{"id":5667,"date":"2014-04-14T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sop.washington.edu\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2015-11-12T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T21:56:38","slug":"nick-au-winning-team-business-plan-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/nick-au-winning-team-business-plan-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Au on Winning Team for Business Plan Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2965\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/NickAu.jpg\" alt=\"NickAu\" width=\"151\" height=\"180\" \/>Med Chem student Nick Au (Allan Rettie lab) was recently part of a team of UW graduate students who won a \u201cBest Innovation Idea\u201d prize in the 16th annual UW Business Plan Competition. The team is developing a \u201csmart\u201d polymer contact lens as an alternative delivery platform for people with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>The UW Business Plan Competition is produced by the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business. They awarded $68,220 in seed funding to winners of the 2013 competition.<\/p>\n<p>Nick, congratulations on your win!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/department-of-medicinal-chemistry\/department-info-2\/department-news\/%20\">Link to Medicinal Chemistry archived news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Med Chem student Nick Au (Allan Rettie lab) was recently part of a team of UW graduate students who won a \u201cBest Innovation Idea\u201d prize in the 16th annual UW Business Plan Competition. 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