In the Beginning
The Spendlove Research Foundation was founded in 1989 and is funded through an endowment established by Dr. Rex S. and Reta Spendlove and family. Dr. Spendlove is the Founder of Hyclone Laboratories, a leading producer and distributor of cell culture media products throughout the world. From its inception up until 1997 the Spendlove Research Foundation supported outside researchers through capital investments and other forms of financial support. In March of 1997 the Spendlove Research Foundation changed its strategy to concentrating on and supporting its own research projects. This has allowed the Spendlove Research Foundation to control both the direction and the emphasis of various research and development projects.

Location
The Spendlove Research Foundation is located in beautiful Cache Valley in Northern Utah near Utah State University in Logan. The close proximity to the University allows the Foundation to hire highly trained and qualified individuals who desire to continue their education in the pursuit of advanced degrees.

Research Interests
Our long-term research goals focus in the area of in vivo cell culture simulation. This research centers on specialty cell culture media that will eventually allow researchers to control the activities of the cell through the media and cell environment. In order to achieve that end, we are developing special analytical systems to allow us to measure the biochemical components in blood, organs, and cells.

Type of Business
We are in the business of technology development and transfer. We develop unique and beneficial technologies in-house and out-license them for commercialization. In order to increase the probability of commercialization success, we will generally give narrow rather than broad licenses —licensing the technology to many companies, to sell to many markets.