Winter 2015/2016 - The Innovation Highway Newsletter | Page 5

BioAccel Solution Challenge Winners 2015 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT BIOACCEL.ORG Omni Bioceutical Innovations Tiny Kicks Omni Bioceutical Innovations will receive an estimated $60,000 in early-stage funding. TinyKicks will receive an estimated $75,000 to conduct a research study. Omni is committed to delivering innovative skin treatment and care solutions to meet the dermatological needs of people throughout their lifetime. TinyKicks is developing a wireless flexible health-monitoring smart sensor that captures fetal movement and uses machine learning to predict and guide healthy pregnancy outcomes. Omni uses targeted growth factors to solve face, neck, hair and aging concerns, which helps to stimulate the skin’s own renewal mechanism, increasing collagen and elastin and improves elasticity and resilience. Key Roles of Growth Factors Proteins bind to receptors on the cell surface, with the primary result of activating cellular proliferation and/or differentiation. • Promotes blood vessel formation • Collagen and elastin production • Creates homeostasis in the cell community • Peptide chemical messaging between cells • Minimizes scarring • Reduces inflammation • Increases production of hyaluronic acid • Activates immune cells. Call 888-578-3335 omnibioinnovations.com/science Every pregnant woman is told by her physician to count and record on a daily basis the number of times she 'feels' her fetus kick. Decreased kick frequency is associated with prematurity, low birth weight or stillbirth. TinyKicks eliminates the subjectivity of self-reporting, increases compliance, decreases costs associated with pregnancy complications, and tracks pregnancy health. Perception of decreased movement is subjective, inaccurate and results in unnecessary stress and costly hospital visits. There remains an unmet need for continuous & objective monitoring. The solution is TinyKicks. Founder: Michelle Khine Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR receives a $500 Grant. Asher Taghizadeh, an eight-yearold 3rd grade student at Manzano Day School in Albuquerque, N.M., who pitched his idea of a designer flavored toothpaste, will receive a $500 grant to develop his web site. After Asher’s presentation LifeLock CEO Todd Davis handed Asher a $100 bill. Asher hopes to be moving to Arizona soon with his father, Dr. Farhan Taghizadeh, who is chief medical officer for Omni Bioceutical Innovations, one of five competitors in the 2015 Solutions Challenge hoping to raise capital for their company. WATCH ASHER’S VIDEO PRESENTATION