South Texas Technology Management

New Technologies

Use this search portal to find STTM technologies available for licensing. Learn More.

For Inventors

Great research starts with "What if?" and often leads to fantastic ideas. Learn More. Disclosure Form.

For Industry

Linking the University research community with commercialization partners. Learn More.

New Ventures

STTM Ventures accelerates the formation of new technology-based ventures. Learn More.

Comprehensive Services

South Texas Technology Management (STTM) is the regional technology transfer office of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. STTM also serves UT Brownsville, and is affiliated with Texas State University and Stephen F. Austin State University.
STTM's mission is to provide comprehensive and integrated technology development services for our affiliates using the most effective protection and commercialization strategies to stimulate and capitalize on each University´s intellectual property portfolio, thereby achieving maximum economic and humanitarian value for the Institutions, their staff, and their communities.

Technology Spotlight

miRNAs as novel therapeutic adjuvants for drug resistant breast cancers

A UT Health Science Center research team led by Manjeet Rao, Ph.D., has identified a microRNA that can uniquely sensitize drug-resistant, triple-negative breast cancer to chemotherapy drugs such as paclitaxel, providing a novel and potent potential therapeutic approach with lower toxicity and reduced side effects. Learn More.

Inventor Resources Highlight

UT System has a new funding program to support innovation and entrepreneurial activities at all UT campuses (UT TRANSFORM Program). UT TRANSFORM provides up to $10,000 in seed funding for innovative commercialization projects in development from UT System institutions. Learn More.

News & Events

Ailing mannequins pack the trauma room at UT Health Science Center

It looks like something out of a science fiction movie: A hospital packed with mannequins that talk and bleed just like real people. But this isn't a novel or a movie. It's how nursing students at UT Health Science Center are learning to respond to trauma before ever treating a human patient.

Retired Professor's Respiratory Physiology App Catching On

A.P. “Pete” Shepherd, Ph.D., a retired professor of physiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, collaborating with another former employee, Michael Martinez, has developed an iPad app for teaching an important principle in respiratory physiology — the factors that affect the composition of alveolar gas.

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