Stay current on University of Pittsburgh innovation and entrepreneurship news and events.
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Innovation Institute Director Evan Facher Adds New Role at School of Medicine
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Facher is the inaugural associate dean for commercial translation at the School of Medicine. He will work to strengthen the commercialization needs of the health sciences faculty and students. (third item down)
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| Pitt BioForge Works to Identify First Potential Tenant for Advanced Biotherapeutics Manufacturing |
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ElevateBio has discussed plans to lease 80,000 square feet for its BaseCamp manufacturing facility to produce gene editing, induced pluripotent stem cell, and cell, vector and protein engineering products.
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| Pitt Moves Up in Global University Patent Ranking |
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Pitt jumped up two spots from #20 to #18 in the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association ranking of Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents.
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Pitt Included in Newly Awarded NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub |
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The five-year I-Corps award will allow the Innovation Institute to continue to offer $3,000 in early-stage commercializtion funding for participants in its Pitt Ventures First Gear program, which introduces academic entrepreneurs to business planning concepts and helps them begin their journey from idea to impact.
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Pitt and UPMC Expand Commercialization Partnership to Drive Growth of Regional Life Science Sector |
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The strengthened relationship between one of the nation's top research universities and one of the nation's largest integrated healthcare providers is bearing fruit for the region's life sciences sector. A new request for proposals for promising therapeutics research is making the alliance even stronger. |
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| Upcoming Events |
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| How to Get Your Medical Device Through the FDA |
Webinar
Hear from a biomedical engineer who has experience both in industry and working at the FDA. |
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| 1-2 pm |
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| UPMC Enterprises RFP Webinar |
| Representatives from UPMC Translational Sciences will outline its request for proposals and answer questions. |
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| 12 pm |
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Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association Reception at McGowan Institute |
| Get a behind the scenes look at the next generation of technologies for regenerative medicine |
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| 5-7 pm |
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| Pitt Innovators in the News |
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Peptilogics enters drug development partnership |
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Pitt startup Peptilogics is partnering with EpiAxis, an Australian company, to inhibit to reprogram cancer cells and drive immune reinvigoration. |
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| Startup co-founded by Health Sciences Senior Vice Chancellor Anantha Shekhar launches |
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| Gates Neurosciences is developing therapeutics for Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders. |
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| Vision restoration technology from Pitt's Alain Sahel featured among breakthrough approaches to treat blindness |
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| Dr. Sahel is pursuing optogenetics, in which retinal neurons are stimulated via a virus that targets specific cells to express light-sensitive proteins in their cell membranes. |
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Commercialization and Partnering Opportunities |
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UPMC Translational Sciences Request for Proposals Offers Up to $1M for Promising Therapeutics Discoveries |
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The fall cohort of the Innovation Institute’s First Gear program begins Sept. 6. Through a series of workshops and working one-on-one with an experienced business mentor, Pitt innovators can uncover the commercial potential of their ideas and discoveries. |
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Wells Student Healthcare Competition Offers Commercialization Funding Opportunity |
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| The Michael G. Wells Healthcare Competition offers postdocs and other graduate students the opportunity to gain entrepreneurial experience while pitching for translational funding for their lab's innovation. |
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| Start Smart Legal Series |
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The Start Smart Legal Series hosts seminars throughout the semester covering a wide range of legal topics for startups, including intellectual property, incorporation options, hiring, raising capital and more. |
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| September is Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month. We are featuring a collection of innovations in uterine and breast cancer. |
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