
Marketing & Communications Manager
(402) 5617-6429
charles.litton@unmc.edu
Charlie Litton is the marketing and communications manager at UNeMed, working with licensing staff to help promote and publicize University innovations. A former journalist, Litton leads the planning and execution of UNeMed’s major events, while developing most of UNeMed’s promotional and informational materials, including web content, annual reports, press releases, infographics, photos and videos. A native of Omaha, he holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Blog posts:

Podcast looks at lab-grown meat
OMAHA, Neb. (Aug. 12, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Ethical eagle burgers.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and …

UNeMed podcast looks at the cost of medicine, Alzheimer’s
OMAHA, Neb. (Aug. 5, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Alzheimer’s billion-dollar life lesson.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Innovation Overground looks at drones
OMAHA, Neb. (July 29, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Full frontal drones.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and …

Election security lands in the Overground
OMAHA, Neb. (July 22, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Securing our elections from Bond villians.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, …

Innovation Overground dives into nanotubes
OMAHA, Neb. (July 15, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Deus ex nanotech!” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and …

Podcast: PTSD treatment comes from unlikely source
OMAHA, Neb. (July 8, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Party drug turned promising cure for PTSD.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe …

Innovation Overground looks at medical marijuana
OMAHA, Neb. (July 1, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Medical marijuana and the Marvel universe.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, …

UNeMed podcast explains blockchain, how it might impact healthcare
OMAHA, Neb. (June 24, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Blockchain explained.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and Charlie …

Overground: Don’t eat raw snails
OMAHA, Neb. (June 17, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Eat less raw snails, fight climate change.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe …

Year in review: Highlights from 2018
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | December 14, 2018 It’s time to look back at another year of tech transfer and commercialization at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the …

Innovation Overground: Anyone can be an inventor
OMAHA, Neb. (January 28, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Anyone can cook up a happy accident.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe …

Podcast: Internet is democratizing education
OMAHA, Neb. (January 21, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “Basement anesthesiology or garage science.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Dixon joins the Overground, tells the story of creatine
OMAHA, Neb. (January 14, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “Sick lift, brah.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and Charlie …

Overground gang draw line between authors and inventors
OMAHA, Neb. (January 7, 2019)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “Authors, Inventors, students and bosses.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Innovation Overground dispels myth of tech transfer offices picking winners
OMAHA, Neb. (December 17, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “Picking winners.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and Charlie Litton, …

Podcasters: Failure can be a good thing
OMAHA, Neb. (December 10, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “Spectacular fails and cautionary tales.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Overground crew declare future belongs to biomechanics
OMAHA, Neb. (December 3, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “Biomechanics is the future.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and …

Concussion platform returns to the Overground, tech transfer podcast to take holiday breaks
OMAHA, Neb. (November 19, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” is taking a one-week hiatus for the holiday, and are re-broadcasting a popular episode relevant for the season: How biomechanics …

Podcast: You can’t patent you, obviously
OMAHA, Neb. (November 26, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” recently released a new episode titled, “You can’t patent you, obviously.” In this episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Innovation Overground examines the value of relationships in tech transfer
OMAHA, Neb. (Sept. 17, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Match-Making.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and Charlie Litton, …

UNeMed podcasters look at the ‘long game’
OMAHA, Neb. (Sept. 10, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “The Long Game.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and …

Innovation Overground solves* concussion problem
OMAHA, Neb. (Sept. 3, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Biomechanics can save football.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Podcast: Science is even harder than you think
Podcast: Science is even harder than you think OMAHA, Neb. (Aug. 27, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Fourth time’s the charm.” In the …

UNeMed podcast takes on baby steps of innovation
OMAHA, Neb. (Aug. 20, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Why hasn’t anyone invented this before?” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, …

Innovation Overground publishes new episode
OMAHA, Neb. (August 13, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “A fistful of yardsticks.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr …

Innovation Overground takes on CRISPR in latest episode
OMAHA, Neb. (August 6, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “The CRISPR episode.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr and …

Innovation Overground podcast airs next episode
OMAHA, Neb. (July 30, 2018)—UNeMed’s tech transfer podcast, “Innovation Overground,” published this morning its latest episode, “Tech transfer 101 & leadership.” In the latest episode, Overground hosts Joe Runge, …

UNeMed launches tech transfer podcast
OMAHA, Neb. (July 23, 2018)—UNeMed launched today its pilot episode of a planned podcast series, “Innovation Overground,” which will publish new episodes on Mondays. The series was created to help …

The year in review: Highlights from 2017
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | December 27, 2017 It’s time to close the books on another year of tech transfer and commercialization at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. As …

Innovation Evolution: The big idea is only the beginning
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | October 25, 2017 Darkness often represents uncertainty. The unanswered question. The unsolved problem. Illumination, then, reveals the unknown. Lights the path to answers. Unveils potential …

Sam Sanderson, 63
Cats, pajamas & science will never be the same by Charlie Litton, UNeMed | Aug. 9, 2017 Not long ago, we had a very important discussion. We needed to understand …

The year in review: Highlights from 2016
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | Jan. 25, 2017 As we close the books on another year of tech transfer—our 25th, to be precise—we wanted to take a moment to look …

Not just students benefit from Tech Transfer Boot Camp
by Charlie Litton, UNeMed | Aug. 1, 2016 It turns out the Tech Transfer Boot Camp did more than we thought it would. Don’t be alarmed if this sounds like …

The year in review: Highlights from 2015
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | Jan. 11, 2016 Before moving forward it’s often useful to pause for a moment and reflect on the year that was. Here’s a review of …

Why some inventions fail: Because Valley of Death says so
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | June 24, 2015 I’ve been rubbernecking the tech transfer equivalent of one of those mysterious single-car crashes that defies explanation. Was there a bee in …

The trouble with fighting rare diseases
by Charlie Litton, UNeMed | June 18, 2015 There are those things you learn that make you want to drop everything, and pull the kids out of school for a …

Intelligent Design: Smarter research for smarter drugs
by Charles Litton | April 30, 2015 Many drugs have the same problem. They often bumble around, interacting with whatever tissue they meet, blind to the difference between diseased and …

The year in review: Highlights from 2014
by Charlie Litton, UNeMed | Dec. 31, 2014 Before moving forward it’s often useful to pause for a moment and reflect on the year that was. Here’s a review of …

Jack Mayfield, 63
by Charlie Litton, UNeMed The small office where Jack Mayfield churned out agreements and licensing contracts at near prolific rates remains dark today. Jack fell from an apparent heart attack …

Why we care about the startup and entrepreneur communities
By Charles Litton, UNeMed | Sept. 10, 2014 There are some things we do that have a hidden and seemingly unknowable value. We carefully tend to a garden never knowing …

New yardsticks needed to create new ideas
There are ideas so groundbreaking that there aren’t even good ways to measure or test them. The inventor often has to build a better yardstick before work even begins on the actual idea.

My First Year: What everyone should know about tech transfer offices
By Charlie Litton, UNeMed | Jan. 14, 2014 As I reflect on my first year with UNeMed and the technology transfer industry, I’m reminded of the most recent Halloween. It …

The year in review: Highlights from 2013
Before moving forward it’s often useful to pause for a moment and reflect on the year that was. Here’s a look at some key developments and our most popular posts from 2013.

Meet UNeMed Staff – Charlie Litton
With Innovation Week just around the corner, we sat with UNeMed’s Charlie Litton and chatted about Innovation Week.
Antibiotic pipeline needs new ideas
by Charles Litton, UNeMed | June 6, 2013 Scientists, physicians and major media have long been raising alarms about antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, but too few have drilled down deep …