Texas Tech University honors NemaLife with the 2022 Startup of the Year
- NemaLife
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 15, 2023
From left to right: Siva Vanapalli, Ph.D., Nicki Vanapalli, Thomas Germain, Tyler Chiriboga, Kylie Harman, Kellen Ketchersid, Adnan Qureshi, Ph.D., Taslim Anupom, Ph.D.
NemaLife experienced a major accomplishment in our company's journey. Texas Tech University has honored us with the 2022 Startup of the Year Award. This award recognizes a startup company commercializing university IP, founded by a faculty, that has made significant progress in becoming a sustainable business.
Additionally, it recognizes one that has contributed to and is a strong supporter of the Innovation Ecosystem in West Texas.
We thank the Research Commercialization at Texas Tech for hosting the celebration event and honoring us. Congrats to the entire NemaLife team and the founders Siva Vanapalli, Mizanur Rahman, and Nicki Vanapalli, for creating this spin-off from Texas Tech University.
It’s so exciting to see Texas Tech University recognizing NemaLife as the 2022 Startup of the Year! Their work in benchtop screening systems is truly impressive and highlights the incredible innovation coming out of the Research Park. It's rewarding to see local talent gaining such well-deserved recognition for their contributions to the biotech industry.
Reading about their success honestly makes me want to celebrate with a big adventure. I think I’ll book one of those Tanzania Wildlife Safaris I’ve been dreaming about for ages to toast to their milestone! Huge congratulations to the whole NemaLife team on this fantastic achievement.
Great to see Texas Tech University honoring NemaLife with the 2022 Startup of the Year awardtheir innovation reflects strong engineering and rapid prototyping capabilities including fast-turn PCB prototype manufacturing helping startups move faster in biotech hardwareThis recognition shows real impact from university startup ecosystem growth