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New Fellowship Aims to Expand Innovation Ecosystem at the University of Pittsburgh |
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The Pitt EI3 (Equitable, Inclusive Innovation and Incubation) Fellowship will provide up to 25 percent full-time professional effort for women and other Historically Excluded People (HEP) faculty to gain innovation and entrepreneurship skills training, mentoring and coaching.
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The Pitt Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Curates Newest Technology Licensing and Partnership Opportunities |
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Review a list of 35 technologies from the labs of Pitt innovators in the life sciences and physical sciences that are available for licensing or further development through partnering with Pitt.
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| Pitt and Lubrizol Celebrate 10 Years of Partnering to Advance Innovation and Sustainability |
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The partnership between Lubrizol and the Swanson School of Engineering has helped produced game changing innovations and process improvements, particularly in the area of sustainability.
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| LifeX to Relocate to the Oakland Innovation Corridor |
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The life sciences accelerator, incubator and capital development company, is moving from the South Side to 218 Oakland Avenue in the former InnovatePGH Avenu Revv co-working space.
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Pitt Startup Enters Clinical Trial
For Treating Macular Degeneration |
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Ocugenix grew out of research from the labs of Alan Wells and Cecelia Yates that produced a class of synthetic proteins that act as switches for the wound healing process. With help from Pitt colleagues, they have applied their discovery to slow and potentially reverse the fibrosis underlying age-related macular degeneration. |
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| Upcoming Events |
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Turning Ideas into Impact: The Road to Technology Commercialization |
Portia Singh will discuss her journey of transitioning from academia to industry research to product management / tech commercialization. She will compare and contrast academic and industry research and discuss the process of taking research to the market. |
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| Global Entrepreneurship Week |
Join the Big Idea Center and Carnegie Mellon University’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship as we celebrate entrepreneurship in and around the city of Pittsburgh.
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Hands-on with HealthTech Startups |
Learn about what it's like working in a heathcare startup from the perspective of 3 local startups.
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5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Big Idea Center
3601 Forbes Ave. |
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| Pitt Innovators in the News |
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LyGenesis Announces $19 Million Funding Round to Support Clinical Trial |
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Funds will enable the completion of the ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial growing ectopic livers for patients with end stage liver disease and advance LyGenesis's pipeline of cell therapies. |
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| Rory Cooper Named to Inventor Hall of Fame and Receives National Medal of Technology |
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October was a big month for Rory Cooper, founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Not only was he inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, but he also was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Biden at the White House. |
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| Pitt Startup Coeptis Receives $2 Million From Private Stock Sale to Healhcare Investor |
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| Coeptis, based in Wexford, PA, also recently expanded its licensing of Pitt technology developed in the lab of Jason Lohmueller, who is developing cell therapy platforms for treating cancer. |
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Commercialization Education, Funding and Partnering Opportunities
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Turning Ideas into Impact: The Road to Technology Commercialization |
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The next SHRS Innovation Seminar features Portia Singh, who has deep experience in startups and industry research. She will discuss her experience in translational research. |
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| NSF I-Corps Commercialization Short Course |
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If your resolution for 2024 is to explore the commercial potential of your Pitt innovation, the NSF I-Corps provides free month-long courses throughout the year guided by experienced entrepreneurs. In these courses you will talk to potential customers and industry stakeholders to understand what value your innovation may deliver to them, what problem it can help them solve. |
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| Duquesne University New Venture Challenge Accepting Applications |
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| The New Venture Challenge is a three-stage business pitch competition offering prizes valued at $100,000. Entries are due by Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. |
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| Apply to the SHRS Innovation Challenge by Nov. 22 |
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| The SHRS CHallenge is awarding $100,000 in prizes to help move early-stage innovations towards the market in tandem with the NSF I-Corps commercialization training program. |
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| Entrepreneurial Fellows Class Prepares Regional Business Leaders for Success |
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| The Entrepreneurial Fellows Class (EFC), offered by the Pitt Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, is a year-long certificate program open to CEOs, founders and next generation family business leaders seeking to grow their business knowledge and expertise. A virtual information session will be held Nov. 9 from 1-1:30 p.m. |
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Investigators at the University of Pittsburgh have identified a key helical motif in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that is responsible to suppressing a key expression on cell surfaces and consequently linking to many of the symptoms of long Covid. The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S12) plays a crucial role in the ability of the virus to infect host cells but can also disrupt cellular functions. A modified polynucleotide based on this helical motif has been developed to eliminate or minimize the suppressive effects.
Learn more here. |
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