The University of Texas at Dallas hosted the finals of its 2025 Big Idea Competition, where students and alumni pitched groundbreaking ideas in biotechnology, AI, sustainability, and digital community-building. The event, presented by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE), drew a record-breaking 125+ applications and awarded over.
Taking home first place in the student category were chemistry twin PhD students: Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi. Their winning venture, Biodelivera, is a novel platform that uses virus-like particles to deliver cancer therapies directly to tumors, promising more targeted and effective treatment options.
