November 2020: DxPx Digital Partnering Conference
Presence at the digital DxPx 2020, Europe’s biggest international partnering conference for diagnostics, digital health, regenerative medicine, and research tools. Weblink
April 2020: Start of the Future Champions Accelerator program
UriCell is one of the ten selected teams to partake in the regional accelerator program for technology- and knowledge-driven start-ups. Weblink
November 2019: Science4Life Venture Cup
UriCell was one of the 20 finalists in the Idea Phase of the Science4Life Venture Cup which is focusing on innovative, technology-based start-ups in the life science field. Weblink
November 2019: Winner of the Handelsblatt University Innovation Challenge
UriCell was the winner of the Handelsblatt University Innovation Challenge in the category Future Life Science. Application Video, Awards, Article PDF
November 2019: Start of the funding program EXIST Transfer of Research I
The spin-off project UriCell was granted with a three-ear funding by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Social Fund through the program “EXIST Transfer of Research I”. Weblink
October 2019: BioRiver Boost! 2019
UriCell was one of the eight finalists of the start-up competition focusing on biotech companies. Weblink
October 2019: 11th Congress of the German Society of Nephrology
UriCell was present with a booth and a poster at the 11th Congress of the German Society of Nephrology in Düsseldorf. Weblink
October 2019: 22nd European Congress on Alternatives for Animal Testing:
UriCell was present with a booth and a talk at the 22nd European Congress on Alternatives for Animal Tetsing in Linz. Since 1991 the “Linz-Congress” has emerged in Europe as the major scientific event in the field of the 3Rs and in 2019 the EUSAAT 2019 3Rs Congress Linz was the largest international 3Rs congress. Weblink
November 2018: Start of the funding program Start-Up-Hochschulausgründungen-NRW
UriCell was granted with a one-year funding from the European Regional Development Fund for further development of the start-up. The next steps include scale-up, quality management, product development, business model, intellectual property, cooperation and pilot customers. Weblink
November/December 2018: TechTour NRW Venture Forum
UriCell was award winner at TechTour NRW Venture Forum 2018. NRW Venture Forum 2018 is one of the 10 semi-finals for the Tech Tour flagship event - European Venture Contest Final 2018 (EVC Final). Showcasing 40+ innovative companies recruited in Healthtech, ICT and Cleantech based in the NRW region looking for seed and series A investments. An expert jury formed by investors and corporate key players selected the 25 best-performing entrepreneurs which were invited to present at EVC Final in Düsseldorf on 10-11 December 2018. Weblink
2018: Winner Rheinischer Innovationspreis
UriCell wins the Rheinischer Innovationspreis 2018 of the entrepreneurship Düsseldorf. Video: The prize was awarded at the Arbeitgebertag 2018. Video, Article, Article 2, Article 3
2017: NUK Business plan competition
UriCell wins the 2nd prize and the audience award in the Business plan competition 2017 of the entrepreneur initiative NUK (Neues Unternehmertum Rheinland e.V.). Weblink
2016: HHU Idea competition
UriCell wins the audience award in the Idea competition 2016 of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Weblink
2016: Winner BioRiver Boost!
UriCell is one of the winners of the BioRiver Boost! competition 2016, which has been organized by the industry association Branchenverband of the Life-Science-Enterprises in the Rhineland. Weblink
VIVID Magazine
The VIVID Magazine reports about UriCell's innovative approach to extract stem cells from urine and their use in research and medicine. Weblink
Stem Cell Network NRW
The Stem Cell Network North Rhine Westfalia features UriCell in an article about innovative stem cell enterprises. Weblink
WDR
The Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR: Westgerman Broadcast) reports about UriCell's riskless and painless method to gain stem cells from urine. Weblink
RP Online
The Rheinische Post (RP Online) reports about UriCell's non-invasive approach to extract stem cells from urine. Weblink