{"id":205,"date":"2016-04-26T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?p=205"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:04:12","slug":"tt-scientific-awarded-12000-in-boyd-venture-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/news\/tt-scientific-awarded-12000-in-boyd-venture-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"T&amp;T Scientific Awarded $12,000 in Boyd Venture Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_TTscientific-300x220-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>T&amp;T Scientific, a company founded by recent MABE doctoral graduates Nima Tamaddoni and Graham Taylor, was one of three startup companies to receive the spring 2016 Boyd Venture Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company was awarded $12,000 of the total $35,000 awarded to the three companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T&amp;T Scientific was started last year to help bioengineering, electrophysiology, biophysics, and molecular biology laboratories with research and a variety of needs that may arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, they launched the online sale of the LipX Extruder, the world\u2019s first single-use disposable liposome extruder. 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