group at the forefront of research in the field, the professor said.

The work could be applicable for many disorders, including autism and mood and anxiety disorders.
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Fort Worth’s AyuVis Is One Step Closer to Protecting Pre-Term Babies from a Leading Cause of Death
by | Mar 31, 2022
Fort Worth-based AyuVis just received its second patent in three months for its immunotherapy treatments that protect pre-term babies from a debilitating chronic lung disease that affects many pre-term infants on ventilators.

The startup's lead drug candidate—AVR-48—is scheduled for clinical trials this summer.
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Toyota Motor North America Continues To Lead in R&D Patents Among Automakers

by | Feb 9, 2021
Toyota added 2,819 patents to its collection in 2020—up four percent from the previous year. The Plano-headquartered company says it invests over $1 million in emerging technology globally every hour.
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This year’s winners from UT Southwestern —Olutoyosi “Toy” Ogunkua, M.D., Luis Sifuentes-Dominguez, M.D, and Chika Nwachukwu, M.D., Ph.D.—bring the total number grants awarded by the Council since its founding five years ago to nine. [Images via UTSW]
Southwestern Medical Foundation/UTSW Cary Council Awards Grants to Three Early-Stage Researchers
by | Jan 11, 2021
Members raised nearly $100K in funding for the research awardees who will investigate new evidence-based pathways that can treat some of the world’s most intractable illnesses.
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Japanese Mobility Supplier DENSO Opens $1.3M R&D Center in Plano
by | Sep 18, 2019
DENSO's Texas Innovation and Connected Service Center—strategically located near longtime partner Toyota North America—will become part of the company’s larger global R&D network and help advance its work in mobility and autonomous vehicles.
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Discovery: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018
by | Jan 11, 2019
Each week, we roundup the biggest research and development news across Dallas-Fort Worth. Here’s a roundup of the “Top 12” in discovery for 2018.
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Gurmeet Singh

Q+A: CIO Gurmeet Singh on How 7-Eleven is Redefining Convenience for the Digital Age

by | Jul 11, 2018
As technology becomes omnipresent in peoples' lives, the convenience retailer is going through its own digital transformation and turning to emerging tech such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, augmented reality, and more to improve the customer experience. 
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From left: Farmer Brothers, Pilotworks, and La Moderna.
Innovative Spaces: The Food Industry in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Innovates looks behind the scenes at some of DFW's industry players with unique operations in the food and beverage landscape. 
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