Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF PENDER NEWKIRK & COMPANY
Independent Registered Certified Public Accountants
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement (Form S-8, dated July 26, 2010) pertaining to the UTEK Corporation Amended and Restated Employee Stock Option Plan to the use of our report dated March 22, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of UTEK Corporation and Subsidiaries (“the Company”), which reports appears in the Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2009.
| /s/ Pender Newkirk & Company |
| Pender Newkirk & Company |
| Certified Public Accountants |
| Tampa, Florida |
| July 26, 2010 |
